Lisa Bodnar is excited, but a little exhausted, as she talks in her Allentown home about “Y411.”

“With writing and constant rehearsing, I’ll give a sigh of relief after the show,” Bodnar says.

“Lisa Bodnar and Whistlegrass Presents Y411” at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Charles A. Brown Ice House, Bethlehem.

“I want it to be so awesome,” she says. “I love doing this. I hope people will experience something they have never experienced before.”

The singer-songwriter is preparing a multimedia event with her band Whistlegrass along with a violinist and cellist. She is doing all her own songs, including four that have never been heard before.

You can expect a lot of emotion in each song, whether in stripped-down versions with minimal accompaniment or with a full band and strings. Bodnar makes them personal and universal.

“It’s all about ‘why,’” Bodnar says of the concert.

“Why we do what we do? Kids always ask their parents, ‘Why?’ They always want to get to the truth.”

For Bodnar, it is a crucial part of self-discovery.

In “Y411,” the “Y” represents a crossroads and having to make difficult choices, along with mirroring the word “why.”

“411” is what you dial for directory assistance on the telephone. In other words, it is a request for information, a questioning.

Adds Bodnar: “’411’ is when we are doing the show [April 11]. I don’t think it is a coincidence.

“The songs reflect the times, what is happening around the country, about what is happening now,” she says.

One song asks how we have changed, with “Give me your tired and your poor/But not anymore.”

“Our ancestors came here at some point,” she said. “My mother gave me notes that my great grandmother made when she came here in 1908. I was inspired by her journey.

“The show will have two parts. The first part is about accepting yourself, finding your true self, about loving yourself. The second part is about acceptance of others.”

The songs bridge both halves:

“It all fell into place to tell the story. You have to accept your true self to know where you came from, and to find out where others are coming from, to understand why people are doing what they are doing. We should let people be who they are.”

A video will be screened before each part. And during each song, one of Bodnar’s pop art pieces will be displayed on a screen.

Bodnar will play a grand piano in the concert at the Ice House.

She will play some songs with her husband Dann Araque on guitar, some as a piano trio, some with the duo and a violinist and cellist, and others with the strings and the Whistlegrass band.

Bodnar is planning to book “Y411” into theaters, and record the songs on one or more albums.

Bodnar grew up in Fullerton, Whitehall Township, and attended Allentown Central Catholic High School.

She formed her band in 2018. The name Whistlegrass is derived from the sound one can make breathing on a piece of grass held between one’s fingers.

She has released three albums: “Maybe I Did,” 2004; “Come Hell or High Water,” 2007, and “40 Years in the Desert,” 2022.

The musicians for the Ice House concert are: Dann Araque, acoustic and electric guitars; Lisa Bodnar, vocals and piano; Julia Jurkiewicz, cello; Leah McCann violin; Stephanie Reimers, vocals; Shawn Cavanaugh, bass, and Leo Kline III, drums.

Tickets at the door or www.lisabodnar.com/shows.