Highline Chamber Ensemble and composer Eric Lemmon will present The Impossible Will Take a Little While, an oratorio based on the collection of essays and poetry by Paul Rogat Loeb. The Impossible Will Take a Little While offers everyday people hope and insights from leaders credited with impacting their respective societies, such as Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel. These essays highlight the legions of unsung people and political acts that have led to social change and progress. This message becomes especially pressing as a regressive, white-nationalist administration has taken power in the United States of America.

The concert on September 7th will feature Mezzo-Soprano Kate Maroney, Soprano Elisabeth Halliday-Quan, Tenor Brandon Snook, and Baritone Robert Wesley Mason. Highline Chamber Ensemble will be led by composer and conductor Whitney George, and the event will be preceded by a pre-concert talk on The Impossible Will Take a Little While by the composer, Eric Lemmon. The main concert will be accompanied by a host of smaller events including two free chamber concerts featuring excerpts of The Impossible Will Take a Little While alongside other politically minded works, with an hour-long live-streamed rehearsal on September 6th, at 8:00PM. For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/thelittleimpossible.

The Impossible Will Take a Little While is made possible with funding from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation that is administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; and by the Puffin Foundation Ltd. This composition was created with the support of the EtM Con Edison Composer Residencies, administered by Exploring the Metropolis. Advance ticket sales start at $20 for General Admission, and $15 for students, seniors, and veterans.