The Crossing performs Ted Hearne's Sound from the Bench at National Sawdust. Photo by Jill Steinberg.

Opus 150, 1:16 model. Photo courtesy of C.B. Fisk, Inc.

Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak. Photo by Jesse Hunniford.

Madhusmita Bora and Sattriya Dance Company with The Dancing Monks of Assam in performance at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo by Bill Hebert, courtesy Madhusmita Bora.

Nels Cline. Photo by Nathan West. Courtesy of Ars Nova Workshop.

Settlement Music School students in performance. Photo courtesy of Settlement Music School.

The Penn Museum’s new Middle East Galleries will invite visitors to interact with both iconic and everyday objects from the first cities. Photo courtesy of Haley Sharpe Design.

Germaine Ingram performs in Parallel Destinies. Courtesy of James Wasserman.