On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 7pm EST at the Blue Building, Sparks & Wiry Cries presents At the Crossroads, a concert featuring four commissioned works that focus on stories advancing the critical dialogues around the issues of our time.

The program includes the live premiere of Ciudad perdida (The Lost City) by Reinaldo Moya, commissioned for the 2021 songSLAM Festival, which will be performed by soprano Maria Brea and pianist Howard Watkins; the live premiere of Ramadan 20 vs COVID 19 by Andrew Staniland, also a 2021 songSLAM Festival commission, performed by soprano LaToya Lain, poet jessica Care moore, and pianist Erika Switzer; two world premieres commissioned for the 2022 songSLAM Festival, After Him by John Glover, performed by baritone and poet Michael Kelly and pianist Howard Watkins, and From the Woolworth Tower by 2021 songSLAM Commission Prize winner Rachel DeVore Fogarty, to be performed by sopranos Maria Brea, Martha Guth, and LaToya Lain, with pianist Myra Huang.

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