Tuesday,
June 21, 2022
| 3pm to 8pm
Chinatown
Information
Kiosk
101
Baxter Street,
Manhattan
Make
Music New York
is a unique
festival of
free concerts
in public
spaces
throughout the
five boroughs
of New York
City. All of
the
performances
take place
annually on
June 21st, the
first day of
summer and
longest day of
the year.
Completely
different from
a typical
music
festival,
Performance
Schedule
3pm
– YuRong
Yu – “Annie”
is a
professional
singer from
China. Singing
traditional
and popular
Chinese songs
for various
audiences in
cities in
China
including
Shanghai, and
Huainan City
in Anhui
Province. In
New York City,
she has
performed at
Flushing Town
Hall, Various
Chinese events
at Flushing
Library and at
the Make the
Music NY
celebration in
Manhattan’s
Chinatown. She
is expanding
her repertoire
by adding
popular
American
songs. Annie
performs
traditional
and popular
Chinese songs.
4pm
– Vivi Hu
is a New
York-based
singer-songwriter
who creates a
unique sound
by using
traditional
Chinese
instruments
with a blend
of influences
from jazz,
R&B, soul,
and Mandarin
pop. Hu has
lent her
talents to
several
high-profile
performances
and festivals
in both China
and the United
States
including Real
Live in
Xiamen, Dust
and Dawn Club
in Beijing, as
well as the
United Nations
Headquarters,
Flushing Town
Hall, Museum
of Chinese in
America,
Queens
Library, and
Asian American
& Pacific
Islander
Heritage
Festival in
New York City,
among many
others. In
2022, she will
release a new
EP including
her latest
single “茶香味
(Oolong Tea).”
5pm
– Singer –
Guitarist –
Producer Isadora
Benitez
is a New York
based
vocalist-guitarist
whose work
shows a deep
engagement in
jazz
inflections,
sensually
styled by her
sassy Latin
roots and her
love of
Brazilian
music. Born
into an
Ecuadorian
family devoted
to the arts,
Isadora grew
up among
gifted
musicians,
actors, and
writers. Her
advanced music
studies let
her to pursue
her BA and her
master’s
degree in Jazz
Vocal
Performance.
She has
performed over
1000 shows in
South America,
New York, and
other cities
in USA.
“Swing-Brazil”
is her current
music project
that mixes
Brazilian
music with
Jazz manouche.
6pm
– An
independent
producer/film
composer/pianist
from Taiwan, Lulu
Chen
has played in
various venues
including the
tour of Cats:
The Musical
and
Off-Broadway
shows. Her
music style
combines
elements of
orchestral,
acoustic,
electronic,
and
synthesised
genres to
create
imaginative
and diverse
soundscape.
Lulu has also
produced two
singles with
Hip-Hop artist
C2deuxJ. For
this MMNY
performance,
Lulu will be
joined by a
pipa player
and drummer.
7pm
– American
guitarist
& composer
Liz
Hogg
has been
described as
“uniquely her
own, writing
independent
music that
doesn’t
reflect the
trends” (I
Heart Noise),
possessing
“energy,
expressive
dynamics and
phrasing”
(American
Record Guide),
“fantastic
work”
(Classical
Guitar
Magazine) and
“playing with
a more
distinctive
and original
approach that
includes
quickly-strummed
chords,
chiming
arpeggios, and
rapid-fire
picking”
(Geoff Cabin).
As a classical
guitarist and
performer of
her own
mostly-electric
guitar music,
Hogg has
toured twelve
countries
playing
numerous
festivals and
concert halls.
She has won
awards
including the
Mannes School
of Music
Dean’s Award
and a Chamber
Music America
grant.