July 18, 2025
Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College
815 N Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Albany Pro Musica’s Concert Chorus will present the Emergent Universe Oratorio, a dramatic contemporary piece for chorus and orchestra by Sam Guarnaccia. This remarkable work tells the awe-inspiring story of our universe’s origin, evolution, and emergence of life, through to the present environmental and civilizational crises facing our planet. The performance features Albany Pro Musica with the Mostly Modern Orchestra; guest soloists Evangelia Leontis, Elizabeth Eschen Cacciola, Brendan Hoffman, and Joseph Han; the Pro Musica International Choral Festival student chorus; and orator Rex Smith. The music is enhanced by a lush and evocative visual set design by painter Cami Davis.