The Crossing

The Crossing is a 24 member professional chamber choir from the Philadelphia area conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music. Originally formed by a group of friends in 2005, the ensemble has since grown exponentially and “has made a name for itself in recent years as a champion of new music.” - New York Times 2/14. Highly sought after for collaborative projects, The Crossing was the resident choir of the Spoleto Festival, Italy in 2007, appeared at Miller Theatre of Columbia University (in the American premiere of James Dillon’s Nine Rivers) with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), performed during Bang on a Can’s first Philadelphia Marathon, and has appeared with Network for New Music, Lyric Fest, Piffaro, red fish blue fish, Tempesta di Mare Baroque Chamber Orchestra, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Toshimaru Nakamura, Dolce Suono, and this past summer with The Rolling Stones.  

The Crossing frequently commissions works and has presented over 40 world premieres. Recent projects have included commissions with John Luther Adams, Ted Hearne, Joel Puckett, Toivo Tulev, and Gavin Bryars. The ensemble recently released two recordings on the Innova label: Christmas Daybreak - with world premiere recordings of James MacMillan and Gabriel Jackson - and I want to live with the complete choral works for women by David Lang. In 2014 The Crossing makes its Carnegie Hall debut with The American Composers Orchestra and its Disney Hall debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.