MUSIC RETURNS TO MoMA’S SCULPTURE GARDEN WITH SUMMERGARDEN 2006

Staff Report

NEW YORK, 2 May 2006—The Museum of Modern Art’s Summergarden series returns to The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden for six Sunday evenings beginning 9 July 2006. Summergarden, a tradition that began in 1971, is part of MoMA’s long history of presenting jazz and classical music in the Sculpture Garden.

The Museum of Modern Art’s Summergarden series returns to The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden for six Sunday evenings beginning July 9, 2006. Summergarden, a tradition that began in 1971, is part of MoMA’s long history of presenting jazz and classical music in the Sculpture Garden.

Last summer the Museum welcomed the participation of The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center to present a program of musical premieres. This year the collaboration and the theme continue with a second series of compositions making their premiere.  

Juilliard concerts are performed by current students and recent graduates of the Juilliard School, under the artistic direction of Joel Sachs, who creates three distinctive programs of contemporary compositions, all of which will have their New York, United States or world premieres. Jazz at Lincoln Center selects three leading jazz artists, each of whose concerts will emphasize original works, with at least one world premiere. Full program information is available to the public starting 5 June at www.moma.org or by calling (1) 212 708 94 91. 

Summergarden 2006 Schedule

9 July : Juilliard Concert 
16 July : Jazz at Lincoln Center Concert 
23 July : Juilliard Concert 
30 July : Jazz at Lincoln Center Concert 
6 August: Juilliard Concert 
13 August: Jazz at Lincoln Center Concert

Summergarden is free and admission is on a first-come-first-serve basis. Chairs are limited and seating is on a first-come first-served basis. The Sculpture Garden is subject to close if attendance reaches maximum capacity. Entrance to Summergarden is through the Sculpture Garden gate on West 54th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The Sculpture Garden opens at 7:00 p.m., and concerts start at 8:00 p.m. and run approximately one hour to ninety minutes. The Sculpture Garden closes at 10:00 p.m.  A cash bar will be available in the Sculpture Garden during Summergarden.  In the event of rain, the concerts will be held in the Agnes Gund Lobby.

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