Join the Yonkers Celebration of Music on June 21!
For the first time, Yonkers will join over 1,000 cities in 120 countries around the world as we throw the citywide music celebration, Make Music Yonkers! On Monday, June 21st, the longest day of the year, Yonkers Public Library (YPL) and the Foundation for the Yonkers Public Library (FYPL) invite you to join Make Music celebrations. Join us at all three YPL locations for live music performances and music sessions that everyone can participate in. Some events include special giveaways! See calendar for details.
Make Music Yonkers is a live, free musical celebration open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto streets, parks, plazas, and porches to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. To include your own event or performance in the main calendar, register here.
Riverfront Library Events:
| Make Music and Storytime with Mr. Ralph | Riverfront Library, 11:00 A.M.Make music during Storytime with Children Librarian Mr. Ralph! Mr. Ralph will read a story, and then lead kids in playing rhythmic musical instruments. Space is limited. REGISTER HERE. Carla and Keyes | Riverfront Library, 11:30 A.M Carla and Keyes, the dynamic duo, will be live at the Riverfront Library performing a medley of songs and reading stories to kids. Meet us in the Small People’s Place for Make Music Day! Then participate in a community collaboration where you can create music of your own! Families & children welcome. Limited supply of harmonicas and percussion will be given away on a first come first served basis. BYOI – Bring Your Own Instrument if you like! Rivertown String Quartet | Riverfront Library, 3:30 P.M. Celebrate Make Music Day with the Rivertown String Quartet! Heather Vogel and Lisa Wolfe (violins), and Elizabeth Nilsen-Baumwoll (viola), and Amy Camus (cello). The Rivertown String Quartet brings music to all generations of the community in the spirit of legendary cellist, Pablo Casals, who said: “My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man. I will endeavour to meet this obligation through music, since it transcends language, politics and national boundaries.” The Sarah Jane Cion Group | Riverfront Library, 5:00 P.M.Join the Sarah Jane Cion group for an afternoon of standards, blues, and more! Featuring award-winning jazz pianist Sarah Jane Cion, Audrey Welber (saxophone), Simon Wilson (bass), and Mike Camacho (drums). Sing the Blues with MJ Territo | Riverfront Library, 6:00 P.M.Join Jazz vocalist, lyricist, and music educator MJ Territo to hear and sing your favorite standards and… the blues! Her acclaimed educational programs have taught hundreds throughout Westchester to fully enjoy this great American music. Members of grammy-nominated GROOVE COLLECTIVE | Riverfront Library, 7:00 P.M.Come enjoy the sunset in downtown Yonkers to the rhythmic and soulful sounds of the renowned members of grammy-nominated contemporary Jazz Group Groove Collective! Performing live will be founding members Jay Rodriguez (saxophone), Chris Theberge (percussion), Jonathan Maron (bass), and Genji Siraisi (drums). |
Will Library Events:
Music with Zev | Grinton I. Will Library, 11:00 A.M.Jam out with Zev! Songs and fun for ages 1-9. Join Zev in a jam out session with harmonicas and percussion. Limited supply of harmonicas and percussion will be given away on a first come, first served basis, and will be used for an interactive music portion of the concert. No registration. Desy Murphy | Grinton I. Will Library, 2:00 P.M.Celebrate Music Day with professional guitarist and vocalist Desy Murphy as he performs popular rock, folk and country songs! Oh No Stepinac Trio | Grinton I. Will Library, 6:00 P.M.Yonkers welcomes a band made up of Archbishop Stepinac High School students to play “the music that we like, rock music!”
Crestwood Library Events:
Off the Walrus Trio | Crestwood Library, 2:30 P.M. Join Martin Wallace, Renaud Penant and Daniel Duke for a set of music followed by a short Q&A at the Crestwood Library Courtyard. Then participate in a community collaboration where you can create music of your own! Families, Adults, Teens & Children Welcome. Limited supply of harmonicas and percussion will be given away on a first come first served basis. BYOI – Bring Your Own Instrument if you like!
Concerts in Motion: Classical Music Concert, Zoom, 11:00 A.M.Listen along with Friends of Crestwood Library & Crestwood Crew to a classical musical concert. Listen while you work, play, and add music to your day! Co-sponsored in partnership with Friends of Crestwood Library and Concerts in Motion. To join the zoom meeting, go to this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86991640881. Or you can dial in by phone: +1-646-558-8656. Meeting ID is: 869 9164 0881
Concerts in Motion: Memories on Monday, Zoom, 1:00 P.M.Experience a magical musical interlude to jog your memories of yesteryear with Concerts in Motion, Memory Monday Jams. To join this virtual program, go to this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5270678391. Or you can dial in by phone: +1-646-558-8656. Meeting ID is: 527 067 83
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