The Crossing: Month of Moderns 2

Four-time Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally, brings us two concerts for June’s Month of Moderns. The first: Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness: The People Speak from the Birthplace of America (Philadelphia Composers Ask Questions) featuring a new piece by Haitian-American performer and composer Nathalie Joachim — a setting of Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen Virtues alongside works from our Philadelphia composer friends. The second: The People Address the Nation’s Issues (The Society, The Environment, The Displaced) featuring a world premiere from Nicole Lizée with works from their repertory of social justice commissions.

The Crossing is a Philadelphia-based professional chamber choir celebrated as the originator of a new canon of American choral music and dedicated to the commissioning and performance of new choral music. Conducted by Donald Nally, the ensemble has won four Grammy Awards and is recognized internationally as one of the most important forces in contemporary choral music.