New York Magazine Exhilarating…

Exuberant overkill... more
than 1,000 concerts in a
single eleven-hour day.
- New York Magazine
Exhilarating… Make Music New
York has enlivened the summer
solstice in New York with
prodigious displays and subtle
experiences alike since 2007.
- New York Times
The day literally exploded
with live music, it could
be heard emanating from
each and every street
corner.
- Spin Magazine
Hundreds of outdoor
performances crisscrossing the
five boroughs, putting on stage
in one music-packed day the
city’s rich mixture of cultures
and tastes.
- New York Times
A sonic street party thrown
on a totally outsize scale.
- National Public Radio
The largest music event ever to
grace Gotham.
- Metro New York
MMNY takes place simultaneously with similar festivities
in more than 514 cities around the world – a global
celebration of music making inspired by France’s Fête de la
Musique.
From 10 in the morning to 10 at night, public spaces
throughout the five boroughs – sidewalks, parks, community
gardens, and more – become impromptu musical stages.
Now in its
seventh year,
Make Music New
York, “the largest
music event ever
to grace Gotham”
(Metro New York), is
a unique festival
of free concerts
in public spaces
throughout the
five boroughs of
New York City,
all on June 21st,
the first day of
summer.
Make Music New York
419 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
917-779-9709
www.makemusicny.org
[email protected]
Thousands of amateur musicians, in every genre, perform
for the biggest crowds of their lives. Professional musicians
perform for new audiences, who come out from under their
headphones to hear unfamiliar groups risk-free. And everyone
is invited to sing along and enjoy “an eleven-hour escapade of
musical creativity” (The New Yorker) on the summer solstice.
Last year, the sixth MMNY featured over 1,000 free concerts
by 5,000 musicians, with a concentration of bands taking over
the streets of Williamsburg, Park Slope, Sunset Park, the East
Village, West Village, Upper West Side, Harlem, and Astoria.
Along with hundreds of performances by individual artists,
dozens of New York cultural institutions took part – including
Carnegie Hall, Celebrate Brooklyn!, River to River, Joe’s Pub,
92nd Street Y, ISSUE Project Room, New York Public Libraries,
Friends of the High Line, Madison Square Park Conservancy,
the Times Square Alliance, Bryant Park, and many more.
Using our “matchmaking” website, anyone can sign up to find
a space for their music . . . or music for their space.
Once participants have made arrangements, MMNY organizers
secure all necessary permits, coordinate performances with
others in each neighborhood, and promote each concert
through postcards, customizable posters, WNYC public service
announcements, the makemusicny.org website, and ads with
media partners Metro New York and Time Out New York.
There is no charge to participate or to attend. Everything is
completely free.
Make Music
New York 2013
Highlights
1,000 Free Concerts
in public spaces throughout the five boroughs
175 Keyboards on Cornelia Street
setting a Guinness World Record for the largest keyboard
ensemble, sponsored by Yamaha
144 Choristers in Rowboats
singing Credo by R. Murray Schafer on the Central Park
Lake, conducted by George Steel, in partnership with the
Americas Society
93 Punk Bands on a Staten Island Pier
June 22nd as part of our sixth “Punk Island” curated by
ABC No Rio
22 Mass Appeal Ensembles
including groups of 400 guitars at Union Square, 50 flutes
in Central Park, etc.
Plus concerts presented by
Carnegie Hall, Central Park
Summerstage, NPR Music,
Cathedral of St John the
Divine, The New School for
Jazz, Bryant Park, Madison
Square Park, Socrates
Sculpture Park, Hudson River
Park Trust, Arts Brookfield,
Boston Properties, Friends
of the High Line, American
Opera Projects, Galapagos,
Kaufman Center, Hillstock
Festival, Diesel, and 24
Business Improvement Districts
throughout the City
20 Beck Songs at Astor Place
at a Song Reader stage with local indie luminaries
produced by Joe’s Pub
10 Weeks of Rhythm on Rikers Island
with private percussion lessons for ten inmates, and a final
Make Music New York concert sponsored by Remo
9 Hours of the Avant Garde on Wall Street
in the NYC premiere of Cornelius Cardew’s The Great
Learning, with Mantra Percussion and River to River
Make Music New York
419 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
917-779-9709
www.makemusicny.org
[email protected]