Events & Concerts

America Will Be is a renewed vision for an inclusive America. The repertoire conjures a patriotic future for the United States for all of us. The program employs a "choral spectrum" - traditional choral sounds with contemporary styles reflecting the diversity of voices and the inspiring storytelling that Tonality skillfully weaves. As an ideal America embraces the full diversity of humanity, America Will Be asks questions about the justice system, immigration, climate change, Black Lives Matter, mental health, and LGBTQ+ equity while honoring the promise of a great America.

America Will Be is a renewed vision for an inclusive America. The repertoire conjures a patriotic future for the United States for all of us. The program employs a "choral spectrum" - traditional choral sounds with contemporary styles reflecting the diversity of voices and the inspiring storytelling that Tonality skillfully weaves. As an ideal America embraces the full diversity of humanity, America Will Be asks questions about the justice system, immigration, climate change, Black Lives Matter, mental health, and LGBTQ+ equity while honoring the promise of a great America.

Music @ The Wallis is generously made possible by Terri and Jerry Kohl At War With Ourselves – 400 Years of You features a text by National Book Award-winning poet Nikky Finney inspired by her 2013 poem “The Battle of and for the Black Face Boy.” The music was composed by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Abels, composer for the Jordan Peele films Us and Get Out. This powerful new work for string quartet, narrator, and chorus explores race relations, social justice, and civil rights in 21st century America. KRONOS QUARTET TONALITY MUSIC BY Michael Abels TEXT & NARRATION BY Nikky Finney CONDUCTED BY Alexander Lloyd Blake

Music @ The Wallis is generously made possible by Terri and Jerry Kohl Making their Wallis debut, GRAMMY-award winning vocal choir Tonality combines melodic harmonies to present concerts on themes of social justice in hopes to catalyze empathy and community activism. Put Your Guns Down discusses issues related to gun violence in the United States. Some of the selections will discuss mass shootings, police brutality, the effects on victims, school shootings, and suicide prevention. The concert also focuses on an active sense of peace as we come together to find solutions toward the epidemic of gun violence in this country. This evening’s performance will feature the world premiere of Alexander Lloyd Blake’s Running From, Running To: A Musical Reflection on Ahmaud Arbery.