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Ember Choral Ensemble/American Modern Ensemble - Listen (World Premiere)

  • St. John's in the Village, New York, NY 224 Waverly Place New York, NY, 10014 United States (map)

Ember Choral Ensemble directed and conducted by Deborah Simpkin King is joined by American Modern Ensemble for the world premiere of Listen for choir and instrumental sextet.

Are we able to listen beyond the chatter of human voices hearing the evolving messages uttered by our planet?

Culminating this 25th anniversary season will be a collaborative co-commission by celebrated composers Eric Banks and Robert Paterson that focuses on the global voice of our planet – its natural cycles and human interaction with those cycles. We extend the question, “What peril awaits should we choose not to listen?”