MoM1: The Forest

June 3-6, 2021
The Month of Moderns 2021
Presented by The Crossing and The Annenberg Center

MoM 1: The Forest
by Donald Nally and Kevin Vondrak
a reprise of our (quickly sold-out) October concerts
Performances June 3-6
a linear work, which the audience walks through, safe and social-distanced,
at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, PA
a bucolic ⅓ mile stroll through Penn’s Woods
at this beautiful local treasure

“There is a forest which isn’t a forest, just a collection of trees.
”What kind of singing matters?” – that’s what I asked.
While I am drawn to all ages and kinds, from maple sprouts to towering sequoias with their crowns wreathed in fog, I am especially drawn to the ancient, battered ones, the survivors. ”

The Forest is based on the writings of members of The Crossing. Their words reflect the experience of isolation and aloneness in lockdown, which resulted in the total absence of work, income, art, singing, and contact. Performed in a wooded area, the trees serve as a metaphor for the experience of singers in normal and pandemic times; a singular being with its own personality appearing to be alone, yet deeply connected at the root level and relying on each other for strength and support, contributing their energy to the health of the whole.

Thursday, June 3, 2021, 6:30pm *canceled due to rain*
Friday, June 4, 2021, 6:30pm
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 4:00pm
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 6:30pm
Sunday, June 6, 2021, 6:30pm

Tickets will be available May 11th
at www.annenbergcenter.org/

All concerts in The Month of Moderns 2021 are performed with singers and audience spatially distanced, using our Echoes Amplification Kits, which allow an intimate aural experience, while observing pandemic-time protocols.

Concert image – “Bowman's Crab Path" (2021) by Steven Bradshaw and Nyahzul C. Blanco