“Throughout the pandemic, New Yorkers have saluted health-care professionals and other essential workers every evening at 7 p.m. with claps, shouts and lots of banging on whatever instruments—or kitchen tools—are on hand,” writes Charles Passy in Monday’s (4/27) Wall Street Journal (subscription required). “Now, three local musicians are attempting to turn that cheer … into what they bill as a ‘symphonic fanfare’ this Wednesday night [April 29]. And they are inviting all New Yorkers, from beginning students and rank musical amateurs to prominent artists, to participate…. Frank London, a composer, trumpeter and bandleader … is part of the group behind the effort [with] husband-and-wife musicians Dorian Wallace and Hajnal Pivnick…. The trio is calling the piece ‘For Our Courageous Workers,’ an 11-minute opus, broken into four parts…. The work calls for periods of ‘Cheering’ (starting at 7 p.m.), ‘Reflecting’ (7:03 p.m.), ‘Catharsis’ (7:06 p.m.) and ‘Gratitude’ (7:09 p.m.)…. Those with instruments on hand are invited to play specific things at specific times…. The trio has tapped a network of cultural and other organizations, from the Kaufman Music Center in Manhattan to the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, to share the details with their respective communities.”
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