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![](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Concert-listing-on-WMPA-site.jpg)It’s been a long time coming – now in the year of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I’m excited that Maestro Ulysses James will conduct the [Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic](https://www.wmpamusic.org/concert-schedule.html) in the first North American performances of “[*Shredding Glass*](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/works-catalog/shredding-glass/)“. Both performances will be on Sunday, December 12, 2021. 2:30 at the [Annandale United Methodist Church](https://annandalechurch.com/), Annandale, VA and 7:30 at the historic [George Washington Masonic National Memorial](https://gwmemorial.org/), Alexandria, VA. [Purchase tickets](https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=128180).

![](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/WMPO-performing-in-the-concert-hall-872x1024.jpeg)



“*Shredding Glass*” began as an immediate cathartic response to the events and images of September 11, 2001. To me this piece represents the essence of an emotional remembrance of how a sense of time and timelessness unfolded while coping with the realization, heartbreak and impact of this catastrophic event. I believe the music is ultimately about transcendence.

			[View Catalog](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/music/)
[View Recordings](https://thty8p35tm9d6f9.onstatic.studio/recordings/)