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Best of Philly 50: "A Gritty Resolution"
Best Proof That We?re Still Obsessed With Gritty
Victor Fiorillo of Philadelphia Magazine
May 30, 2025
It's been close to six years since the Flyers unleashed Gritty into the world, and we thought we had seen every possible creative tribute to the beastly orange mascot. But then, in June, Northern Liberties composer Melissa Dunphy, who has seen her modern classical music performed at such esteemed venues as Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall, debuted this dramatic five-minute choral work with words adapted from Helen Gym's 2018 City Council resolution honoring our orange id. "I would die for Gritty," Dunphy tells us. Catch a live performance of the song at melissadunphy.com.