The Crossing is an American professional

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, conducted by Donald Nally and based in

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. It focuses on new music, commission and premiere works, and collaborates with various venues and instrumental ensembles.

History

Formed by a group of friends in 2005, the ensemble has since grown and according to ''

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'' in 2014, "has made a name for itself in recent years as a champion of new music". It focuses on new music, commissioning most of what it sings, and collaborates with venues and instrumental ensembles internationally. The choir was the resident choir of the Spoleto Festival, Italy, in 2007; appeared at

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in the American premiere of James Dillon's ''Nine Rivers'' with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE); joined

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's first Philadelphia Marathon; and has appeared with the

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, Quicksilver Baroque, Lyric Fest, Piffaro,

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, Tempesta di Mare Baroque Chamber Orchestra, PRISM Saxophone Quartet,

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, Dolce Suono, and in the summer of 2013,

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. The ensemble has sung in venues including the

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, and the

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; it made its

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debut in July 2014 in a world premiere of a composition by

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in a collaboration with the

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, the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, eighth blackbird, JACK Quartet, and TILT Brass. The choir frequently commissions works and has presented over 70 world premieres. Projects for the 2017-18 season include commissions with Michael Gilbertson, Aaron Helgeson, Benjamin C.S. Boyle, and Kile Smith. The ensemble records extensively and has released ten recordings on various labels:

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, Navona Records,

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, and

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. Its recording of Thomas Lloyd's ''Bonhoeffer'' was nominated for

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for the

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. The choir is the recipient of three ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming as well as the

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Commission Award from Chorus America; conductor Donald Nally also received the 2012 Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal and the 2017 Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art for his work with the ensemble. In December 2014, the ensemble began a collaboration with visual artists

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in their largest U.S. exhibition to date, ''Intervals'', at the Perelman Building at the

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and

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. This included over 300 performances of David Lang's ''Lifespan'' as well as monthly performances of ''In the Midst of Things'', a fifteen-minute unaccompanied re-imagining of moments from Franz Joseph Haydn's '' The Creation'' (1798). In June 2016, the organization launched an ambitious commissioning project called ''Seven Responses'', the purpose of which was to perform

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(BuxWV 75) juxtaposed with commissioned responses by

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, Hans Thomalla,

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, and

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, in collaboration with Quicksilver Baroque and International Contemporary Ensemble. The two-day program was premiered at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral and later reprised at

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as a part of the 2016

Month of Moderns

In 2009, the ensemble established an annual festival, held in the early summer, consisting of several new-music concerts in one month, with commissioned works based on a central theme tying the entire festival together. The theme for Month of Moderns 2009 was The Celan Project, works based on the poetry of

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. Month of Moderns 2010 featured The Levine Project, works based on or inspired by the words of Pulitzer-Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine. "Seneca Sounds" was the focus for Month of Moderns 2011, with works based on the words and philosophy of

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. Month of Moderns 2012 was centered on Modern Vespers, works fashioned after the ancient evening prayer service, cast in modern themes and musical languages. A much larger project, ''The Gulf (Between You and Me)'', based on a three-part commissioned poem by Pierre Joris inspired by the Deep Water Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, dominated Month of Moderns 2013. Month of Moderns 2014 included five major commissioned world premieres loosely based around

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's poem ''Astralis'' questioning our existence and eternity. After 2014, the ensemble moved away from a theme solely surrounding the Month of Moderns alone and more towards a theme for each season. The Month of Moderns festival continues to be a signature part of the organization's season, regardless of theme, with each concert featuring at least one or more world premiere.

Death of co-founder Jeffrey Dinsmore

In April 2014, Crossing co-founder Jeffrey Dinsmore died at age 42; he was preparing for a rehearsal with The Crossing and the

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. The ensemble subsequently established The Jeffrey Dinsmore Memorial Fund. The Crossing later commissioned 15 composers who had a connection with Mr. Dinsmore to write short quartets to be published in a printed omnibus. The ensemble gave the world premiere of those works on July 8, 2016 in Philadelphia.

Big Sky Choral Initiative

In the summer of 2015, The Crossing partnered with th
Warren Miller Performing Arts Center
in Big Sky, Montana, to offer a week-long fellowship intensive for students of composition and choral singing. In 2017, the program expanded to two weeks, offering educational opportunities to conducting fellows as well. Composing, conducting, and singing fellows interact with members of The Crossing on a daily basis, exploring, writing, and singing new music throughout the week. The Big Sky Choral Initiative continued its creative journey with a new paradigm in 2018, collaborating with Michael Gordon and filmmaker Bill Morrison to create a new work specific to this unique gathering at Big Sky. The work draws on the land of Montana - its history, beauty, struggles, and expanse - as inspiration for this hour-long work for unaccompanied choir and film.

Commissioned world premieres

* Kinan Abou-Afach: ''Of Nights and Solace'' (commissioned by Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture in collaboration with The Crossing, 2015) *

: ''Sila: The Breath of the World'' (commissioned by Mostly Mozart and Lincoln Center) (2014) *

: ''Canticles of the Holy Wind'' (2013) *

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: ''Ahania Weeping'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * Benjamin C.S. Boyle: ''Voyages'' (Month of Moderns 2018) * Benjamin C.S. Boyle: ''Empire of Crystal'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * Benjamin C.S. Boyle: ''Three Carols of Wintertide'': Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (2006) * Benjamin C.S. Boyle: ''Lamentations of Jeremiah'': Beth (2005) *

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: ''Breathturn'' (The Celan Project 2009) * William Brooks: ''For Orpheus'' (Jeff Quartets, 2016) * William Brooks: ''Six Mediaeval Lyrics'' (choral version) (2011) * Gregory W. Brown: ''un/bodying/s'' (Month of Moderns 2016) *

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: '' The Fifth Century'' (in collaboration with PRISM Saxophone Quartet) (Month of Moderns 2014) *

: ‘’A Native Hill’’ (Dec 2018 Version) *

: ‘’A Native Hill’’ (2019) *

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: ''Vermillion Vespers'' (2011) * Hunter Chang: ‘’Alone’’ (2018) * Nicholas Cline: ‘’the gentle rain which waters’’ (2018) *

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: ''The Gulf'' (Month of Moderns 2013) * Robert Convery: ''The Beautiful Land of Nod'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * Robert Convery: ‘’My Hand In Yours, So’’ (2019) *

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: ''Translation'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) *

: ''Seneca's Zodiac'' (Seneca Sounds 2011) * Luis Fernando Amaya: ‘’Dialectos de arbol- Discursos 1-3’’ (2018) * Paul Fowler: ''First Pink'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * Paul Fowler: ''Echoes'' (2011) * Paul Fowler: ''Breath'' (The Levine Project 2010) * Paul Fowler: ‘’Obligations’’ (2021) * Andrew Gant: ''What Child Is This?'' (SATB version) (2007) * Michael Gilbertson (composer) ''Born'' (2017) * Michael Gordon: ''Montaña'' 2017-20 * Michael Gordon: ''Anonymous Man'' (Month of Moderns 2016) * Michael Gordon: ‘’Montaña (Part 1: To the West)’’ (2018) * Judd Greenstein: ''My City'' (commissioned by American Composers Orchestra 2015) *

: ''Ad Cor'' (Seven Responses 2016) * Hunter Hanson: ‘’Sea or Seam’’ (2018) * Ted Hearne: ''Animals'' (2018) * Ted Hearne: ''What it might say'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * Ted Hearne: ''Sound from the Bench'' (co-commission with

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) (Month of Moderns 2014) * Aaron Helgeson: ''A way far home'' (2016) * Edie Hill: ''Spectral Spirits'' (2019) *

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: ''A Jeff Quartet for 4 Voices''(Jeff Quartets 2016) * Kamran Ince: ''Thyestes'' (Seneca Sounds 2011) * Gabriel Jackson: ''According to Seneca'' (Seneca Sounds 2011) * Gabriel Jackson: ''Rigwreck'' (Month of Moderns 2013) * Gabriel Jackson: ''Yes, I am your Angel'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * Gabriel Jackson: ’’Self Portrait in Charleston, Orlando’’ (2019) * Chris Jonas: ''The Gulf'' (Month of Moderns 2013) *

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: ''Strange Pilgrims'' (2014) * David Lang: ''i live in pain'' (2011) * David Lang: ''Lifespan'' (collaboration on

exhibit ''Intervals'') (2014) * David Lang: ''Statement to the Court'' (The Levine Project 2010) * David Lang: ''make peace'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * David Lang: ‘’Spit Spreads Death’’ (2019) * David Lang: ‘’protect yourself from infection’’ (2020) * David Lang: ‘’in nature’’ (2020) * David Lang: ‘’the sense of senses’’ (2021) *

: ''dress in magic amulets, dark, from My feet'' (Seven Responses 2016) * Thomas Lloyd: ''In Your Light'' (2019) * Thomas Lloyd: ''Bonhoeffer'' (2013) * Ellis Ludqig-Leone: ‘’Who What Where Why (and a few other questions)’’ (2018) * Robert Maggio: ''The Woman Where We Are Living'' (for inaugural The Crossing/

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Composition Competition) (Month of Moderns 2014) * Robert Maggio: ''Aniara: fragments of time and space'' (2019) * Robert Maggio: ‘’Aniara’’ (2019) * Robert Maggio: ‘’Democracy’’ (2020) *

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: ''Zealot Canticles'' (2017) *

: ''Dear World'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) *

: ''The Memory of Rain'' (The Levine Project 2010) * Stratis Minakakis: ''Crossings'' (2015, with additional Epigrams premiered in Month of Moderns 2017) * Donald Nally: ‘’You can Plan on Me‘’ (2020) *

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: ''A Time for Every Thing'' (Month of Moderns 2012) *

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: ''Carthage'' (2018) *

: ''Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus'' (for inaugural The Crossing/

Composition Competition) (Month of Moderns 2014) *

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: ''I enter the earth'' (Month of Moderns 2015) * David Shapiro: ''Sumptuous Planet'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * David Shapiro: ''The Years from You to Me'' (The Celan Project 2010) * David Shapiro: ''It Is Time'' (The Celan Project 2009) * David Shapiro: ''Et incarnatus est'' (2007) *

: ''To the Hands'' (Seven Responses 2016) * Kile Smith: ‘’The Arc in the Sky‘’ (2018) * Kile Smith: ''You are Most Welcome'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) * Kile Smith: May Day (The J.S. Jenks School 2015) * Kile Smith: ''The Consolation of Apollo'' (2014) * Kile Smith: ''The Waking Sun'' (Seneca Sounds 2011) * Kile Smith: ''Where Flames a Word'' (The Celan Project 2009) * Kile Smith: ''Vespers'' (commissioned by Piffaro, The Renaissance Band in collaboration with The Crossing) (2008) * Gregory Spears: ‘’The Tower and the Garden‘’ (2018) *

: ''My soul will sink within me'' (Seven Responses 2016) *

: ''Thousand Waves'' (Jeff Quartets 2016) *

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: ‘’we got time‘’ (2021) * Christopher Rountree: ''In the midst of things'' (collaboration on

exhibit ''Intervals'') (2014) *

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: ''Embroidered Verses'' (commissioned by Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture in collaboration with The Crossing, 2015) *

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: ‘’I Heard the Voices of Children‘’ (2019) * Zachary Wadsworth: ''Gabriel's Message'' (2011) * Lu Wang: ‘’At which point‘’ (2021) * Julia Wolfe: ‘’fire in my mouth‘’ (2019) * Ayanna Woods: ‘’Shift ‘’ (2020) * Ayanna Woods: ‘’Refrain ‘’ (2021) * Kevin Vondrak & Donald Nally: ‘’The Forest‘’ (2020)

U.S. premieres

* James Dillon: ''Nine Rivers'' *

: ''Sun Dogs'' *

: ''Long Road'' * Dai Fujikura: ''Zawazawa'' *

: ''Examples'' *

: ''Statements'' * Jonathan Harvey: ''The Dove Descending'' * Frank Havrøy: ''Psalm'' * Frank Havrøy: ''Tre folketoner'' *

: ''A Time for Everything'' * Gabriel Jackson: ''Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ'' * Gabriel Jackson: ''Ave regina caelorum'' * Justė Janulytė: ''Aguarelle'' *

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: ''Vier kleine Finalsätze zu "Es ist ein Schnitter, heisst der Tod"'' *

: ''Variationen mit Celan-Gedichten III'' *

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: ''Hymns from the Western Coast'' * Philip Moore: ''I Saw Him Standing'' * Henrik Ødegaard: ''Rorate caeli'' * Francis Pott: ''My Song Is Love Unknown'' *

: ''Chu dal'' *

: ''Horo Horo Hata Hata'' *

: ''Saline'' *

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: ''Tag des Jahrs'' * Asbjørn Schaathun: ''Verklärung'' *

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: ''Responsorio delle Tenebre'' * Paul Spicer: ''How Love Bleeds'' *

: ''Heyr þú oss himnum á'' *

: ''Heyr mig mín sál'' *

: ''And Then in Silence There with Me Be Only You'' *

: ''Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!'' *

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: ''Sainte-Chapelle''

Major performances

* National Conference of Chorus America – Opening Concert, Philadelphia, June 2009 * Month of Moderns 2009: Jody Talbot's ''Path of Miracles'' (multi-media) * Crossing @ Winter 2010: Regional premiere of David Lang's ''The Little Match Girl Passion'' (2008

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); additional performances at the

, December 2012 and 2013 *

at the invitation of the theatre and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) - U.S. premiere of James Dillon's three-evening ''Nine Rivers'', September 2011 *

: world premiere of ''strange pilgrims'' by Amy Beth Kirstein with

, February 2014 *

with the

: West Coast premiere of Louis Andriessen's ''De Materie'', April 2014 *

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live webcast with

at the invitation of the Kennedy Center and Chorus America, June 2014 *

: world premiere of ''Sila: The Breath of the World'' by

in a collaboration with the

, the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, eighth blackbird, JACK Quartet, and TILT Brass, July 2014 * Winter Garden at Brookfield Place: world premiere of ''My City'' by Judd Greenstein with

and

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, October 2015 * Merkin Hall: NY premiere of ''Seven Responses'' by

, Hans Thomalla,

, and

, in collaboration with Quicksilver Baroque and International Contemporary Ensemble, August 2016 *

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: works of

, Ted Hearne, and David Lang, March 2017 * David Geffen Hall: World premiere of ''

Fire in my mouth ''Fire in my mouth'' is an oratorio for girls' choir, women's choir, and orchestra by the American composer Julia Wolfe. The work was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Jaap van Zweden and was completed in August 2 ...

'' by Julia Wolfe with

Young People’s Chorus of New York City Young People's Chorus of New York City is an internationally acclaimed children's chorus based in New York City. The Young People's Chorus (YPC) provides children of all ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds with a unique program of music ...

and the

New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City. It is ...

Jaap van Zweden Jaap van Zweden (; born 12 December 1960) is a Dutch conductor and violinist. He is currently music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and of the New York Philharmonic, and music director-designate of the Seoul Philharmonic. ...

conducting, January 2019

Awards

* Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming 2009, 2011, and 2017 *

Commissioning Award from Chorus America 2013 * Champion of New Music Award from

American Composers Forum The American Composers Forum is an American organization that works for the promotion and assistance of American composers and contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1973 as the Minnesota Composers Forum and is based in Saint Paul, Minnes ...

2017

Grammy Nominations and Awards

* Nomination -

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''Born'' * Nomination -

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''Rising w/ The Crossing'' * Nomination -

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Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''Carthage'' * Nomination -

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''The Arc in the Sky'' * Nomination -

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''Voyages'' *

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for '' Zealot Canticles'' *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for '' The Fifth Century'' * Nomination -

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''Carthage'' * Nomination -

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''Voyages'' * Nomination -

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''The Arc in the Sky'' * Nomination -

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for ''Bonhoeffer''

Discography

John Luther Adams, ''Sila: The Breath of the World'', The Crossing with JACK Quartet (Cantaloupe Music, 2022)''Born'', The Crossing (Navona Records, 2022)''Words Adorned'', The Crossing with Dalal Abu Amneh and Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble (Navona Records, 2021)''The Tower and the Garden'' (Navona Records, 2021)''Rising w/ The Crossing'' (New Focus Recordings, 2020)James Primosch, ''Carthage'', The Crossing (Navona Records, 2020)Michael Gordon, ''Anonymous Man'' (Cantaloupe Music, 2020)Julia Wolfe, ''Fire in my mouth'', The Crossing with New York Philharmonic and Young People's Chorus of New York City (Decca Gold, 2019)''Voyages'' (Innova Records, 2019)Kile Smith, ''The Arc in the Sky'' (Navona Records, 2019)''Evolutionary Spirits'', The Crossing (Navona Records, 2019)Lansing McLoskey, ''Zealot Canticles'' (Innova Records, 2018)

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Gregory Brown and Stratis Minakakis, ''If There Were Water'', (Innova Records, 2018)John Luther Adams, ''Canticles of the Holy Wind'', (Cantaloupe Music, 2017)Ted Hearne, ''Sound from the Bench'', (Cantaloupe Music, 2017)Edie Hill, ''Clay Jug'', (Navona Records, 2016)''Seven Responses'', The Crossing with International Contemporary Ensemble (Innova Records, 2016)Gavin Bryars, ''The Fifth Century'', PRISM Saxophone Quartet and The Crossing (ECM Records, 2016)

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Thomas Lloyd, ''Bonhoeffer'', The Crossing (Albany Records, 2016); Grammy-nominated in the category of Best Choral Performance, 2017''Words Adorned'', The Crossing with Dalal Abu Amneh and Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble (2015)''Gregory W Brown: Moonstrung Air'', The Crossing, New York Polyphony (Navona Records, 2015)Lewis Spratlan, ''Hesperus is Phosphorus'', Network for New Music and The Crossing (Innova Records, 2015)''Christmas Daybreak'', The Crossing, The Choir of St. Paul's Church (Chestnut Hill) (Innova Records, 2013)''I Want to Live'', The Women of The Crossing (Innova Records, 2013)''It Is Time'', The Crossing (Navona Records, 2011)Kile Smith, ''Vespers'', Piffaro, The Renaissance Band and The Crossing (Navona Records, 2008)

References

External links

* , the organization's official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Crossing 2005 establishments in Pennsylvania Chamber choirs Choirs in Pennsylvania Musical groups established in 2005 Musical groups from Philadelphia