Make Music Winter
Make Music New York, the annual celebration with over 1,000 free outdoor concerts on the first day of summer, launches a dozen participatory musical parades on the first night of winter, open to all.
Tom Peyton: Bell By Bell
Start
Tompkins Square Park, 8:00pm
End Allen Street & Rivington Street, 9:15pm
How to Join Just show up with your hands free!
End Allen Street & Rivington Street, 9:15pm
How to Join Just show up with your hands free!
Lainie Fefferman, Jascha Narveson, Cameron Britt & Daniel Iglesia: The Gaits: a High Line Soundwalk
Start
The High Line's southern terminus, at Gansevoort and Washington Streets, 5:15pm
End On the High Line at the northernmost end, on West 30th Street, 6:30pm
How to Join Download the free Gaits app on your iPhone. Portable speakers will be available for the first 50 people; bring your own if you have them, or use the phone's built-in speaker.
End On the High Line at the northernmost end, on West 30th Street, 6:30pm
How to Join Download the free Gaits app on your iPhone. Portable speakers will be available for the first 50 people; bring your own if you have them, or use the phone's built-in speaker.
Chris Peck & Doug Perkins: …how time passes…
Start
Broadway and 221st Street, 10:45am
End Battery Park (near Castle Clinton), 5:15pm
How to Join Walk along with the percussionists, take a turn playing the drum, or meet at the end to sing carols (at a normal tempo).
End Battery Park (near Castle Clinton), 5:15pm
How to Join Walk along with the percussionists, take a turn playing the drum, or meet at the end to sing carols (at a normal tempo).
Chris Marianetti: Notation Parade
Start
Madison Square Park (west side of park), 7:15pm
End Madison Square Park, 8:30pm
How to Join All brass players are welcome to participate, the more the merrier; sign up to receive instructions in advance.
End Madison Square Park, 8:30pm
How to Join All brass players are welcome to participate, the more the merrier; sign up to receive instructions in advance.
Los Pleneros de la 21: Parranda
Start
Casa Latina, 151 E. 116th St, 5:15pm
End Camaradas El Barrio, 2241 First Ave, 10:15pm
How to Join Hang out at a parranda venue, sing along with the musicians when they arrive, then follow them to the next location!
End Camaradas El Barrio, 2241 First Ave, 10:15pm
How to Join Hang out at a parranda venue, sing along with the musicians when they arrive, then follow them to the next location!
Phil Kline: Peregrine
Start
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 6:30pm
End JJ Byrne Park, 5th Avenue and 3rd St, 7:15pm
How to Join If you have one, bring a boombox to Grand Army Plaza (boomboxes will be provided for those without). Cassettes will be distributed onsite.
End JJ Byrne Park, 5th Avenue and 3rd St, 7:15pm
How to Join If you have one, bring a boombox to Grand Army Plaza (boomboxes will be provided for those without). Cassettes will be distributed onsite.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cathedral of St John the Divine & Harold Rosenbaum: Pilgrimage
Start
On the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue and E. 82nd St, 6:00pm
End Cathedral of St John the Divine, Amsterdam and W. 112th St, 7:00pm
How to Join Meet on the Met Museum steps, ready to sing! Bring a flashlight and print out the sheet music. A limited number of copies will be distributed for those without.
End Cathedral of St John the Divine, Amsterdam and W. 112th St, 7:00pm
How to Join Meet on the Met Museum steps, ready to sing! Bring a flashlight and print out the sheet music. A limited number of copies will be distributed for those without.
Daniel Goode & Gamelan Son of Lion: Soho Gamelan Walk with Hubcap Parade
Start
Sixth Avenue and Spring Street, 7:30pm
End TBD
How to Join Just show up. We will all walk as a group through an area of Soho and improvise with hand-drumming on the hollow building façades. Wear gloves!
End TBD
How to Join Just show up. We will all walk as a group through an area of Soho and improvise with hand-drumming on the hollow building façades. Wear gloves!
James Holt, MATA, & The Knights: Thru-Line
Start
Every Coney Island-bound F-train platform, 7:00pm
End Every Coney Island-bound F-train platform, 8:00pm.
How to Join Ride the F-train, going towards Coney Island. To hear most clearly, board the train towards the center.
End Every Coney Island-bound F-train platform, 8:00pm.
How to Join Ride the F-train, going towards Coney Island. To hear most clearly, board the train towards the center.
Patrick Grant: Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
Start
Rivington Guitars, 73 E. 4th Street, 6:30pm
End St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 131 E. 10th St, 7:30pm
How to Join The public is invited to march along and accompany the guitars with light hand percussion.
End St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 131 E. 10th St, 7:30pm
How to Join The public is invited to march along and accompany the guitars with light hand percussion.
Sami Abu Shumays: Umm Kulthum Sing Along
Start
Egyptian Coffee Shop, 25-09 Steinway St (Astoria), 7:00pm
End TBD
How to Join Gather at the Egyptian Coffee Shop, prepared to sing along.
End TBD
How to Join Gather at the Egyptian Coffee Shop, prepared to sing along.
Amy Garapic, Matt Evans & Carson Moody: Village in Volume
Start
North side of Union Square, 6:30pm
End Abingdon Square Park, Hudson St. and Bleecker, 7:30pm
How to Join Community members are encouraged to join at the start in Union Square, or en route. Bring plastic bags for the beginning of the event; all other materials will be provided.
End Abingdon Square Park, Hudson St. and Bleecker, 7:30pm
How to Join Community members are encouraged to join at the start in Union Square, or en route. Bring plastic bags for the beginning of the event; all other materials will be provided.