Nashville in Harmony Announces Spring Concert Details

Spectrum to feature world premiere of TJ Cole’s “Those Moments” May 18 and 19
in partnership with OZ Arts Nashville

Intersection, Nashville’s professional contemporary
instrumental ensemble, and Nashville in Harmony, a 120-voice mixed citywide
chorus of LGBT people and their allies, have announced the program and further
details for Spectrum. The event will take place on May 18 and 19 at OZ Arts
Nashville. Further event info can be found here.

Nashville in Harmony and Intersection have commissioned a new 20-minute work,
titled “Those Moments,” by composer TJ Cole for chorus and instrumental ensemble
that explores the concept of the gender spectrum. TJ Cole has been commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony,
among others.

Intersection and Nashville in Harmony have worked with additional community
partners to engage the LGBTQ+ community and its allies in the planning and
implementation of this project that incorporates the stories of Nashville in Harmony
singers into the new work.

“During my visit to Nashville last fall, I was able to meet with members of Nashville
in Harmony and record some of them speaking about the broad topic of gender,”
says Cole. “Through working on this project, I have reflected on how powerful
memories can be. They’re not only impactful on a personal level, but the sharing of
memories can allow us to gain more perspective, insight, understanding of each
other, and connection to others.”

Intersection will also present Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Mania and Liza Lim’s Voodoo
Child. Salonen and Lim’s works will showcase virtuosic talents from cellist Michael
Samis and vocalist Rebekah Alexander. “Salonen's piece is a rhythmic, vibrant roller
coaster while Lim's piece demonstrates passionate poetry through the discovery of
new instrumental and vocal colors that extend the sonic universe,” says Kelly
Corcoran, Artistic Director of Intersection.

Nashville in Harmony will present additional works throughout the evening
including Christopher Tin’s Sogno Di Volare and Annie Lenox’s 1000 Beautiful
Things, among others.

“Building on the theme of self-expression, Nashville in Harmony will perform music
that is both powerful and aspirational, with lyrics by Leonardo da Vinci (Sogno Di
Volare), Emma Lazarus (Until All of Us Are Free), and Annie Lennox (1000 Beautiful
Things), featuring an exciting palette of musical styles including both heroic video
game music as well as sixties jazz,” says Don Schlosser, Conductor of Nashville in
Harmony.

SHOW SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 18, 2019 – 7:30pm
Sunday, May 19, 2019 – 4:00pm
OZ Arts Nashville
6172 Cockrill Bend Circle

PROGRAM
TJ Cole: Those Moments (2019) *World Premiere commissioned by Intersection &
NIH
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Mania (2000)
Liza Lim: Voodoo Child (1989)
Christopher Tin: Sogno Di Volare
Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (arr. Kirby
Shaw)
Annie Lennox: 1000 Beautiful Things (arr. Craig Hella Johnson)
Emma Lazarus and Mark Burrows: Until All of Us Are Free

Intersection
Nashville in Harmony

Kelly Corcoran, Artistic Director & Conductor
Don Schlosser, Conductor
Rebekah Alexander, Soprano
Michael Samis, Cello



About TJ Cole: TJ Cole has been commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony, the
Louisville Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, Time for Three and the Sun Valley
Summer Symphony, among others, and served as a composer-in-residence at the
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in 2014. Besides taking commissions, TJ is
also interested in artistic community service projects. She collaborated with bassist
Ranaan Meyer as an orchestrator on his project, The World We All Deserve Through
Music, and with First Person Arts by co-curating and performing in a musical story
slam. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.

About Intersection: Intersection is a flexible contemporary nonprofit music
ensemble dedicated to challenging the traditional concert experience, exploring
music of the 20th and 21st centuries, supporting living composers, presenting
programs for younger audiences, embracing collaboration, technology and the
avant-garde, while expanding, respecting and embracing the musical and cultural
diversity of Nashville.