Comments on: Harlem Art Park http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:18:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Emily Energy http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-3454 Emily Energy Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:16:42 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-3454 7/5/10--Day 6, 1st piano (around 1:30 p.m.) Last day of Emily's "NYC Piano Tour" began with a disappointment--the park was locked. <!-- image_comment_id: 1990 --> 7/5/10–Day 6, 1st piano (around 1:30 p.m.) Last day of Emily’s “NYC Piano Tour” began with a disappointment–the park was locked.

]]> By: Sandy Santra http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-3276 Sandy Santra Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:20:27 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-3276 "Play Me, I'm Yours" was a dream come true for me: playing piano on the streets of New York in just about every location imaginable. I can't thank Luke Jerram, sing for hope, and all the volunteers enough for pulling off this special event. It was amazing to see so many pianists come out and play, and especially touching to hear so many gifted and talented children step up to what is a very challenging instrument (and play it in public on one of the world's biggest stages). In the beginning, I set out to play all five boroughs, but soon realized my day job wouldn't easily accommodate all the travel and logistics involved. So I reset my sights instead on playing every available Manhattan piano (and a few in Brooklyn and Queens). By the end of two weeks I had achieved my goal. My pieces are all improvisations, so playing on the streets of New York allowed me to share my spontaneous, energetic music with a city whose rhythms and tones have informed and influenced my music for years. The chance to publicly give back to a city whose people, music, and spirit have brought me joy for decades was the opportunity of a lifetime. Thanks for watching and listening. From the heart, Sandy Santra <!-- video_comment_id: 708 --> “Play Me, I’m Yours” was a dream come true for me: playing piano on the streets of New York in just about every location imaginable. I can’t thank Luke Jerram, sing for hope, and all the volunteers enough for pulling off this special event. It was amazing to see so many pianists come out and play, and especially touching to hear so many gifted and talented children step up to what is a very challenging instrument (and play it in public on one of the world’s biggest stages).

In the beginning, I set out to play all five boroughs, but soon realized my day job wouldn’t easily accommodate all the travel and logistics involved. So I reset my sights instead on playing every available Manhattan piano (and a few in Brooklyn and Queens). By the end of two weeks I had achieved my goal.

My pieces are all improvisations, so playing on the streets of New York allowed me to share my spontaneous, energetic music with a city whose rhythms and tones have informed and influenced my music for years. The chance to publicly give back to a city whose people, music, and spirit have brought me joy for decades was the opportunity of a lifetime. Thanks for watching and listening.

From the heart,

Sandy Santra

]]> By: Vadim Ghin http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-3067 Vadim Ghin Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:26:53 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-3067 To view a montage of Chopin's Minute Waltz played by Vadim Ghin on all the street pianos from "Play Me I'm Yours - NYC 2010" please visit: www.theNYCminute.com <!-- image_comment_id: 1776 --> To view a montage of Chopin’s Minute Waltz played by Vadim Ghin on all the street pianos from “Play Me I’m Yours – NYC 2010″ please visit: http://www.theNYCminute.com

]]> By: Dee of Uptownflavor.com http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-2495 Dee of Uptownflavor.com Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:43:10 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-2495 What a pleasure to happen upon this secret garden and see a lone colorful piano sitting forlornly inside! This park (and the piano) must be put to great use! It has so much potential! <!-- image_comment_id: 1426 --> What a pleasure to happen upon this secret garden and see a lone colorful piano sitting forlornly inside! This park (and the piano) must be put to great use! It has so much potential!

]]> By: Teddy Ureña http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-2294 Teddy Ureña Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:20:23 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-2294 My girlfriend lives in Harlem, this is the first that we are going to play. This small park is a "secret garden" between buildings, thank you for placing one of the pianos here. <!-- image_comment_id: 1307 --> My girlfriend lives in Harlem, this is the first that we are going to play. This small park is a “secret garden” between buildings, thank you for placing one of the pianos here.

]]> By: jennnifer Lee Snowden http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-2288 jennnifer Lee Snowden Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:48:26 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-2288 Locked out of the park! But we still got to see it and talk about it! Read the blog about each location and the inspiring music moments discovered there at http://jenniferleesnowden.wordpress.com <!-- video_comment_id: 397 --> Locked out of the park! But we still got to see it and talk about it! Read the blog about each location and the inspiring music moments discovered there at http://jenniferleesnowden.wordpress.com

]]> By: Elizabeth Grimes http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-2237 Elizabeth Grimes Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:22:33 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-2237 Another beautiful spot I haven't seen! Lovely atmosphere. I played "What a Wonderful World" http://onemagicalmomentperday.blogspot.com/2010_06_22_archive.html <!-- image_comment_id: 1278 --> <!-- video_comment_id: 378 --> Another beautiful spot I haven’t seen! Lovely atmosphere. I played “What a Wonderful World”

http://onemagicalmomentperday.blogspot.com/2010_06_22_archive.html

]]> By: Michael http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-2170 Michael Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:57:49 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-2170 my daughter recently fell in love with pianos so when we found out that this was installed at one of our favorite places uptown we went as soon as we could; this art park is one of Harlem's secrets and this beautiful piano only adds to an amazing and peaceful place! <!-- image_comment_id: 1231 --> my daughter recently fell in love with pianos so when we found out that this was installed at one of our favorite places uptown we went as soon as we could; this art park is one of Harlem’s secrets and this beautiful piano only adds to an amazing and peaceful place!

]]> By: luke http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/harlem-art-park#comment-1879 luke Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:33:11 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=953#comment-1879 Ready to go, the piano is locked and will be opened for everyone to play on Monday morning! <!-- image_comment_id: 1030 --> Ready to go, the piano is locked and will be opened for everyone to play on Monday morning!

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