June 13, 8 pm
Lutz Rath conducting the Festival Chamber Ensemble
Thom Sharp: Bolero
Dick Hyman: Jazz Clarinet Concerto with Julian Milkis, clarinet
Michelle Thomas, vocalist and composer: Navajo Songs, premiere
Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D major, G.490
Artistic Director Lutz Rath has announced the 65th season of the Washington Square Music Festival, taking place Tuesdays in June on the Main Stage in the center of Washington Square Park. All four concerts are free. The Festival is under the auspices of the Washington Square Association, Inc. Rainspace for June 6 & 27 is Judson Church, 55 Wash. Sq. South; for June 13 & 20 is Grace Church, 802 Broadway.
The Washington Square Music Festival is made possible with public funding through Councilmember Christopher Marte, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Generous grants from The Earle K. & Katherine F. Moore Foundation, Washington Square Association, Music Performance Trust Fund, The Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust, New York University Community Affairs & NYU Community Fund, Salamon-Abrams Family Fund, Con Edison, and the Washington Square Park Conservancy, are deeply appreciated, as is invaluable help from NYC Parks & Recreation.