MoM 2: Building a Contemporary Canon, Edition 2 presented by ArtPhilly

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, Benjamin C.S. Boyle, and Tyshawn Sorey cover the stylistic landscape and explore everything from FDR’s vision of Democracy, to the disappearance of bluestem grasses, to love, and to jazz. 

Independence. Redress. Tyrant. Brethren. 

Nathalie Joachim’s new work is commissioned by ArtPhilly, The Crossing, and Donald Nally.