Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

MoM 2: Building a Contemporary Canon, Edition 2
presented by ArtPhilly †
The People Speak from the Birthplace of America
(Philadelphia Composers Ask Questions)
A world premiere of Nathalie Joachim
w/ Thomas Mesa, cello
w/ works from our Philadelphia composer friends

Sunday, June 28 @ 5pm

The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill

preconcert talk at 4pm

Tickets will be available via ArtPhilly in February 2026

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.