Due to the weather, this event has been canceled. Please join us on May 21st for A New Amorous World.
Program to be selected from the following:
Adinu | arr. Shireen Abu-Khader |
Fog elna khel | Salim Bali |
Kang Ding Qing Ke Tu Chao Mian |
Liu Zhuang |
Oseh Shalom | arr. Elaine Broad-Ginsberg |
Gede Nibo Fre o |
Steb Kallman |
Adinu | arr. Andre de Quadros and Shireen Abu-Khader |
Entarisi Ala Benziyor | Muammer Sun |
Now I walk in beauty | Gregg Smith |
Special, free preview concert in the park on May 14, featuring a selection of the music written for a cappella voices from the May 21 program. You’ll hear traditional folk music from non-European and non-American cultures in the open-air setting of Billings Lawn in Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan.
The Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
A New Amorous World is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council empowers artists by providing them with networks, resources, and support, to create vibrant, sustainable communities in Lower Manhattan and beyond.