Crazy trombone!

St. John's Noontime Concert series continues this Wednesday, July 16 with a concert by trombone virtuoso Will Lang. Will can do things on a trombone that are not generally regarded as possible! If your child is considering taking up an instrument, or is playing one now, this will blow their minds!

Will Lang is making a career in new music. An active musician in both New York and Boston, he performs new music by established as well as 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 Gershwin Hotel, and the Stone.

During this last year Lang has been involved in the premiere of over 25 new works, playing with such ensembles as the TACTUS Ensemble, Zero Gravity, the SEM Ensemble, NotaRiotous (directed by Jimmy Bergin), and Loadbang, a new music group of which he is a founding member. Lang and trumpeter Andrew Kozar founded the Tuesday Night Power Concert Series at the Manhattan School of Music, each concert featuring a different guest artist or composer. The pair produced fourteen concerts this year, and plans to expand the series next year.

Lang has also toured across New York State with the SUNY Fredonia Wind Ensemble as soloist, performing Richard Peaslee's Arrows of Time. He is currently finishing a Masters in Music degree in Contemporary Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studies with Benjamin Herrington.

Admission is free (donations are accepted) and audience members are invited to bring a bag lunch to eat during the concert. St. John's will provide drinks and cookies after the concert.