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Lehigh Choral Arts presents Out of the Depths, a concert that plumbs the depths of the human experience with works for full choir and orchestra. Featuring compositions by 20th and 21st century composers like Ralph Vaughan Williams, Andrew Maxfield, and more. Join us on a sonic voyage from darkness into light. Sarah Frook Gallo, director; Liz Olson, assistant director.

Music by American composers in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Lehigh Choral Arts presents Out of the Depths, a concert that plumbs the depths of the human experience with works for full choir and orchestra. Featuring compositions by 20th and 21st century composers like Ralph Vaughan Williams, Andrew Maxfield, and more. Join us on a sonic voyage from darkness into light. Sarah Frook Gallo, director; Liz Olson, assistant director.

The Wind Ensemble presents works representing different cultures from around the world. Highlights will include Flower of Dreams: In Bloom in the Rokko Mountains, Danzon No. 2, and Variations on a Korean Folk Song. Darin Lewis, director.

Give Empire Wild an hour with about a dozen kids on violins, cellos, trumpet, and drum at a summer music camp in Iowa, and you will get a passable rendition of Train’s “Soul Sister,” learned by ear. And one heck of a good time. The good times continue to roll when the ensemble brings its “genre-defying” chamber music to the CMLV stage. As comfortable with Chick Corea and George Gershwin as with Bach, Schubert, and Debussy, these two cellists and a pianist deliver “original music, inventive covers, and twists on the classical canon” through crossover programming that includes “pop, folk, Broadway, and more.” Founded by the cellists while at Juilliard, Empire Wild was awarded the Ambassador Prize in the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. Combining community engagement, teaching, and collaborations with performing, the trio has toured from New York to Oregon and, more recently, from Indonesia to Nova Scotia, appearing, along the way, next to a pond, at a distillery, and in a crypt—from Morning Musicales in Bryn Mawr to Candlelight Concerts in Baltimore. Their time with us in the Lehigh Valley will be fun.

‘Boundless’

• Jounetsu Tairiku – Taro Hakase
• ‘S Wonderful – Gershwin
• Song for Claire (2022) – Empire Wild
• Selections from The Gymnopedies – Satie
• Sarabande from Suite 6 – Bach
• For Chiaki/North Beat – Empire Wild/Lewis
• Armando’s Rhumba – Corea
• Shadow Play – Eugene Friesen
• All of Me – Porter
• Taconic – Empire Wild
• Fly Me to the Moon – Bart Howard
• La Fes des Dents – Brunet
• Julie-O – Summer
• Pavane pour une infante défunte – Ravel
• The Boxing Reels – Kittel

Joshua Roman is a cello soloist and composer, hailed for his "effortlessly expressive tone...and playful zest for exploration" (The New York Times), as well as his "extraordinary technical and musical gifts" and "blend of precision and almost improvisatory freedom...that goes straight to the heart" (The San Francisco Chronicle). His genre-bending programs and wide-ranging collaborations have grown out of an "enthusiasm for musical evolution that is as contagious as his love for the classics" (The Seattle Times).

Committed to bringing classical music to new audiences, Roman opened the acclaimed 2017 TED Conference - and his performance of the complete Bach Cello Suites after the 2016 U.S. presidential election was the most-viewed event in the history of TED's social channels, with nearly a million live viewers. Roman has collaborated with world-class artists across genres and disciplines, including Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, DJ Spooky, Tony-winner/MacArthur Genius Bill T. Jones, GRAMMY-winning East African vocalist Somi, and Tony-nominated actor Anna Deavere Smith.

Imagine your favorite songs performed like you’ve never heard them before—surrounded by the glow of more than 1,000 candles.

Join acclaimed vocalist Chris Pinnella (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) for a breathtaking candlelit concert experience as he makes his Sellersville Theater debut to kick off the summer. Backed by his phenomenal 12-piece orchestra, Pinnella transforms iconic songs into sweeping, cinematic arrangements that blur the lines between rock, pop, classical, and jazz.

From the timeless songwriting of The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Tears for Fears, Yaz, and more, each performance is reimagined with lush orchestration and emotional depth—inviting audiences to rediscover these legendary songs in a completely new way.

Praised for his “genre-bending interpretations” (USA Today) and electrifying stage presence, Pinnella brings both power and intimacy to every performance.

The New York Times writes, “Pinnella possesses a soaring rich voice that just leaves you speechless. With his amazing band he takes each song into majestic territory.”

This unforgettable evening is part concert, part musical journey—perfect for longtime music lovers and first-time listeners alike.