Washington Square NYC News

April 30th from 11:30 to 2:30 is the annual Dachshund Parade.

This lively event invites all to come but you better be

a Dachshund if you want to be in this Parade !

Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist New York will present Dr. Charles Callahan in a recital celebrating their new organ in their renovated space at 171 Macdougal St. on Tues., May 10 at 7:30 pm. Dr. Callahan served as consultant on the design of this instrument. He is a well-known composer, concert organist, teacher and author.
The public is warmly invited to this special event. No tickets or reservations are required.

If you don’t know what to do with your christmas tree once it is down and you are tired of the Sanitation Department trying to
figure out if there is snow or not …..
Washington Square Park is taking your old christmas tree and
mulching it ! Please bring your tree over and help the parks get their much needed mulch for their flower beds !

The equipment and men are there right now and will be there today, Saturday, until noon so think GREEN

and get over there !

Suzanne DeVito watches over her "pet" project !

Don’t forget the tree lighting ceremony is Tuesday,  December 7th at 6:00pm -

This year’s Light For Rights event on World AIDS Day by producer David Binder will be held at Washington Square Park.

Light for Rights New York City Event
Washington Square Park, New York, USA

A free and open event to the public :
December 1st, 2010 • 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Kenneth Cole, Liza Minnelli, and others will help mark New York’s World AIDS Day event in Washington Square Park by turning off the lights on the fabled Washington Square Park Arch before turning them back on. This event is just one place in New York marking Light for Rights; other participating venues include the Brooklyn Bridge; the New York Stock Exchange; Madison Square Garden; Carnegie Hall; Museum of Modern Art; Washington Square Park Arch; the Beacon Theatre; Radio City Music Hall; the Apollo Theater; and 40 Broadway theaters.

Special Guests:

Liza Minnelli
Keith Powell
Stockard Channing
Tyson Beckford
Kenneth Cole
Broadway Inspirational Choir

www.LightforRights.org

USHER IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH GREAT MUSIC!
WASHINGTON SQUARE MUSIC FESTIVAL OFFERS STRINGS, WINDS AND PIANO – A FREE CONCERT WITH GUEST ARTISTS STANLEY & NAOMI DRUCKER, CLARINETISTS

On Friday, December 10, 8 pm in St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 371 Sixth Avenue at Washington Place, the Washington Square Music Festival offers a holiday gift to music lovers – a free concert of music by Telemann, Mozart, and others.

The Washington Square Music Festival Chamber Ensemble: Eriko Sato, Soohyun Choi, violins; Veronica Salas, viola; Lutz Rath, cello and David Oei, piano will be joined by guest artists Stanley Drucker & Naomi Drucker, clarinetists. Mr. Drucker was, for many years, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic.

DEC. 10th 8 pm PROGRAM
Concerto in D minor for two clarinets and strings Georg Philipp Telemann
Two Pieces from the Four Souvenirs Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947)
Sonatine Exotique for piano and violin Daniel Schneider (b. 1961)
Oblivion for piano trio Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K.581 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Stanley Drucker, clarinet

Festival info line: 212-252-3621 www.washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarinet and a string quartet. It was Mozart’s only completed clarinet quintet, and is one of the earliest and best-known works written especially for the instrument. It remains exceptionally popular today due to its lyrical melodies, with the second movement the best known.
At the conclusion of the 2008-2009 Season, New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker celebrated 60 years as a member of the Orchestra, and he became an honorary member of the Philharmonic Society of New York, the first orchestral musician so honored.

The Philharmonic estimates that he has performed in 10,200 concerts, which is approximately 70% of the total number of their concerts since 1842. He has been Principal Clarinetist for a record 48 years, making close to 200 appearances as soloist and chamber musician with the orchestra. He played under nine Music Directors, among them Bruno Walter, Dmitri Mitropolous, Leonard Bernstein,
Pierre Boulez and Zubin Mehta. He has performed in 60 countries on tour.

Mr. Drucker maintains an active solo career, appearing with ensembles throughout the world. He has been nominated twice for Grammy Awards in the category of Best Instrumental Soloist/Classical with Orchestra.

New Yorkers traditionally celebrate the holidays with song, and The Washington Square Association offers two chances to sing yuletide carols in downtown’s historic park. The Association also provides the annual 45-foot Christmas tree under the Arch that will be lit for the season between the hours of 4 pm and 1 am. Washington Square Park Arch is located at the foot of Fifth Avenue, one block south of Eighth Street. Public information number is: 212-252-3621.

On Tuesday, December 7 at 6 pm, song leader Mary Hurlbut, accompanied by the Rob Susman Brass Quartet and children and grown-ups alike will sing holiday songs. The multi-colored lights on the resplendent tree will be turned on to mark the beginning of festive winter evenings. Santa Claus himself has promised to appear and lead the children in the illumination countdown. The Washington Square Association provides complimentary songbooks.

Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24 at 5 pm is the traditional time to celebrate the holiday with carols at the Washington Square Arch. The Rob Susman Brass Quartet, song leader and the revelers from all over the city will lustily sing out the familiar tunes. The words are in the songbooks distributed compliments of the Washington Square Association, but many will know them by heart. “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men” will ring out to remind us all of the true meaning of the holidays.

The Washington Square Association, Inc. founded in 1906, is one of the city’s oldest community organizations. For 84 years, it has sponsored carol singing under the arch. Other activities concern the continued improvement of Washington Square, the Washington Square Music Festival, and the fostering of neighborhood spirit.

SAVE THE DATE !!!!!

Friday, Dec 10, 8 pm St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 371 Sixth Ave. at Washington Place

Washington Square Music Festival musicians:

Eriko Sato, Theresa Salomon, violins; Veronica Salas, viola;

Lutz Rath, cello; David Oei, piano

Guest artists Stanley Drucker & Naomi Drucker, clarinetists.

Mr. Drucker was, for many years, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic

PROGRAM

Concerto in D minor for two clarinets and strings: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Sonatine Exotique: Daniel Schneider (b. 1961)   piano and violin

Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) for piano trio

Intermission

Clarinet Quintet in A major, K218:   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)

STANLEY DRUCKER

At the conclusion of the 2008-2009 Season, New York Philharmonic

Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker celebrated 60 years as a member of

the Orchestra. In honor of this milestone anniversary, he became an honorary

member of the Philharmonic Society of New York, the first orchestral

musician so honored.

The Philharmonic estimates that he has performed in 10,200 concerts,

which is approximately 70% of the total number of their concerts since 1842.

He has been Principal Clarinetist for a record 48 years, making close to 200

appearances as soloist and chamber musician with the orchestra. He

played under 9 Music Directors, among them Bruno Walter, Dmitri Mitropolous,

Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez and Zubin Mehta.

He has performed in 60 countries on tour. He is listed in the

Guinness Book of World Records as “Longest Career as a Clarinetist.”

Mr. Drucker maintains an active solo career, appearing with ensembles

throughout the world. He has been nominated twice for Grammy Awards

in the category of Best Instrumental Soloist/Classical with Orchestra:

In 1992 for his recording of the Copland Concerto with the Philharmonic and

Leonard Bernstein, and in 1982 for John Corigliano’s Concerto with the

Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. Mr. Drucker is featured on a number of other

Philharmonic recordings: under the direction of Leonard Bernstein in

Debussy’s Premiere Rapsodie; in Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto; and in the

World-Premiere live performance (1977) of the Corigliano Clarinet Concerto,

which is a part of the Orchestra’s acclaimed CD box set,

The Historic Broadcasts: 1923-1987. Mr. Drucker’s other

recordings include New York Legends: Recitals with Principals

from the New York Philharmonic; Schumann’s Complete Works for

Winds and Piano; the Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in

A, K.581, and a two-CD set of the two clarinet sonatas, Trio in A minor,

and Quintet in B minor of Johannes Brahms entitled Drucker Plays Brahms.

He is also heard on the World-Premiere broadcast of William Bolcom’s

Clarinet Concerto, part of the New York Philharmonic Special Editions boxed

set An American Celebration.

In recognition of his highly respected and widely acknowledged musical

excellence and dedication,he was named Musical America’s 1998

Instrumentalist of the Year.

Move-In Day Parking Relief for Community Members
Sunday, August 29, 2010

NYU’s freshman class will begin arriving early on the morning of Sunday, August 29, and will be moving into freshman residence halls all day. We are sensitive to the effect this has on parking and traffic in the neighborhood, and, for your convenience, NYU would like to offer parking reimbursement to residents in the area designated by the darker-shaded section of the map above–from 14th Street down to Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) and Second Avenue–to help alleviate potential difficulties. If you put your car in a garage Saturday night or Sunday, we will pay for the cost of a stay of up to 24 hours.

Please bring your original parking receipt and proof of residency to 25 West Fourth Street, 5th Floor, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., for reimbursement. For your convenience, you may also mail the original receipt and a copy of your proof of residency to NYU’s Office of Government and Community Affairs at the address below. Please keep a copy of the receipt for your records.

Celebrate the best tasting and wine festival of the year with a benefit for Washington Square Park on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

This is the best annual tasting festival in the Village and is not to be missed!

I have attended this every year and every year I am stuffed with
the most amazing food from our wonderful local
restaurants! If we are lucky again this year, maybe
we will be able to finish the feast with some of
Otto’s great gelato !

For more information and to purchase tickets click on the link below.

www.villagealliance.org/taste10.html