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The city will be united in music on April
29. Make Music New York
Quarantine blues
City to come alive with music during nightly clap
COURIER LIFE, APRIL 24-30, 2020 21
BY BEN VERDE
Isolated musicians across the city
will play as one next week, in a massive
show of support for the city’s
frontline workers.
Tenth Intervention, along with
sponsors including the Brooklyn Music
Conservatory and Make Music
New York, hope to attract over 1,000
musicians across the fi ve boroughs
to play along with “For Our Courageous
Workers” — a newly conceived
piece of fanfare.
Brian Drye, the director of the
Community Music School at the conservatory,
said the event was perfect,
as anyone of all skill levels — including
professionals, amateurs, and
youngsters — could participate.
“Since the score is something
that just about anybody with an instrument
can take part in, it makes
sense for us a community partner to
be broadcasting to our constituents
especially our students and families
at home right now - giving us something
we can all join in together,” he
said. “This is a great opportunity to
invite our entire music school to participate
in something meaningful
that brings us together as a community
and an important opportunity to
shout from the rooftops!”
When New Yorkers take to their
windows, doorways, and balconies
on April 29 to clap and bang on pans
for the nightly cheer honoring healthcare
workers, musicians will rev up
their horns, guitars, keyboards and
drums and belt out a symphony of
support for the front lines.
Musicians will start at 7 pm with
an organized Concierto that will descend
into an all-out catharsis by 7:06
pm, and end with a musical showing
of gratitude at 7:09 pm, with vocalists
singing “Ah” at any note and musicians
droning out in B fl at.
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