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From 2014-2020, he worked independently as a producer, curator and consultant on numerous projects for various companies and institutions such as France Rocks/French Bureau Export, Rockrose Development Corp, Central Park SummerStage, Jewish Museum, Natura, Red Bull, Soho House. The festival launched in 2011 and has presented some of Brazil’s most celebrated artists including Seu Jorge, Bebel Gilberto, Lenine. He is the founder of Brasil Summerfest, the largest contemporary Brazilian music & arts festival in the world. He is a graduate of Boston College and an alumnus of Coro Leadership NY, class of XVII.įor over a decade, Petrit has held multiple functions in the music industry. An avid musician since his teens, he has recorded and toured with numerous projects, including the post-punk band Idle (Big Deal).

Prior to 2001, James worked in sales, marketing and promotions for a variety of music industry trendsetters, including Paradigm Associated Labels, Caroline Distribution, CMJ Music Marathon and Reel to Reel Records. As Director of Arts & Cultural Programs (2007-13), he and his team rebranded and expanded SummerStage to parks across all five boroughs, spearheaded dozens of dynamic commissions, developed original content for television and the web, and forged innovative partnerships with a host of prestigious presenting organizations.

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From 2001 through 2013, he worked at City Parks Foundation, NYC’s largest producer of free outdoor performing arts programs, including the renowned Central Park SummerStage and Charlie Parker Jazz festivals. Before joining Make Music New York, he was Executive Director of the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, a not-for-profit theater and arts academy serving Long Island’s East End. James is a performing arts executive with over twenty-five years of leadership experience and a special passion for activating free public programs. Along with concerts by individual artists, Make Music New York proudly partners with dozens of fellow NYC presenters and cultural institutions - including Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Broklyn Public Library, Governors Island, Joe’s Pub, Madison Square Park, Marcus Garvey Park, National September 11 Memorial and Museum, New York Public Library, Randall’s Island, Times Square Alliance and many more. Some 5,000 musicians performed in the summer of 2019. With over 1,000 concerts each year, Make Music New York includes a number of signature projects: “Mass Appeal Concerts,” in which dozens of musicians band together to perform massive pieces written for a specific type of instrument “Punk Island” “Porch Stomp” folk festival “Street Studios,” and many more. And everyone is invited to sing or play along and enjoy the first day of summer in a spirit of celebration.

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Professional musicians perform for new audiences, who come out from under their headphones to hear unfamiliar groups risk-free. Thousands of amateur musicians take the opportunity to play in public spaces, often for the biggest crowds of their lives. From ten in the morning to ten at night, every kind of musician - young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion - pours onto streets, sidewalks, parks and plazas to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music New York is open to anyone who wants to take part. All of the performances take place annually on June 21st, the first day of summer and longest day of the year.

Now in it’s sixteenth year, Make Music New York is a unique festival of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City. On these special “music holidays,” music makers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds are empowered to take center stage and share their skills and passions through live performances in public plazas and parks, on sidewalks and in front of shops, and in partnership with cultural institutions and businesses across all five boroughs.

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Our mission is ambitious, inclusive, adventurous and fun, and we accomplish it by producing two annual citywide celebrations: our flagship festival, Make Music New York, held each summer solstice on June 21st–the longest day of the year–and Make Music Winter, a complimentary series of participatory musical parades held each winter solstice on December 21st–the longest night of the year.

We are a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission celebrates the musician in all of us, connects New Yorkers to their communities and with each other, brings bold new artistic creations to life, unites diverse communities in a spirit of celebration and energizes the shared social spaces that make NYC a cultural capital. Make Music New York is New York City’s only music festival for the people and by the people!

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