Farming

Ted Hearne, world premiere
for 24 singers, electric guitars, keyboards, percussion, and large, cultivated field
with Rohan Chander, Viva DeConcini, John Grecia, Taylor Levine, Clara Warnaar, and Ron Wiltrout

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, comfortable clothes, layers, and hiking shoes for this event; the performance site is a short walk from parking, across mowed grasses. Seating will be on wooden benches and similar surfaces.

(Please contact shannon@crossingchoir.org 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.

Directed by Ashley Tata
Design by Nia Easley, Pablo Santiago, Carolina Ortiz, Rebecca Kanach and Paul Vasquez.

Farming is supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage