We’re extending the open call for composers and musicians to write a “musical handshake” – a single melody to serve as the secret lingua franca for hundreds of MMNY musicians.
New deadline: Monday, May 11th, 11:59pm
This musical handshake will be used throughout the day by trombones to greet banjos, flutists to greet cymbals, and harmonicas to greet sitars, with the hope that momentary greetings will turn into longer sessions of musical conversations.
Then, the handshake will receive its public unveiling as the improvisatory foundation for our after-party of musical mayhem in Central Park, part of this year’s Mass Appeal project. We’ll invite every Mass Appeal musician to join the party, bringing large groups of instruments to jam together on the handshake theme.
MMNY welcomes composers and musicians to submit musical handshakes of up to 10 seconds, consisting of a short melody made up of two phrases, forming a call and response. The composition should be playable by nearly all instruments and all musicians, from amateurs to professionals. Entries should be emailed to musicalhandshake@makemusicny.org.
Click here for full Musical Handshake guidelines!
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