Make Music New York is a one-day collection of free, outdoor concerts taking place every June 21, on the longest day of the year. On this day, musicians of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels are empowered to perform in over 400 public outdoor spaces throughout all five boroughs of NYC, energizing the entire city in the process. Over its eleven year history, Make Music New York has grown to become NYC’s largest one-day collection of free concerts. This year, our park will be the venue for two fantastic performances:
6:30pm – 7:30pm: Mike Acerbo
American singer songwriter Mike Acerbo was born in the Bronx, NY and raised in the hamlet of Pearl River, NY. After moving back to New York City in the spring of 1996, Acerbo met Geoffrey Kiorpes (pianist, composer, arranger) and Leah Coloff (cellist, composer, arranger), who helped him formulate his raw talent into a more cohesive sound and fully realize the vision he had for his music. Acerbo’s influences are broad – ranging from Fleetwood Mac and Joni Mitchell to the alternative sounds of Kate Bush and Sufjan Stevens. His songs are personal, poetic and poignant representing the artist’s perspective on relationships, loss, and the struggle to find one’s self. He is currently in the process of recording his follow up record entitled, “Your Dark Place.”
7:30pm – 8:30pm: Mayari (May)
Mayari is a multifaceted Mexican economist/singer/statistician who brings a compilation of eclectic popular music that flirts with jazz. Her music is a mixture of styles, moods, topics, and languages that include: blues, foxtrot, swing, pop, tango, reggae, love, social awareness, contemplation, banality, sadness, passion, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Gamelan Yowana Sari has established itself throughout the tri-state area and beyond as a premiere Balinese gamelan orchestra. Steadily growing since it’s formation in 2010, the Queens College-based ensemble is open to community members and students. The group focuses on music from the Indonesian island of Bali. The group often works with dancers and composers from Bali. This includes their performances and ongoing work with famed Balinese composer, I Dewa Ketut Alit, dancer Noopur Singha and I Gusti Komin Darta.
While Yowana Sari focuses on the music of Bali it reaches out to other composers from many different areas. YS performs works by Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin, and Wood), Evan Ziporyn (Bang on a Can) and recently premiered a work by Glenn Kotche (Wilco). Yowana Sari has been featured at festivals such as the Necessary Noise Festival, Live at the Gantries, and Percussive Arts Society International Convention.
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