World premiere of A Psalm for Pittsburgh—Esa Einai (Psalm 121), for tenor, children’s choir, violin, viola  cello and piano, commissioned by Tree of Life Congregation, Pittsburgh, in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the tragic murders at Tree of Life.

Performed by Hazzan/Rabbi Jeffrey Myers and the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus at an interfaith/intergenerational concert produced by the Violins of Hope of Greater Pittsburgh. 

Alongside with CAPA Vocal Department members, vocalist Anita Levels will sing songs from the Civil Rights Movement; CAPA’s Theatre Arts program students will read quotes from Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Dr. Martin Luther King; and poet Danielle Obisie-Orlu will introduce a piece she wrote for the event.

Kristallnacht, the night of shattered glass, will also be recognized through poetry about the Holocaust by Valerie Bacharach and music by Jewish and Black American composers commissioned by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and performed by Pittsburgh Symphony musicians David McCarroll and Tatjana Mead Chamis, and cellist Angela Park.

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