This summer,
when you’re exhausted and staggering home from work along Seventh
Avenue in Park Slope on a Friday night, don’t forget to look
around and see where all that music’s coming from.
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and the Park Slope Chamber
of Commerce will present free garden concerts every Friday from
July 12 to Aug. 30, from 5 pm to 7 pm, at the conservatory garden,
58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place. The series kicks off on July
12 with Greg Erickson’s Tri-Bone-Al performing classical brass
music. The rest of the series features jazz.
New this year, says Jennifer Newell, executive director of the
conservatory, is a bonus concert on Aug. 9 by the Jambalaya Brass
Band who’ll be performing their special brand of New Orleans
jazz in front of Carvel and Mojo Cafe on Third Street at Seventh
Avenue. Performing simultaneously at the conservatory will be
bassist Eric Lemon and his quartet.
Newell says the Jambalaya Band "is the biggest and one of
the favorites every year. The bands that perform are usually
faculty member-based. Jambalaya’s leader is saxophonist Rick
Frank – head of the preschool program."
To start your weekend off right, don’t miss these free community
concerts.
For a complete schedule of bands, call (718) 622-3300.
FREE FRIDAYS
