About This Lesson
The innovative group Bang on a Can composes and performs pieces that reveal an exciting new hybrid of many musical styles, including rock, classical, folk, world & electronic music. Composer David Lang describes Cheating. Lying. Stealing. as an observation of the darker elements within the human personality. Lessons guide the process for creating a simple story with a beginning, middle & end for a piece of music, exploring vocal sounds that represent a variety of human emotions or traits & learning techniques that help musicians communicate emotions on their instruments. Theme: Transformation.
