Williamstown, MA - St. John’s Episcopal church in Williamstown continues its Summer Noontime Concert Series on Monday, July 27 with a performance by the virtuoso trombonist Will Lang. The concert will begin at noon and end by 12:45. Audience members are welcome to bring a bag lunch and St. John’s will provide drinks and cookies. Admission is free; donations to help offset expenses are welcome.
Trombonist William Lang is making a career in new music. As an active musician in both New York and Boston, he is dedicated to the performance of new music by established and emerging composers. He has performed new music in such venues as Carnegie's Zankel Hall, the Winter Garden, the Cathedral of St. Paul in Boston, the Flea, the Tank, Secret Project Robot, the Gershwin Hotel, and the Stone. Lang has been involved in the premiere of over 45 new works in the last year alone; in addition to NotaRiotous, he has performed with such ensembles as the TACTUS Ensemble, Zero Gravity, the SEM Ensemble, the Claremont Ensemble, the Guidonian Hand (a trombone quartet he started,) Grocery Store Sushi, Wet Ink, and Loadbang, a new music group of which he is a founding member. Lang is an active performer in New York City's freelance orchestra scene, and has toured across New York State with the SUNY Fredonia Wind Ensemble as a soloist, performing Richard Peaslee's Arrows of Time. He recently received a Masters degree in the Contemporary Performance Program (of which he is a flagship member) from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Herrington.
The concert series will continue on Mondays from August 3 – August 17.
Featured performers include:
August 3: Nick Revel, viola
August 10: Loadbang, contemporary chamber ensemble
August 17: Emily Kalish & Abigail Reisman, violin duo
Updated information can be found at www.saintjohnswilliamstown.org
St. John’s is located at 35 Park Street and is wheelchair-accessible.
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