Sometimes?

Anxiety is like an imaginary friend;

a giant pink rabbit of disquiet,

asking,

“What do we do?” 

“What can we do?” 

We shout into the wind, 

we crack our cheeks, 

yet the wind is silent. 

So, we turn to each other, 

we breathe:

we are journalistic artists 

in a tradition of reporting that predates even 

Homer and his Aeolian Island. 

We breathe again.

We use our own wind to bring a Season of singing:

of rising seas, 

of gatekeepers, of a freezing child on indifferent streets, 

of sheep and shepherds, of The Other,

of the sacrifices of friends and strangers and the Earth, 

of love, and of death. 

And, we worry. 

We sing about worry. 

Because making sense of things through art, 

and connecting with our ever-broadening community,

are our priorities;

right up there with breathing and listening.

Explore our 2026-2027 Season: Sometimes I Worry.

Then, join us for over twenty concerts, three album releases, a museum exhibition, new and trusted collaborators and composers: touring, singing, recording, listening, breathing, hoping.

If we admit it, maybe we can change it.

"Siberia" by Rocco Lombardi.

SEASON FIRSTS

concerts at Rothko Chapel

a film/installation project with Suzanne Bocanegra

poor hymnal, fully staged

collaborations with JACK Quartet and Bang on a Can All-Stars

world premieres of Gavin Bryars, Ayanna Woods, Shara Nova, Hildur Guðnadóttir

US premiere of Kareem Roustom

music of Jacob Mühlrad and Nathaniel Parks

SEASON REPRISES

Sin-Eater of David T. Little

the little match girl passion of David Lang

'mid the steep sky’s commotion of Joshua Stamper

a return to The Fabric Workshop and Museum, University of Richmond, UNC Chapel Hill, and Shadyside Presbyterian in Pittsburgh

music of Nicholas Cline, Gabriela Ortiz

"City of Waters" by Rocco Lombardi.

The Crossing

2026–2027 Season:

Sometimes I Worry

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TIME

October 25, Philadelphia

Nicholas Cline The Sea Came Up and Drowned (East Coast premiere)

Joshua Stamper 'mid the steep sky's commotion

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WIND

Daily, November 19 – January 23, Philadelphia

Suzanne Bocanegra How to Survive

music of Hildur Guðnadóttir, Shara Nova, Julia Wolfe, and Ayanna Woods

at The Fabric Workshop and Museum

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FIRE

The Crossing @ Christmas 2026

The Jeffrey Dinsmore Memorial Concerts

December 18-20, Philadelphia and NYC

David Lang the little match girl passion

and music of Gavin Bryars and Jacob Mühlrad

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DARK

January 29-30, University of Richmond *

February 15-16, Rothko Chapel in Houston

February 19-21, UNC Chapel Hill *

David Lang poor hymnal – *staged

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GONE

April 9, Carnegie Hall

David Lang before and after nature

w/ Bang on a Can All-Stars

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EARTH

April 17-18, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia

A reprise of what belongs to me

Ortiz, Nova, Woods

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LOVE

The Month of Moderns 2027

w/ JACK Quartet

MoM 1

June 19, Philadelphia

David T. Little SIN-EATER

MoM 2

June 25, Philadelphia

music of Nathaniel Parks and Kareem Roustom

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in our veins

in our blood

in our sweat

in our tears

the same salt

as the sea

the same salt ties us

to each other

to the sea

from the sea

to the sea

from the sea

back to the sea

we turn our backs

to the sea

— David Lang, after John F. Kennedy, in before and after nature,

to be sung in April at Carnegie Hall

"Death of Bees" by Rocco Lombardi.

Our 2026–2027 Season artwork is by Rocco Lombardi.