Ember

It’s here! Ember’s The New Frontier is tonight and Sunday. 💫 On Wednesday, composer Alex Eddington joined rehearsals remotely from Toronto to talk about his piece “A Present from a Small Distant World,” a setting of the text President Jimmy Carter sent to outer space in the Voyager Golden Record along with sounds of nature, musical clips, greetings in 55 languages, and other ephemera selected by a committee headed by Carl Sagan.

What Alex said about his inspiration behind the piece struck a chord in us: “There’s some civilization that might someday find it. I don’t know what the chances of that are, but the hoping that this message will be uncovered in a billion years is what I find so beautiful.”

What is music but a message of something otherwise unsayable, made with the hope that someone will find it? Come hear Alex’s piece and so much more! We can’t wait to see you!

📅 Friday, May 15, 2026, 7:30 pm - St. John’s in the Village, Manhattan

📅 Sunday, May 17, 2026, 5 pm - St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ

FREE. Registration required at emberarts.org