Next Concert! Tuesday,
July 22nd at 8 p.m.
Pianist David Oei
and Gamelan Son of Lion
An
eclectic concert of works by
Ernö Dohnányi, Erik Satie, Lou
Harrison, and traditional
Javanese court music. (Local
note: famed American composer
Lou Harrison (1917-2003) once
taught at Greenwich House Music
School.) This concert is the
fourth in a series of five
alfresco entertainments.
Gamelan Son of Lion is
a new-music repertory ensemble
based in downtown New York City
specializing in contemporary
pieces written for the
instruments of the Javanese
gamelan.
Remaining Concert in the Series:
Tuesday, July 29, 8 p.m.
– Charles Mingus Orchestra plays
jazz by the master.
Location:
SouthEast quadrant of Washington
Square Park, near the Garibaldi
statue.
Seating: Free.
First-come, first-served.
In the event of rain,
location is: New York
University’s Frederick Loewe
Theatre, 35 West 4th Street.
Public information number is:
#212/252-3621.
Washington Square Music Festival
site.
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The Washington Square Music
Festival is made possible with public funds from
the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation through the good
offices of Senator Thomas K. Duane and
Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick; and The New
York City Department of Cultural Affairs and
City Councilmember Alan J. Gerson; the New York
State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Generous grants from, The Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation, The Earle K. & Katherine Moore
Foundation, The Washington Square Association,
New York University Community Fund are deeply
appreciated.
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The Festival was founded in 1953 by violinist
and neighbor Alexander Schneider, member of the
famed Budapest String Quartet, and the
Washington Square Association. Over the years
the concerts have become a venerable summer
tradition, shaped by Peggy Friedman, executive
director, the late music director Henry Schuman,
and the current music director, Lutz Rath, as
well as countless patrons, volunteers and
neighborhood agencies that make the Festival
such a popular Tuesday evening event.
The Washington Square Music Festival is made
possible with additional funding from:
The Washington Square Park Council
With public funds from:
the New York State Office
of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
through the good offices of
Senator Thomas K.
Duane and Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick
The New York State Council on the Arts
City Councilmember Alan J. Gerson and
The New
York City Department of Cultural Affairs
US Recording Companies fund in part the
instrumental
music for the series, as arranged
by Local 802, American Federation of Musicians
The Estate of Maria Muriel Bryce
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation,
The Washington Square Association,
New York
University
Community Fund,
Carmine Street Block Association,
Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust,
Greenwich Village
Block Associations,
Elaine Biseo Wiig, Emigrant Savings Bank
Independence
Community Foundation
The Washington Square Hotel
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