Ted Hearne; Photo by Nathan Lee Bush
The Crossing's first concert offering of the 2016-17 Season is also a first-time collaboration with The Philadelphia Fringe Festival and features music from one of our closest composer friends, Ted Hearne. Come hear why The New York Times has praised Ted for his "tough edge and wildness of spirit," and "topical, politically sharp-edged works."
Sound from the Bench
political appropriations of Ted Hearne
Image by Eamonn Farrell
O mother, it's leaving me behind.

A single sentence from the Iraq War Logs, wealth distribution and privilege, the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, and the 2013 case of rape by high school students in Steubenville, Ohio: inspirations all for the music of Ted Hearne, among the most compelling and imaginative composers writing for voices today. Love, anger, compassion - in an eclectic musical language without stylistic boundaries, with virtuosic voices, guitars, and drums alike. The centerpiece of the program is Hearne's Sound from the Bench, a setting of deft appropriations from Philadelphia poet Jena Osman which repurpose the words of ventriloquism handbooks and Supreme Court justices.

with Taylor Levine (guitar), James Moore (guitar), and Ron Wiltrout (percussion)
Sunday, September 11 @ 5pm
FringeArts
140 N. Columbus Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Stay Connected