Brian Lerer on WNYC, and no, that's not the Brian Lairer Show theme.

That's a little snippet of some of the sounds from a new site-specific choral work set at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this week called Port Hall. That's P-O-R-T and then parentheses around

the A-L, we'll explain. Now, we're talking a lot about history this year in our ongoing

centennial series on the show in which we examine the past hundred years of all kinds of topics

and often how that history

influences our lives today, right? But in this last part of our show today, we'll look at

another approach to history, this new immersive choral work being performed by the Brooklyn

Youth Chorus in the Navy Yards Agarfish Building on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

And to talk more about this work, the parentheses in the title included, and about what port parentheses all has to say about the Navy Yards past, our future, and more.

We're joined by our old friend, composer, musician, and storyteller,

Chad Abramrod.

You probably know him best as the creator and former co-host of WNYC's Radio Lab,

but he's here today to talk about this new project as co-composer and librettist.

And he is joined by Diane Birken Meniker, the Brooklyn Youth Corps,

founder and artistic director

and the co-creator of Porte, parentheses, all.

They'll tell us how we're really supposed to say it.

And we'll also hear from a member of the chorus in a bit.

Hey, Chad, and Diane, welcome to WNYC.

Good morning.

Thanks so much for having us.

It's good to be back.

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