PhilHarmonia presents: 'Tis a Gift – America at 250

PhilHarmonia closes out our 12th season with reflections on the gifts and dreams of our 250 year-old country: our lives on this beautiful land, our commitment to safeguard our rights of the pursuit of happiness and liberty and justice for all.

Join us as we ponder Philadelphia's gifts extolled in a work by Ajibola Rivers, and our national journey in Bob Chilcott's and Rollo Dilworth's arrangements of the Shaker tune "'Tis the Gift to be Simple," and Paul Simon's "American Tune." Texts by Emily Dickinson, Zona Gale, Andrea Gibson, Langston Hughes will be featured in the music of Melissa Dunphy, Rosephanye Powell, and in two world premieres by Joseph Gregorio (“Who robbed the woods?” ) and our own PhilHarmonia member, Jessie Doble (“ What I know about living” from Laurel Marches).

We will also be joined by pianist Kim Barroso in Jake Runestad's American Triptych - a lush and exuberant musical homage to the American landscape in the poems of Henry David Thoreau, Wendell Berry and John Muir.

This concert is pay-what-you-wish. We suggest a contribution of $30 for adults and $10 for students.

As theater space is limited, all attendees must register in advance. If purchasing multiple tickets, please purchase them one at a time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Tickets may not be available at the door.

6:30pm Doors

7:30pm Show

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