Composed by Ted Hearne
for 24 singers, electric guitars, electronics, percussion, and large, cultivated field
with Rohan Chander, Viva DeConcini, John Grecia, Taylor Levine, Clara Warnaar, and Ron Wiltrout
Conducted by Donald Nally
Directed by Ashley Tata
Design by Nia Easley, Pablo Santiago, Carolina Ortiz, Rebecca Kanach and Paul Vasquez.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 22, 23, 24, and 25 @ 7:30pm
Kings Oaks Farm in Bucks County, PA
**Please note: there will be no walk-up tickets available at the concert. All tickets must be purchased in advance**
We suggest casual clothes, layers, and hiking shoes for this event; the performance site is a 1/4 mile walk from parking, across mowed grasses. Seating for this event will be wooden benches and/or picnic blankets (Please contact [email protected] for special circumstances requiring onsite shuttling.)
FARMING, a stirring new work by Ted Hearne written for The Crossing, grapples with the impact of settler colonialism on current labor practices from tech to agriculture. Texts are drawn from William Penn and Jeff Bezos, among other sources. Scored for 24 vocalists with guitars, percussion and electronics, FARMING, in development for four years, promises to be a major event—immediate and virtuosic, with Ted’s stylistic eclecticism, driving rhythms, and explosive energy...next to a tended field.
Farming is supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage