Dates Announced For The 65th Season Of The Washington Square Music Festival

65th SEASON CELEBRATION

Free Alfresco Concerts Tuesdays at 8 pm in June, 2023

Artistic Director Lutz Rath has announced the 65th season of the Washington Square Music Festival, taking place Tuesdays in June on the Main Stage in the center of Washington Square Park. All four concerts are free. The Festival is under the auspices of the Washington Square Association, Inc. Rain space TBA.

June 6, 8 pm The Harlem Chamber Players with Kenneth Overton, baritone

June 13, 8 pm Lutz Rath conducting the Festival Chamber Ensemble Thom Sharp: Bolero Dick Hyman: Jazz Clarinet Concerto with Julian Milkis, clarinet Michelle Thomas, vocalist and composer: Navajo Songs, premiere Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D major, G.490

June 20, 8 pm Lutz Rath conducting the Festival Chamber Ensemble with Pedro Giraudo, double bass Joseph Haydn: Overture in D major Pedro Giraudo: Impetuoso Antonio Capuzzi: Concerto for double bass Franz Schubert: Symphony #5 in B-flat maj. D.485

June 27, 8 pm Dennis Hernandez Sextet: Cuban jazz

The Washington Square Music Festival is made possible with public funding through Councilmember Christopher Marte, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Generous grants from The Earle K. & Katherine F. Moore Foundation, Washington Square Association, Music Performance Trust Fund, The Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust, New York University Community Affairs & NYU Community Fund, Salamon-Abrams Family Fund, Con Edison, and the Washington Square Park Conservancy, are deeply appreciated, as is invaluable help from NYC Parks & Recreation. ~ ~;~~--~ Washington Square Music Festival