Rite of Summer Music Festival Presents Kara Sainz & Peter Dugan on 7/23

Rite of Summer Music Festival continues its sixth stellar season with mezzo-soprano Kara Sainz and pianist Peter Dugan performing two free shows at 1pm & 3pm on Saturday, July 23rd. The program will feature works by Ginastera, Gershwin, de Falla, Purcell, Debussy, Brahms, and more. Taking place at Colonels' Row on Governors Island, Rite of Summer presents free outdoor concerts through late August curated by Co-Artistic Directors Pam Goldberg and Blair McMillen. In a locale The New York Times has called a "Playground for the Arts," the aim of the Festival is simple: to present the highest quality live performances, and to bring free contemporary classical music to as many people as possible in a relaxed, fun, outdoor setting.

Next up on Saturday, August 27th, more than 60 percussionists will come together to perform John Luther Adams's Inuksuit, an epic outdoor piece that has helped to redefine what live musical experience can be in the 21st-century. Rite of Summer will be presenting two afternoon performances of Inuksuit, a work The New York Times has called "the ultimate environmental piece." Greg Saunier of Deerhoof and Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will join members of TIGUE, Mantra Percussion, Ensemble et al, Sandbox Percussion, Iktus Percussion, Contemporaneous, Loop 2.4.3, Palladium Percussion and students from Stony Brook, Queens College, NYU and Mantra Youth Percussion.

Rite of Summer shows will be presented twice the same day, at 1pm and 3pm, for each respective date. Audiences should feel free to walk by, stop and listen, lay down a picnic blanket and relax, eat lunch, mingle, and take in these engaging live performances. Governors Island is a short 5-minute ferry ride from South Ferry, in lower Manhattan and a 3-minute ride from Brooklyn Bridge Park. Concerts are free; ferries are $2 after 12pm (free from 10am-12pm on weekends). For a full ferry schedule, please visit www.govisland.com.

For more information, visit http://riteofsummer.com/ or https://govisland.com/