Carols after a Plague
 
A new commissioning project for an emerging people

Carols after a Plague: a collection of twelve new works from composers new to The Crossing, all addressing the topic of Plague (is that isolation, pandemic, racism, homelessness?) through their idea of Carol (is that song, story, rebirth, culture?). 

Unprecedented breadth of style and perspective; 
documenting (and creating) history, as we emerge.


Tonight!

December 17, 2021 @ 7 PM
Zellerbach Theatre, Philadelphia
presented by Penn Arts Live

Sunday Night!
December 19, 2021 @ 5 PM
Pre-concert talk with the composers @ 4 PM
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

Please note: Masks and proof of vaccination is required to attend "Carols After a Plague." Please remember to bring your vaccination card and mask when attending the Penn Live Arts performance.

Masks must be worn at all times while indoors at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. Vaccination card will be checked by front of house staff prior to entry into the Sanctuary. The choir will sing unmasked.
Emerging from isolation, we again turn to the issues we faced pre-pandemic. In the kaleidoscope of topics and styles that is our Carols after a Plague, we ask questions that reveal our story, hoping that – in a future when words matter, truth is our default, and inclusion is a word we used to talk about “back then” – this record of the time is viewed as inspiration. 
 
New works by Leila Adu-Gilmore, Alex Berko, Edith Canat de Chizy, Viet Cuong, Samantha Fernando, Vanessa Lann, Mary Jane Leach, Shara Nova, Joseph C. Phillips Jr., Nina Shekhar, Tyshawn Sorey, and LJ White.
 
A plague can be left behind. 
Carols after a Plague is a kind of “memory of now.”
So, someday…
New music only happens through your support.