SPRINGFIELD - People who come to Kuss Auditorium on Saturday and Sunday will soon see molten metal, stamping machines and truck-building. The structure is not being converted, though; it is hosting a multimedia concert that salutes America’s manufacturers. The Springfield Symphony Orchestra concerts will feature an entire program of modern American music while images of two dozen manufacturers play out on screens above the orchestra in this west-central Ohio city.

Titled “American Made: The Art of Manufacturing,” the concerts at will feature the likes of composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, John Williams and John Corigliano, who won an Oscar in 1999 for his score to “The Red Violin.” With the footage flashing overhead, the music will seem more like a movie soundtrack. The idea for “American Made” came from a similar multimedia concert, “Agriculture and the Arts,” held in 2005 to celebrate the family farmer.

“Anything that can create access for our audience,” said conductor Peter Stafford Wilson. “If it’s something that heightens the enjoyment of the musical process, I’m for it.” If the maestro has any qualms, he says it’s that American audiences increasingly need to be coaxed with visual aids. Images being flashed on multiple screens will include both video and still photos, said David Deitrick, executive director of the symphony.

Crews from the Now Device, a Seattle-based company, made six trips to Springfield in seven months to shoot more than 350 hours of video footage at local manufacturers. He was most impressed with operations at Springfield’s O.S. Kelly Co., which makes castings.