The Crossing

2026-2027 Season // Sometimes I Worry

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.

Season art by Rocco Lombardi 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 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 Wolfgang Parks

SEASON REPRISES
Sin-Eater of David T. Little
the little match girl passion of davidlangmusic
‘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

The Month of Moderns 2 — June 27 & 28 in Philadelphia, presented by ArtPhilly

The People Speak from the Birthplace of America
A final nod in our Season referencing the Declaration
asking questions about people, speech, birthplace, and America

Fast forward to now.
We present a program of creators, who, like the founders, pen things. They take words, rearrange them, trying to get at fundamental truths. They compose music that tells us things about our world we didn’t know, or didn’t know we knew.

Digging still deeper into our catalogue of commissions, we find the extraordinary community of Philadelphians, writing new works in this Place of the Declaration and sending out musical messages to the far corners of the globe. Composers Jennifer Higdon, Kile Smith, Robert Maggio, Julia Wolfe, James Primosch, and Benjamin C.S. Boyle cover the stylistic landscape and explore everything from FDR’s vision of Democracy, to the disappearance of bluestem grasses, to love, and to jazz.

Featuring the world premiere of
Nathalie Joachim’s Virtues
w/ Tommy Mesa, Cellist, cello

Saturday, June 27 @ 5pm | Broad Street Love
Sunday, June 28 @ 5pm | The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
preconcert talk @ 4pm (both dates)

Sights/sounds from ’s epic new piece “Boy Drawing a Lady With Trademarks for Eyes and Copyright-Scented Hair” with the amazing on drum kit. We are loving Nicole’s sound world and groove!

Hear the world premiere, this weekend in Philadelphia at The Month of Moderns, presented by “What Now” festival. Tickets at link in bio.

Saturday June 6 (5pm) at Broad Street Love, Center City
&
Sunday June 7 (5pm) at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

Boy Drawing a Lady With Trademarks for Eyes and Copyright-Scented Hair is commissioned by The Crossing and Donald Nally, and

“Girl drawing a boy drawing a lady drawing a trespasser drawing a rat with a smile
Redacted. 
But with…
Lies, lies
Libraries for teeth and copyright-scented hair
and panopticon eyes holding a rat drawing a
Girl drawing a boy drawing a lady drawing a lady…”