Make Music New York is a live, free musical celebration across the city that takes place each June 21, the longest day of the year. On that day, hundreds of public spaces throughout the five boroughs become impromptu stages for over 1,000 free concerts.

Mass Appeal

Bring your instrument and join one of 17 massive concerts

Make Music Wall Street

Bringing cutting-edge music to the financial capital of the world

World Music

Experience the greatest traditional music from around the globe

Major Presenters

NYC's leading presenters join the festival

Mass Appeal Mass

Join a sing-it-yourself concert of Mozart's Coronation Mass and Handel's Messiah

Inuksuit

99 percussionists perform John Luther Adams's work in Harlem's Morningside Park

Yoko Ono's Secret Piece

Perform Yoko Ono's meditative song at sunrise throughout Central Park

Swelter: Brass on Central Park Lake

MMNY returns to Central Park Lake in a live ambient music-scape

Sing For Hope Pop-Up Pianos

88 pianos on the streets of New York - sit down and play one!

Second Line Down the High Line

Parade down the High Line with a New Orleans-style brass band

Hymn to the Manhattan Bridge

A 24-hour improvisational musical collaboration from British artist Nick Franglen

Blog

Come sing in a Philip Glass premiere!

Posted on 21 May 2012 by MMNY Staff

NPR Music and MMNY are calling all singers, amateur or professional, to come to Times Square on June 21st and …
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MMNY 2012 Illustrations by Steven Guarnaccia

Posted on 21 May 2012 by MMNY Staff

Special thanks this year to Steven Guarnaccia, Associate Professor at Parsons The New School for Design, who has created new …
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