Pop Up Beer Garden, Jazzmobile And Theramin Mass Appeal At Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park Make Music New York Sunday June 21

So excited to be part of 2,250 concerts across the country for @makemusicny this weekend: http://t.co/qxZaMnfxlm pic.twitter.com/MmoQbFjSZg

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) June 19, 2015

According to the FDR Four Freedoms Park:

Make Music New York
Sunday, June 21, 2015
2:30pm 6:00pm

Four Freedoms Park Conservancy will participate in Make Music New York - the live, free musical celebration, encompassing over 1,300 concerts on streets, sidewalks, and parks across the five boroughs. Rain or Shine!

Performances are free and will take place throughout the Park from 2:30-6pm. This year's performers include:

Jazzmobile Presents the Winard Harper and the Jelli Posse
2:30PM-4:30PM

... Join us at this event to listen to Drummer and virtuoso balafon player, Winard Harper. Harper is passionate about jazz. "This music is powerful," he says. "It can do a lot of good for people. If they'd spend some time each day listening to it, we would see many changes in the world."...

Theremin Mass Appeal
4:30PM-6:00PM

Mass Appeal Theremin is your chance to experience the strange and beautiful world of the theremin, a century-old electronic instrument that's played without physically touching it, well known for it's eerie, gliding sound as utilized in countless scary movie scores. This event will bring together a dozen players, creating lush and ominous waves of sound in a new piece by composer Alexa Dexa. This event will be sponsored by Moog, and after the performance, audience members will have opportunities to try out Moog's amazing new theremini, an easier-to-learn version of the theremin.

There will also be a pop up beer garden tomorrow at the FDR Park:

The season of beer gardens has arrived, and this Sunday, June 21st, we're hosting our very own pop-up beer garden! Beer and wine lovers should head down to the Park from 4pm - 6pm for brews, wine, and sangria available for purchase.

As part of Make Music New York, two bands will perform between 2:30 and 6pm so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the sounds of summer music at the Park. Katchkie Farm Food Station will be onsite from 11am-6pm serving delicious sandwiches, hot dogs, and other snacks.

Ever wanted to play a theremin? Now's your chance at @makemusicny this Sunday with a 12-person theremin ensemble: http://t.co/qxZaMnfxlm

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) June 17, 2015

Tomorrow, practice playing a theremin! Curious about what that is? Check out this video: http://t.co/py0fU4t5ic

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) June 20, 2015

Jazzmobile at Roosevelt Island's Good Shepherd Plaza Tonight 7PM With Jazz Vocalist Ghanniyya Greene

Image of Jazz & Blues Vocalist Ghanniyaa Greene From Club Free Time

Jazzmobile, the longest running New York City Summer Jazz Festival, is returning to Roosevelt Island's Good Shepherd Plaza tonight at 7 PM with a performance by Jazz Vocalist Ghanniyya Greene.

For a taste of Ms. Greene's repertoire, check out this rendition of In A Sentimental Mood plus other selections from her song list.

What is Jazzmobile? According to All About Jazz:

Jazzmobile has been bringing quality jazz performances and education programs to New York Metropolitan area residents since its founding in 1964 by pianist, educator, and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Billy Taylor and arts patron, the late Daphne Arnstein. The non-profit is working to ensure the future of jazz by training the next generation of artists in its Saturday Jazz Workshops and lecture-demonstrations in New York City public schools...

Here's previous visits to Roosevelt Island by Jazzmobile.

UPDATE 7/31 - Scene from Roosevelt Island 2010 Jazzmobile performance at Good Shepherd Plaza:

Jazzmobile With Saxaphonist Lily White Performing at Roosevelt Island's Good Shepherd Plaza Tonight at 7 PM

Lily White's Big Blue Line Image From Amazon

Jazzmobile, the longest running New York City Summer Jazz Festival, is returning to Roosevelt Island's Good Shepherd Plaza tonight at 7 PM with a performance by Saxaphonist Lily White.

Saxophonist Lily White is one of the most promising and engaging young musicians on the New York jazz scene. In small clubs or large concert halls, on alto, tenor, or soprano sax, Lily never fails to inject her sunny personality and sharp wit into her playing....

Jazzmobile at Roosevelt Island's Good Shepherd Plaza Tonight

Image from Roosevelt Island 360

Roosevelt Island 360 has details on tonight's Jazzmobile concert at Good Shepherd Plaza by Akiko Tsuruga Quartet.

Jazzmobile is a wonderful program that:

Since 1964, Jazzmobile has been presenting Free Outdoor Summer Mobile Concerts. As the pioneer mobile music organization, Jazzmobile has brought the great Jazz Artists of our time directly to the public throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Essex County, New Jersey, Westchester County, and several cities in upstate New York. Our concerts are funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, State senator David A. Pater, Assembly Keith Wright, and corporate sponsors.

Here is a schedule of future Jazzmobile concerts.

UPDATE - 11:45 PM - If you were not able to make it to the Akiko Tsuruga Quartet Jazzmobile concert earlier this evening, here is a brief You Tube video snippet from liliancmoreira: