Music in NYC: 20th Anniversary 9/11 Concert

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Music in NYC: 20th Anniversary 9/11 Concert

Musicians For Harmony | In-person & Online

Lifting up musical voices in the service of peace, health and equity to commemorate the victims of 9/11, Covid-19, and social injustice

Image courtesy AMT PR

Musicians For Harmony returns to Merkin Hall to celebrate its 20th Anniversary with an online and in-person concert. This special event aims to elevate musical voices in the service of peace, health and equity to commemorate the victims of 9/11, Covid-19 and social injustice. The concert will feature performances by the Juilliard String Quartet, Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh with his CityBand, ETHEL and Musique Sans Frontières.

Date: Saturday, September 11, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. EST

Venue: Kaufman Music Center, Merkin Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, 10023

For tickets and streaming click here https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/musicians-for-harmony-20th-anniversary-concert-for-peace/

Ticket for in-person concert: $35 and Up.

ETHEL quartet / Image courtesy of AMT PR
Founded in 2001 in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11, Musicians For Harmony has been a part of the New York cultural landscape for many years, anchored by its original mission of pursuing peace through music. They have been featured in The New York Times (“sounds rising above prejudice”), The New Yorker (“an annual testament to peace”), New York Daily News (“an international peace-keeping force”), Crain’s New York(“concerted effort for good will”), The Associated Press and Time Out New York, among others.

PROGRAM

Juilliard String Quartet
BEETHOVEN  –  Cavatina from String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130

Kinan Azmeh & CityBand
Original compositions by Kinan Azmeh

ETHEL
arr. FARRIS–  The National Anthem
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO, arr. Lawson  –  Vul’Inhiziyo                      
ULYSSES OWENS, JR.  –  Revival Crusade
JAMES “KIMO” WILLIAMS  –  A Veteran’s Lament
ETHEL & ROBERT MIRABAL–  Peace Calls 

Musique Sans Frontières
Led by Patrick Derivaz, Satoshi Takeishi, guest artist
PAT IRWIN  –  Hymn for 9/11
PATRICK DERIVAZ  –  Le Lapin
JOHN KING  –  More Muddy Shoes

Date: Saturday, September 11, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. EST

Venue: Kaufman Music Center, Merkin Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, 10023

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