Singing of Democracy

In a Sea of Seething Currents

April 10, 2026, 7:30pm - 9:00 PM

Battery Maritime Building - New York City

This KCO performance will mark the 250th anniversary year - the semiquincentennial - of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  Featured will be a world premiere by Gary S. Fagin, “Each and All,” drawing on texts about democracy by Plato, Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Longfellow, Walt Whitman, and Abraham Lincoln.

The KCO will be joined by vocalists Alexandra Silber, soprano, Rosena Hill Jackson, mezzo-soprano, Chauncey Packer, tenor, and Ben Davis, baritone. In addition to the premiere by Gary S. Fagin, the evening will also include works by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and Ricky Ian Gordon.

We hope you will join us for this very special, thoughtful evening of music celebrating the rights and privileges we often take for granted, and that feel so fragile right now. 

Save the Date!  Reservation details will be available here soon.

The composition and performance of "Each and All" is made possible by a generous grant from The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts.