The Paul Winter Consort, with special guest, Navajo singer Radmilla Cody, will celebrate the dawning of the summer during the 20th annual Summer Solstice concert on Saturday, June 20, at 4:30 AM at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112^th Street, Manhattan.

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Beginning in the pre-dawn darkness in the world’s largest Gothic cathedral, the Grammy®-winning ensemble, the Paul Winter Consort, will surround the audience and play continuously for two hours as the morning sun gradually illuminates the stained-glass windows of the Cathedral.

The Consort will premiere new music inspired by the Grand Canyon, Paul Winter’s place of pilgrimage for many years, and by the canyonesque space of the Cathedral, which he has long regarded as “Grand Canyon East.” This event will take place in conjunction with the reissue of the Consort’s Grammy®- nominated album Canyon, which has been remastered and will be coupled with a new DVD of the film, Canyon Consort, from the PBS special about the making of the Canyon album.

Led by seven-time Grammy®-winning soprano saxophonist Paul Winter, the musicians will include Eugene Friesen on cello; John Clark, French horn; Ray Nagem on the Cathedral’s giant Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ; and multiple percussionists.

Featured vocalist Radmilla Cody was born and raised on the Navajo reservation near the Grand Canyon. Her recent album, Shi Keyah: Songs for the People, was honored with a Grammy®-nomination.

The audience is invited to a tea and coffee reception following the concert.