Make Music New York introduced Street Studios, Exquisite Corpses, and Sousapalooza — three new citywide forums for spontaneous music-making. A “Concerto for Buildings” debuted for full orchestra and 24 percussionists, using the buildings of Greene Street in Soho as instruments. Daily concerts in Times Square for the month of June showcased the year’s major MMNY events. View full program here.

2015 Program Highlights Included:
new Mass Appeals for theremins on Roosevelt Island, Indian percussion in Central Park, Bach singers on Cornelia Street, and Klezmer violins at Joe’s Pub, plus 14 more • six Exquisite Corpses, continuous chains of improvised duets in six burial grounds, led by Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazzmobile, and others • twelve Street Studios, small mobile recording studios on sidewalks throughout NYC, with 24 producers engaging passersby in the collaborative production of original music, in collaboration with Found Sound Nation • music by Merche Blasco triggered by vehicles and pedestrians passing by the High Line • for Frank Sinatra’s centenary, a Clavinova Piano Bar offering live Sinatra karaoke on the street from the back of a pickup truck • Sousapalooza, a participatory performance of Sousa marches in Bryant Park • site-specific music by Valéria Bonafé in a Central Park tunnel, commissioned by the Americas Society • a Haitian Rara band, Greek chanteuse, Israeli Afro-beat, Belgian rockers, and other international highlights

Press:
“Make Music New York Teaches Buildings How to Sing,” by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, June 22, 2015