{"id":233501,"date":"2026-05-16T03:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233501\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:14:10","slug":"stonewall-chorale-and-cellist-mizu-will-present-immersive-concert-in-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/233501\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonewall Chorale and Cellist MIZU Will Present Immersive Concert in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Pride season, music becomes a force for visibility and unity as the Stonewall Chorale\u2014the nation’s first LGBTQAI+ choir\u2014is joined by groundbreaking queer cellist\/composer MIZU for a concert that celebrates diversity, creativity, and resilience. The immersive program, led by Artistic Director Cynthia Powell, combines the 70-member mixed-voice Chorale, live cello, large-format video projections, and prerecorded soundscapes. The concert will take place on Thursday, June 18 at 7:30 PM at Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, 86th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Featuring classical and contemporary choral works, innovative arrangements, and new solo pieces, the concert brings together one of the nation’s leading LGBTQAI+ choruses\u2014now in its 49th season\u2014with MIZU, who explores identity and transformation through her original backing tracks and visuals, theatrical performance, and masterful instrumental technique.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPride is about lifting voices\u2014especially those that have too often been silenced,\u201d said Powell. \u201cPartnering with MIZU allows us to celebrate not only an extraordinary musical talent combined with the masterful blend of Stonewall’s mixed voices. We honor the courage and authenticity that define this community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Set within the historic sanctuary of Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, the concert begins with the multi-media performance of selections from MIZU’s recent LP, Forest Scenes. The choir joins in for Dollhouse arranged by MIZU for The Stonewall Chorale, and for exciting works by renowned composers scored specifically for cello and choir.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Jake Runestad’s dramatic, animated Cello Songs (2020) the structure of the four seasons becomes a metaphor for the mutability of human nature, expressed in virtuosic cello lines that mimic gentle breezes of summer, fiery colors of autumn, soulful melancholy of winter, and sudden cloudbursts of spring.<\/p>\n

Two works by Norwegian composer Ola Gjielo further explore the concept of transformation in nature and human emotion. The Rose is an anthropomorphic ode with sweeping, sensual melodies. Dark & Luminous Night begins in stillness that transcends into the ecstasy of light and love. The beauty of nature is exquisitely reflected in T\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits’ ethereal Reflections from a Plain that evokes the windswept atmosphere of the Estonian landscape.<\/p>\n

Stonewall Chorale Pride Concert in Collaboration with MIZU<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM<\/p>\n

Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, 86th St & West End Ave, New York, NY<\/p>\n

Tickets: stonewallchorale.org\/tickets<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Student\/Senior: $30 |\u00a0General: $40 |\u00a0Premium: $65<\/p>\n

About The Stonewall Chorale<\/p>\n

Based in New York City, The Stonewall Chorale is the first LGBTQ chorus in the nation, founded in 1977 in a Greenwich Village living room by \u201cpeople who dig each other.\u201d Over the span of its 49 seasons, the Chorale has become an important cultural presence in NYC performing arts, producing three concerts a year in venues that include Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall<\/a>, Church of the Ascension, Riverside Church, the Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Alice Tully Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall.\u00a0The Chorale recently sang at the Greene Space as a part of WQXR’s tribute to Pride 2024, for Nonprofit New York and for NationSwell at the Ford Foundation.<\/p>\n


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\n 2026 Theater Fans’ Choice Awards – Live Stats\n <\/p>\n

\n Best Sound Design – Top 3\n <\/p>\n

\n 1.
\n Adam Fisher – The Lost Boys <\/p>\n

\n 36.5% of votes\n <\/p>\n

\n 2.
\n Tony Gayle – Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) <\/p>\n

\n 11% of votes\n <\/p>\n

\n 3.
\n John Shivers – Chess <\/p>\n

\n 7.2% of votes\n <\/p>\n

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