TheCrossing: MoM 1: Building a Contemporary Canon, Edition 1, presented by ArtPhilly
The Presbyterian Church Of Chestnut Hill 8855 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesWe tap our vast catalogue of commissioned works for those that examine “Where we are”; the assessment, if not always optimistic, is tirelessly honest and inquisitive as heard through the music of some of the country’s most adventurous composers. A new work of Canadian composer Nicole Lizée and works of David Lang, Shara Nova, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Stratis Minakakis, John Luther Adams, Edie Hill, Caroline Shaw, and Gabriel Jackson form a kind of musical quilt that says, “We are here, and this is what it feels like to be here.” Immigration. Extinction. Resolve. Ailing Planet. † ArtPhilly, whose goal