The Beatitudes
May 1st, 2026 7:30pm
Join Fourth Wall Ensemble on May 1st at 7:30pm for contemporary vocal music featuring the East Coast premiere of The Beatitudes by Jeff Beal. The concert will be held at Grace and St. Paul’s Church located at 123 West 71st Street, New York, NY 10023.
Fourth Wall Ensemble joins composer Jeff Beal in bringing two works to life: The Paper Lined Shack featuring soprano Zoe Allen, and the East Coast premiere of The Beatitudes. Jeff Beal is a five-time Emmy Award-winning composer known for his scores for TV shows including "House of Cards," “Monk" and “Rome," as well as films such as “Pollock" and “Blackfish." Beal will perform on flugelhorn, sharing the stage with Fourth Wall Ensemble’s Artistic Director, Christopher Allen.
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Award-winning composer Jeff Beal’s career spans several decades with an oeuvre that includes hundreds of works for the screen and stage. Following in the tradition of great American composers such as Copland, Gershwin and Bernstein, his works are influenced by his roots as a jazz trumpeter, and incorporate a sophistication that has made him the favorite of outstanding directors of both dramas and documentaries. Early recognition in his career began in his native California, where he composed for films and television shows, notably including Pollock, Monk, and House of Cards. His outstanding work in this field was recognised with five Emmys ®, an SCL Ambassador and Jury Award, and three HMMAs.His compositions for the concert hall have taken many forms, from symphonic to song-cycles, from ballet to works for solo piano. His recently released recording of piano études, New York Études, Volume I, received over seven million streams on Apple Classical. An official Steinway Artist, the work was performed by the composer himself. Jeff also frequently plays trumpet or flugelhorn on his recordings, and conducts performances of his works. Currently based in New York City, Jeff continues to compose, perform and record, a practice that he credits with helping to improve his quality of life as he continues his health journey with MS. Some of his most recent works include the score for the award-winning Peacock thriller All Her Fault, the premiere of the chorale work The Beatitudes at Walt Disney Concert Hall, New York Études, Volume II (recording and concerts), and the new score to Fritz Lang’s 1923 film Metropolis (premiering in Prague in 2026).
