11th NYC Musical Saw Festival Comes to Astoria Today

The 11th Annual NYC Musical Saw Festival is set for today, May 30th, 2015 at 2 p.m. in Astoria.

Featuring:

- Concert, art exhibit & workshops revolving around the 300 year old art of playing music on a carpenter's handsaw.

- 50 musical saw players from around the world, the Astoria Symphonic Choir and Trinity Handbell Choir will perform diverse music styles (classical, pop, folk, show-tunes, etc.).

- Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz will showcase music composed for musical saw by Astoria composer Scott Munson for movie soundtracks such as Richard Gere's new movie 'Time Out of Mind' (in theaters September 2015).

- The 'Chorus of the Saws' - up to 50 musical saw players playing together.

DETAILS:

When: Saturday, May 30th, 2015, 2pm

Where: Trinity Lutheran Church, 31-18 37th Street, Astoria, NY

Admission: $10

Info: www.MusicalSawFestival.org

For the past decade Astoria (Queens) became a pilgrimage spot for musical saw players from all over the world. The festival is in the Guinness Book of Records for the 'Largest Musical Saw Ensemble' (53 musical saw players playing together). Videos from past years' festivals can be viewed on the festival's website.

The festival's goal is to preserve & advance the art of saw playing by showcasing playing techniques & saws, educating composers, bringing the saw to public awareness, getting recognition for the saw as a legitimate music instrument, inspiring learning to play it, educating people of its history, showing the diversity of the saw & of the people who play it, its multi-cultural origin, using it as a bridge between cultures through their united history of playing music on a saw.

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