Save the Date: Make Music New York returns to Waterside Plaza on June 21
On June 21 of this year, the first day of summer, in more than 325 cities and 108 countries around the world--from Germany and Italy, to Egypt, Syria and Morocco, to Australia and Cameroon and Togo, to Columbia and Chile, to Vietnam, Mongolia, and Japan--hundreds of thousands of people will stop what they're doing, and make some music. New York City's contribution to the worldwide celebration is called, appropriately enough, Make Music New York, and once again Waterside Plaza is pleased to participate in the proceedings, this year by hosting an original performance by Patrick Grant & Special Guests, H2Opus: Fluid Soundscapes by Multiple Composers.
This will be the fourth year of the Make Music New York festival, and it's only been getting bigger, more fun, more exciting. The basics here are pretty straightforward: from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on that Monday, musicians of all ages and musical persuasions (hip hop, opera, folk, Latin, jazz, polka, classical, blues, punk, indie, rock...you name it, it'll be represented) perform in public city spaces of all description, all over town, including streets, sidewalks, stoops, plazas, cemeteries, parks and gardens. Inclusiveness is the driving philosophy here. As the organizers say: "from high school bands to marquee names, Make Music New York is open to anyone who wants to take part, enjoyed by everyone who wants to attend." And everything, needless to say, is absolutely free.
At home right here in Waterside Plaza, we'll get to enjoy H2Opus, a lovely, lively program in which event producer Patrick Grant weaves together several distinct pieces by five separate contemporary composers, all with the theme of water, or suggestive of the New York City summer. The terrific ensemble of performers and/or composers involved with H2Opus include the haunting vocalist and accordianist Kamala Sankaram; guitarist Gene Pritsker who, among other things, will treat us to selections from Quaaludes, Fugues & Solos #1, his chamber-rock tour de force; keyboardist Joseph Pehrson, whose Prudendurance Wet is a radiant variation on a Beatles classic; seven-string bassist Dan Cooper, who will funk up the place a bit with his Fishbowl and Solstice Bells Jam; and, of course, keyboardist and guitarist Patrick Grant, who will not only provide the material that interweaves the evening's music into a whole, but will also play movements from his Coney Island Trilogy, among other original pieces.
H2Opus: Fluid Soundscapes by Multiple Composers will be performed at Waterside Plaza on Monday night, June 21, from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. This event is free, and all are welcome. Waterside will provide limited seating; please feel free to bring blankets, cushions, folding chairs, food, drink, family, friends... whatever you want to make yourself comfortable. And for more information on Make Music New York, please see their website, here.
Posted at 11:17PM Apr 27, 2010 by Scott in United Nations |