past events

The Road Home celebrates 10 years of the Lehigh Valley Chorale, joined for this historic moment by the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Works will include choral-orchestral pieces by George Frideric Handel, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Stephen Sondheim, and Christopher Tin, plus the world premiere of LVC’s first-ever commission The Forest Always Sings by Dominick DiOrio.

"This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." Leonard Bernstein spoke these words after President Kennedy's assassination, and they inspire this powerful concert exploring how artists throughout history have chosen to answer darkness with beauty. From Palestrina, J.S. Bach, and Brahms to contemporary composers like Sarah Quartel, Reena Esmail, Ysaÿe Barnwell, and Dominick DiOrio (We Reply) experience how music becomes humanity's most powerful response to suffering. Tickets and more info.

The Road Home celebrates 10 years of the Lehigh Valley Chorale, joined for this historic moment by the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. Works will include choral-orchestral pieces by George Frideric Handel, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Stephen Sondheim, and Christopher Tin, plus the world premiere of LVC’s first-ever commission The Forest Always Sings by Dominick DiOrio.

Alfred Sturgis and the North Carolina Master Chorale perform my work, We Dance, as part of their May concert.

The University of Iowa Camerata and conductor Jeena Jang perform my work, Are You Looking for Me? as part of their Spring ensemble concert.

Symphony in C presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, op. 125 "Choral" featuring Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, who will also sing works of Rheinberger and Mendelssohn. More information and tickets.

The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral (The Very Rev. Gray Lesesne, Dean & Rector) and Dr. Stephen White, Interim Director of Music and Bruno Sandes, Director of Coro Latinoamericano, present the consortium world premiere of Our Wildest Imagining, a new work to honor the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, as part of the Sunday service.

Nathan Reiff and the Brandywine Valley Chorale perform my work A Bright Morning Dawns as part of their Spring concert. More information and tickets here.

Symphony in C presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, op. 125 "Choral" featuring Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, who will also sing works of Rheinberger and Mendelssohn. More information and tickets.

Join us as we honor and celebrate the extraordinary life of Alan Harler, whose transformative artistic leadership touched countless lives throughout his remarkable career. For nearly three decades, Alan served as the beloved Artistic Director of the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, guiding the organization through a period of extraordinary growth and artistic achievement. More information and tickets.