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Stonewall offers NYC premiere of Andrea Clearfield work
Posted 3/6/2024

Stonewall--ClearfieldThe Stonewall Chorale, the country's first LGBTQ+ choir and treasured New York City institution, is again making history. At its March 23 concert, the group will present the New York premiere of Andrea Clearfield's moving and evocative, gender identity-themed choral work Here I Am: I Am Here, conducted by Artistic Director Cynthia Powell and scored for piano, string quartet, soloists and narrators. As the second full presentation of the work, this performance follows the 2022 premiere in Boston by its commissioning chorus, Coro Allegro, as part of their series "Letters to Our Children: Voices Across Generations of LGBTQ+ Youth." Stonewall is thrilled that composer/librettist Andrea Clearfield will attend the March 23 concert. More...



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