Musical America’s 2024 Ensemble of the Year, The Crossing is a Grammy-winning professional chamber choir conducted by Donald Nally and dedicated to new music. It is committed to working with creative teams to make and record new, substantial works for choir that explore and expand ways of writing for choir, singing in choir, and listening to music for choir.

Many of its nearly 190 commissioned premieres address social, environmental, and political issues. With a commitment to recording its commissions, The Crossing has issued 34 releases, receiving three Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance (2018, 2019, 2023), and nine Grammy nominations.

Find concert information here: https://www.crossingchoir.org/events/2024-25/tour-drake

Note: This event is free and open to the public.

This concert is made possible through the generosity of the late Edwin Earle Ferguson, who earned his bachelor's and law degrees from Drake University while working as a pianist at Hotel Fort Des Moines, Younkers Tea Room, and WHO Radio during the Great Depression. His love for music continued throughout his distinguished legal career, which included 17 years as deputy general counsel of the Atomic Energy Commission.