The Crossing, the four-time Grammy Award-winning chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and internationally recognized for its commitment to new music, has announced its 2026–2027 season, “Sometimes I Worry.” The schedule includes five performances in Northwest Philadelphia.
Spanning more than 20 performances across the country, The Crossing asks what becomes possible when we acknowledge our fears rather than conceal them.
“Obviously there’s a bit of irony in our season title; some of us are worrying all the time,” Nally says. “But at The Crossing we feel that, if we …
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The Crossing, the four-time Grammy Award-winning chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and internationally recognized for its commitment to new music, has announced its 2026–2027 season, “Sometimes I Worry.” The schedule includes five performances in Northwest Philadelphia.
Spanning more than 20 performances across the country, The Crossing asks what becomes possible when we acknowledge our fears rather than conceal them.
“Obviously there’s a bit of irony in our season title; some of us are worrying all the time,” Nally says. “But at The Crossing we feel that, if we admit the anxiety — if we sing through it, touring, recording, listening, breathing, hoping — maybe we can change it.”
The season features several significant firsts for the ensemble, including performances at Rothko Chapel in Houston; a new film and installation project, “How to Survive,” with artist Suzanne Bocanegra; a fully staged presentation of David Lang’s “poor hymnal;” new collaborations with JACK Quartet and Bang on a Can All-Stars; world premieres composed by Gavin Bryars, Ayanna Woods, Shara Nova and Hildur Guðnadóttir; the U.S. premiere of Kareem Roustom’s “Hushed;” and music by Jacob Mühlrad and Nathaniel Parks.
The season also welcomes the return of several works central to The Crossing’s artistic identity, including David T. Little’s “SIN-EATER,” Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “the little match girl passion,” and Joshua Stamper’s “’mid the steep sky’s commotion.”
Locally, there are four performances scheduled at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill (Oct. 25, Dec. 20, June 19 and June 25) and one at the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown (April 17).
The Dec. 20 performance is one of The Crossing’s annual holiday concerts. At the heart of the program is Lang’s “the little match girl passion,” one of the defining choral works of the 21st century.
