UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Bang on a Can All-Stars will return to Penn State for the third time for another ultra-dynamic performance that crosses the boundaries of classical, jazz, rock, world and experimental music. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Eisenhower Auditorium.
The electrifying music ensemble will perform David Lang’s “Before and after Nature” with the Penn State Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Christopher Kiver. The program also will feature music and text by Lang and video design by Tal Rosner.
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Formed in 1992, the Bang on a Can All-Stars ensemble is recognized worldwide for live performances and recordings of today’s most innovative music. The six-member ensemble has freely crossed the borders in music genres, consistently forging a distinct category-defying identity. The All-Stars have worked in close collaboration with some of the most important and inspiring musicians of our time, such as Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, George Lewis and many more.
Stanford University alum Lang’s composition “Before and After Nature” is a meditation on what was best for nature before humans arrived, and what will be best after we are gone, a piece he described as “a piece on noticing and thinking about the world without us.”
This composition will be accompanied by a video projection put together by Rosner, who works closely with musicians, theatre makers and fashion brands, combining multiple layers of sound and visuals to create video installations and live performances.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars performed previously at Eisenhower in 2017, as well as in 2009 for Julia Wolfe’s “Steel Hammer.”