The Crossing is set to present its annual Summer New Music Festival, “The Month of Moderns 2022,” this summer. The Festival will feature three concerts conducted by Donald Nally on June 11, 25 and July 8, 2022, at the Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Included in the programs will be the world premieres Marco Balter’s “Books of Color” and {…}
The Crossing is set to present “In a House Besieged,” under the direction of Donald Nally, starting on March 25, 2022 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, in Cleveland, OH. The ensemble will then take the program to the Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA and St. Mark’s Church in Philadelphia, PA, on March 26 and 27, respectively. The concerts {…}
The Crossing is set to embark on an East Coast tour with the Dublin Guitar Quartet from Jan. 27 to Feb. 6, 2022. Conductor Donald Nally will lead the tour, which will stop in seven cities in the U.S. including the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA; Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA; Hamilton College in Clinton, NY; Dartmouth College {…}
The Grammy Award-winning choir, The Crossing will present “The Crossing @ Christmas: Carols After a Plague” in December 2021 with concerts in Maryland and Pennsylvania. This concert is part of a year-long project including a program of world primers by Leila Adu, Alex Berko, Edith Canat de Chizy, Viet Cuong, Samantha Fernando, Vanessa Lann, Mary Jane Leach, Shara Nova, Joseph {…}
On November 21, 2021, Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing will continue its 2021-22 season with “Motion Studies.” This concert will feature the world premiere of Justine F. Chen’s “Shallow Breath and Stealth,” as well as well as Gabriel Kahane’s “Choral Music.” The program will also include the premiere of the revised version of Nicholas Cline’s “Watersheds” featuring saxophonist Matthew Levy. {…}
This July, Grammy Award-winning music choir The Crossing will return to its annual summer residency in partnership with the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky, Montana. Presented with Tinworks Art at Story Mill, “The Crossing at Story Mill” will include the U.S. premiere of Gavin Bryars’ “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet,” a choral arrangement of his 1971 {…}
The Crossing, led by conductor Donald Nally, has announced its 2021-22 season. Here’s a look at what’s in store for audiences. Opening the season will be “Returning,” a concert marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The program will comprise popular repertoire by Ayanna Woods, Michael Gilbertson, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and James Primosch with percussionist Ted Babcock. A post-concert homecoming gathering will follow {…}
The Crossing has released a new film “Obligations.” The work, created by Brett Snodgrass and featuring music by Paul Fowler and text by Layli Long Soldier, was recorded at home by artists in isolation. This is the company’s third collaboration with Snodgrass and the four work that Fowler has composed for the ensemble. “[“Obligations” is] about healing. The primary metaphor {…}
(Credit: John C Hawthorne) Caramoor is set to present The Crossing in a socially distanced performance on July 3, 2021. The showcase, entitled “The Forest,” features 24 singers situated around the Caramoor grounds while audience members walk through the soundscape and landscape. The work’s libretto features texts from Scott Russell Sanders’ essay “Mind in the Forest.” Music was composed by {…}
The Crossing is joining forces with the Annenberg Center to present “The Month of Moderns 2021.” The showcase will include three outdoor programs throughout Philadelphia and New Hope which will take place between June 3-19, 2021. First up, The Crossing will reprise its October 2020 showcase “The Forest” at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve in New Hope. Performance Dates: June 3-6, {…}
This week audiences will get a chance to hear a number of solo albums, including a cross-over album. And what’s more, there is also a fashion opera on offer. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Songs From Far Away Vittorio Prato releases his first CD-Book on Illiria. The book is dedicated to Francesco Paolo Tosti and Prato {…}