EditorialThe composer Tyshawn Sorey, center, conducts his “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)” at the Park Avenue Armory, where illuminated reproductions of paintings by Julie Mehretu surrounded the audience, in New York, Sept. 26, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialDerick Murreld in the Park Avenue Armory’s production of “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife),” which also features visual art by Julie Mehretu, in New York, Sept. 24, 2022. (Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times)
EditorialTyshawn Sorey leads the Houston Chamber Choir, the keyboardist Sarah Rothenberg, the violist Kim Kashkashian, the bass-baritone Davóne Tines and the percussionist Steven Schick in his new work “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)” at the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Feb. 19, 2022. (Michael Starghill Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialTyshawn Sorey at the Rothko Chapel, where his composition ?Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)? will premiere, in Houston, Texas, Feb. 16, 2022. (Michael Starghill/The New York Times)