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 {…}
The Crossing has announced the release of “You Can Plan on Me,” a new short film by Luke Carpenter and Emma Oehlers with audio by Paul Vasquez. The video is conducted by Donald Nally and features members of The Crossing performing from their homes. The music is based on an excerpt of Aaron Helgeson’s “A way far home” with words {…}
As the holiday season arrives there are new holiday albums, rarely performed gems, and world premiere recordings. Here is a look at what audiences can stream this week. White Christmas Joseph Calleja has released a single of the holiday classic on Decca Classics. The new track features Mantovani and His Orchestra and marks Calleja’s first Christmas recording. Rising W/The Crossing {…}
The Grammy® Award-winning professional choir, The Crossing, is inviting audiences to take a walk in the woods with its new film, “The Forest.” The Crossing released the 20-minute film on November 24 and is available on the choir’s YouTube channel. The film is a literal walk through the woods, filmed in one continuous take and accompanied by the sounds of {…}
On October 3, 2020 Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing is set to perform a socially-distanced performance of “The Forest.” This performance will feature 24 singers performing along a trail at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve in New Hope, Pennsylvania. This new work focuses on the relationship between a forest and its individual trees, seen as a metaphor for an ensemble’s relationship {…}
On August 31, 2020, Grammy Award-winning choir, The Crossing, will premiere a new animated film, featuring a movement from Michael Gordon’s “Anonymous Man.” The work, which premiered in July 2017, explores themes of history, home, and homelessness; the animation is done by longtime collaborator Brett Snodgrass, and the film was conceived by Choir Director Donald Nally. “Anonymous Man” is scored {…}