Musical instrument companies got in on the action: Casio, GAMA, Hohner, Remo, and Yamaha donated instruments and sponsored free lessons and performance opportunities. Concert listings became available for the first time on iPhone and Android apps. At Rikers Island, inmates were offered ten weeks of percussion lessons to prepare for a final MMNY performance on June 21st. View full program here.

2013 Program Highlights Included:
Jed Distler’s music for 175 keyboardists on Cornelia Street, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest keyboard ensemble • Beck’s “Song Reader” on stage at a Joe’s Pub block party • a live sing-along piano bar on the street at eight locations, with a keyboard accompanist performing from the back of a pickup truck • 10 weeks of percussion classes for Rikers Island inmates, culminating in a final concert for the full jail population • Archway, a piano wire installation/performance in DUMBO under the Manhattan Bridge, by Eli Keszler and So Percussion • 144 singers on the Central Park Lake, presented with the Americas Society, conducted by George Steel • New York’s first single-day performance of Cornelius Cardew’s 9-hour manifesto The Great Learning, with Mantra Percussion in Lower Manhattan • hip hop showcase with Rakim and IAM at Central Park Summer Stage

Press:
“Behind Bars, in Boats or Under a Bridge: One Day, a Thousand Concerts, to Celebrate Summer,” by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, James R. Oestreich, Steve Smith and James Barron, New York Times, June 23, 2013.