GLOW - Healing and Connection
Friday, December 4, 7:30PM at St. John’s in the Village. 218 W. 11th Street, New York, NY
Sunday, December 6, 5:00PM at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 70 Maple Ave, Morristown, NJ
Inspired in part by Abraham Lincoln’s call for a spirit of reconciliation—“with malice toward none, with charity for all”—GLOW reflects on the quiet power of compassion to mend what has been broken.
There may be no better time to lean into the comfort of human connection than the holiday season, with its many symbols of light: the candles of the menorah, stars in the night sky, and the simple glow of being together.
Through music of healing, hope, and celebration, GLOW offers a space to pause, listen, and reconnect—with ourselves and with one another. It reminds us that healing often begins not with a grand gesture, but with a gentle light kindled within us and shared with someone else.
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Ember’s choral concerts are open to everyone on a Pay-What-You-Will basis. Choose the amount that is right for you. Those who are able to contribute more help sustain the artists and make this music accessible to all.
DANGER
Friday, March 12, 7:30PM at St. John’s in the Village. 218 W. 11th Street, New York, NY
Sunday, March 14, 5:00PM at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 70 Maple Ave, Morristown, NJ
DANGER turns our attention to one of the most urgent and painful realities of American life: the pervasive presence of guns and the devastating toll of gun violence in our communities.
Through music and contextual exploration, the program considers the history, uses, cultural meanings, and current sociological realities surrounding firearms in the United States. What does it mean to live in a society where danger so often feels close at hand? How do we make space for grief, remembrance, and honest reflection?
At the center of the program is Jamie Powe’s The Gun Mass, a searing setting of Haley Hodges’s poem lamenting the lives lost to gun violence across the nation. Structured within the familiar framework of the Mass, the work transforms liturgical form into a place of communal mourning—honoring grief while refusing easy answers.
Also featured is Mason Robert McCool’s strikingly original setting of Psalm 23. Its familiar words become a deeply personal meditation on vulnerability, protection, and the search for solace amid fear.
Together, these works invite us to listen, to remember, and to summon the courage to remain present with difficult truths.
The Gun Mass and Psalm 23 are included in the PROJECT : ENCORE™ Catalog.
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Ember’s choral concerts are open to everyone on a Pay-What-You-Will basis. Choose the amount that is right for you. Those who are able to contribute more help sustain the artists and make this music accessible to all.
BALANCE
Friday, May 14, 7:30PM at St. John’s in the Village. 218 W. 11th Street, New York, NY
Sunday, May 16, 5:00PM at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 70 Maple Ave, Morristown, NJ
BALANCE explores one of the most universal challenges of human life: the search for equilibrium.
In a world that continually pulls us in competing directions, we strive to balance work and rest, responsibility and renewal, intellect and emotion. Yet balance is rarely a fixed state. It is something we continually seek, lose, adjust, and rediscover.
The music of BALANCE traces that human negotiation. Urgency gives way to stillness. Complexity resolves into clarity. Dissonance finds its way toward resonance. Together, these musical journeys invite us to consider what steadies us—and how attentive listening can help us move forward together.
The program brings together four works selected from the PROJECT : ENCORE™ Catalog:
When All Falls Silent — Donald M. Skirvin
Look to This Day — Tom Council
On Goes the River — Matt Wetmore
The Eye Begins to See — Donald McCullough
Each offers a distinct perspective on change, awareness, resilience, and the elusive search for stability.
PAY WHAT YOU WILL:
Ember’s choral concerts are open to everyone on a Pay-What-You-Will basis. Choose the amount that is right for you. Those who are able to contribute more help sustain the artists and make this music accessible to all.