Mapping Stars

Intersection and Nashville in Harmony present Mapping Stars, works created and inspired by the LGBT community from composers James McCarthy and Nico Muhly. The performance also features One Voice Chorus of Charlotte, who will travel to Nashville for both performances.

For its US premiere, McCarthy’s “Codebreaker” is an oratorio about the life and work of Alan Turing, the father of computer science. “Turing was the British mathematician and cryptologist who was instrumental in deciphering the Enigma Code and defeating the Nazis in World War II,” says Don Schlosser, Nashville in Harmony’s Artistic Director. “Turing was also gay, was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ and took his own life at a young age. It’s a tragic story, and a story that must be told.” The work will feature soprano soloist Tracy Fishbein.