AS FIT AS A TROLL, was designed to teach children about healthy eating habits and exercise. The humorous script, by Scandia Symphony’s Frank Foerster was inspired by Michele Obama’s “LET’S MOVE” program. It involves a junk food loving troll from Norway, his pet dinosaur, Bronto, and a fairy godmother carrying a magic picnic basket with healthy fruits […]
Now in its 15th year, NY Scandia Symphony has served Washington Heights and Inwood with free outdoor music programs in Fort Tryon Park. The Scandia Brass Quintet will perform their popular repertoire of contemporary and traditional compositions and arrangements, representing music from each of the five Scandinavian countries, including five national anthems. Bring a blanket […]
This concert is based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "Papa is Always Right. Puppets and stuffed animals provide visual entertainment, illustrating the narration by Sanda Billingslea - and there will be surprise troll activities at the end of the show! Musicians of the Scandia Symphony will be performing live and our young audiences will be able to learn about the […]
Now in its 15th year, NY Scandia Symphony has served Washington Heights and Inwood with free outdoor music programs in Fort Tryon Park. Scandia Strings. The String Orchestra will perform works by Frank Foerster, Niels W. Gade, Johan Helmich Roman, and Svend S. Schultz. Soloist: Frank Foerster, Viola Music Director/Conductor: Dorrit Matson Bring a blanket […]
The HG Premieres Performance is the peak performance for the Higher Ground Festival. HG will proudly present 6 premiering collaborations for 2019. The collaborations are a beautiful product of our 2-month long HG Artist Meet & Greet series which connects neighborhood artists of all art disciplines in hopes of creating new professional relationships and building the uptown art […]
Columbia Summer Winds performs the finest in wind band music throughout New York City every summer. The 90-person concert band provides free outdoor concerts in NYC parks, bringing amazing tunes to our neighborhoods' backyards. From Sousa marches to orchestral transcriptions, and Broadway show tunes to movie soundtracks, the music of Columbia Summer Winds will surely […]
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust, NYC Parks, and the Michels family in honoring the late Council Member Stan Michels at the eleventh annual Memorial Jazz Concert. Enjoy live jazz by local impresario Marjorie Eliot and her ensemble underneath the majestic elms on the promenade, alongside the beautiful Heather Garden and overlooking the Hudson River. Stan […]
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust for a special screening of Clint Eastwood's Coogan's Bluff to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary! An Arizona deputy sheriff (Clint Eastwood) is sent to New York City to escort an escaped fugitive back for trial. Grab a blanket and enjoy a movie in the park. You should arrive before 7:00 p.m. to […]
Join us for a special performance by the IndoRican Multicultural Dance Project, as they present their ritualist folk dance, Taino Calling Song. The piece represents the indigenous people of Puerto Rico and healing through dance. It is a community-based circle dance lead by a female elder. When we enter the path into this world, we may come […]
Passages | Pasajes is a site-specific sonic performance that utilizes the Dongan Lawn in Fort Tryon Park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The performance will occur the afternoon of Saturday, September 21, 2019, close to the autumnal equinox. The work will manifest as 16 performers, mainly from the Uptown community, moving through the […]