Experience world cultures as one big, beautiful tapestry in a glorious setting, when Present Music offers a "Concert for Peace" this Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. It features Native American, Gospel, Ukrainian, Muslim and Jewish traditions, and highlights MacArthur-winner Courtney Bryan's powerful call for unity against brutality. There will be a pre-concert talk at 4:00 with the conductor David Bloom, the Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, and Michael Kropf, whose violin concerto based on Holocaust-era themes will be played by Sabrina Tabby.

 Program:

 Little Priest Singers                                           traditional drumming and song

 Mark Fax                                                             Fantasy on Kremser

                                                                                     John Orfe, organ soloist

 Valentin Silvestrov                                           Postlude #3

 Niloufar Nourbakhsh                                        “C Ce See”

 Courtney Bryan                                                 Sanctum

 Michael Kropf                                                    Moses in Nederland

                                                                                 Sabrina Tabby, violin soloist

Click here for the online program: Concert for Peace Program

Pre-concert talk at 4:00 PM: with Michael Kropf and Niloufar Nourbakhsh moderated by David Bloom

Complementary reception to follow Concert for Peace

Concert for Peace is sponsored by Bader Philanthropies

Media Sponsors: Shepherd Express and WMSE

Community Partners: Hunger Task Force and Milwaukee Inner-City Churches Allied for Hope