New York is cloudy at the moment, with storms threatening, but the forecast for tomorrow remains sunny, boding well for Make Music NY. Some events that seem promising:
10:45AM: Gabriel Kahane plays at the Astor Place Cube, in a series hosted by Joe's Pub.
12:30PM: Yale Percussion Group plays Xenakis at the Naumburg Bandshell.
12:30-2:30PM: Second-line parade from the Kaufman Center to Columbus Circle (other parades in Hudson Square and Harlem).
1PM: Mobile-phone
rendition of Terry Riley's In C at the corner of 14th and
Ninth (you can download an app; also at 5PM).
4PM: Loop 2.4.3 leads a Mass Gong event at the Merchants' Gate in Central Park.
4:15, 5:45PM: Performances of Xenakis's Persephassa on Central Park Lake. Limited rowboat availability.
4:30PM: Gamelan Son of Lion plays in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
6-7:30PM: Mass Tuba event outside Lincoln Center.
6PM: A rival In C, with Composers Collaborative on Cornelia St.
9PM: The last of four marionette renditions of Xenakis's Oresteia in the Swedish Marionette Theater.
Here's the column I wrote about Make Music last year, and here's my recent Xenakis piece.