A rather unique thing, the New York City Musical Saw Festival takesp place again this year on May 30.
The 11th NYC Musical Saw Festival
When – Saturday, May 30th 2015, 2pm
Where – Trinity Church, 31-18 37th Street (37th Street at 31st Avenue), Astoria, NYProgram:
The Astoria Choir will sing with musical saws Special Guest Performance: The Astoria Symphonic Choir – musical saws and singing voices combined.
NATALIA ‘SAW LADY’ PARUZ, founder & organizer of the Musical Saw Festival, will present the musical saw as an ensemble instrument in music composed for film.
Premier of a new composition for the musical saw and handbells by composer Scott Munson
A musical saw art exhibit
Paintings by: Jas Ingram, Lisa Alonso Canellas, Yirmi Pinkus, Zina Saunders, Heidi Younger, Aaron Porter, Jamie Isenstein, Kenly Dillard, Rodney Bauer, Miriam Paskalski, Barrett Cobb, Alyssa Steele, Young Joo, Michael Watson, Kauri SieversSolos by musical saw players from around the world
Meet the oldest saw player – 95 years old sawist who’s been playing for 75 years and is still performing!
The ‘Chorus of the Saws’ (all participating musical saw players playing together, accompanied by piano).
The musical saw player who travels the farthest in order to attend the festival is considered the “guest of honor”.
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