🎶 February 1st at 4 PM! 🎶 AMERICA 250: Music of Pride, Protest, and Patriotism Join the Emmanuel Choir as we explore America’s story through choral masterpieces by Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber, Caroline Shaw, and more-including Simple Gifts, Amazing Grace, and Shenandoah. At the heart of the program: Joel Thompson’s A Prayer for Deliverance, a powerful 16-part choral work responding to social and political crises of our time. 🎟 $25/$10 in advance | $35 at the door Tickets & info: https://w

American conductor and music educator Randall Thompson was born on this day (April 21) in 1899! Leonard Bernstein studied orchestration with Thompson at the Curtis Institute of Music and conducted Thompson's works throughout his career, namely his Symphony No. 2. It was the first piece Bernstein conducted at the Tanglewood Music Festival in 1940, he conducted it in his first season with the New York City Symphony, and several times during his tenure with the New York Philharmonic. We share with