The Washington Square Association Announces 2015 Dates for the Washington Square Music Festival

We are very excited to announce the dates for the Washington Square Music Festival, one of our favorite event series of the year.   Spring is in the air and June seems almost graspable.  As the weather warms, so will the music fill our park with 4 concerts in the park starting June 16th.   For more information on the programs, read below.   

The music is free for all of the park to hear.  Supporting the Washington Square Music Festival is one of the key charters of the Washington Square Association (feel free to become a member), along with the Christmas tree lighting, children's events and much, much more.   

Join us! 

Tuesday, June 16, 8 pm:

 Stanley Drucker, clarinet

Joseph Anderer    Alphorn

Richard Woodhams, oboe, first oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra

Leopold Mozart: Concerto for Alphorn and chamber orchestra

 Frederico Busoni:   Concertino for clarinet and small orchestra op. 48 

 Jean Francaix:   L’Horloge de Flore for oboe and chamber Orchestra

 Maurice Ravel:    Pavane for a Dead Princess

Tuesday, June 23, 8pm

André Caplet:   Conte Fantastique for harp and string quartet,

         and speaker from E.A. Poe’s “The Mask of Red Death”

Sofia  Gubaidulina: Five Etudes for harp, double bass and percussion

Bela Bartok: Music for strings, celeste and percussion

Tuesday, June 30, 8 pm

 Max Bruch:    Septet for winds and strings ( 1849)

 Ludwig van Beethoven:    Septet 

Tuesday, July 7, 8 pm

New York Jazzharmonic, 17 piece band

 Ron Wasserman, Artistic Director and Leader 

Programs are subject to change.  For more information, go to www.washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org.