Always Singing includes works by American composers and features the world premiere of Dale Trumbore’s “A Different Kind of Flight,” which is commissioned by and dedicated to the Chestnut Street Singers. The text is a compilation of various texts authored by current and former members of the Chestnut Street Singers. Taking inspiration from Dale Trumbore’s new piece, other works in Always Singing incorporate texts from a variety of sources. All mention singing in one way or another.

FINNEY: Spherical Madrigals
PUTS: “At Castle Wood” from To Touch The Sky
TRUMBORE: A Different Kind of Flight (world premiere)
WOLFE: Guard My Tongue
HAILSTORK: Nocturne
BARBER: Twelfth Night
BARBER: To be sung on the water
CARMICHAEL (arr. CASSEY): Stardust
RODGERS (arr. AL-ZAND): My Romance
GERSHWIN (arr. OJEDA-GONZALEZ): Blah, Blah, Blah
WARLAND: Always Singing