More than 150 towns and cities around the U.S. will be participating in this year’s Make Music Day by offering free public music events, such as choir or individual artist performances, drum circles, circle singing or guitar-string changing workshops on June 21.
A worldwide celebration of music-making that is more than 40 years old, the initiative launched in France in 1982 and now has participants in thousands of towns around the world. The project is organized by the Make Music Foundation, whose partners in the U.S, include the National Association Of Music Merchants, through its NAMM Foundation.
A Tempo host Rachel Katz speaks with NAMM Director of Market Development Carolyn Grant about the event's history, and Liz Maresca, Administrator of Cultural and Heritage Affairs for the borough of Fairlawn, NJ, whose celebration this year will include performances by musicians of all ages at a local voice studio, a drum circle in one of its parks, and various individual performers at several cafes and other stores.
