Crescendo Presents

In Search of the Bridges

Crescendo will offer patrons a treat during its final concert of the season, presenting the world premiere of a composition by John Myers that was specially commissioned by the award-winning music organization.

The program, based on the concept that music is a bridge between important American cultures—African American, Latin American, Appalachian/Indigenous and South Asian—will offer North and South American 20th-century and contemporary choral works, including Myers’ world premiere. Myers wrote his four-movement work, In Search of the Bridges, for chorus, soloists and instrumental ensemble based on the poetry of four living female poets.

Also on the program are choral arrangements and compositions by African American composer Nathaniel R. Dett, a trailblazer in 20th-century American music; Florence Price, the first African-descent female composer to have a symphonic work performed by a major symphony orchestra; Ysaÿe Barnwell, composer, actress and former member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, a Black women’s a cappella ensemble; Gustavo Cerati, an Argentine singer and songwriter and works by other composers and arrangers from North and South America.

The program will be presented Friday, April 28, at 7:30PM at Trinity Church. 484 Lime Rock Road. Lakeville, and Sunday, April 30 at 4:30PM at Saint James Place. 352 Main Street. Great Barrington. Tickets are $40 (general seating), $75 (premium seating), and $10 (youth) and are available on Crescendo’s website: crescendomusic.org or by mail: PO Box 245. Lakeville. CT 06039.

Complimentary tickets will be granted on a first-come-first-served basis. Free tickets can be requested by writing to crescendo@crescendomusic.org.