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Make Music New York!

Make Music New York is a new live, free musical celebration across the city. (June 21st is also the first day of summer and the longest day of the year.) On that day, public space throughout the five boroughs - sidewalks, parks, community gardens, and more - becomes impromptu musical stages. Thousands of musicians, in every genre, play on the sidewalks for the people of New York. The MMNY 2007 included 560 free concerts with 1,927 musicians. This year the event is even bigger with more than 800 concerts! MMNY is described by the city officials as "one of the largest musical events in the city's history."

For details about MMNY and to see complete concert listings, visit: www.makemusicny.org.

Sam ShivRaj (www.samshivraj.com), daughter of Nivedita ShivRaj, will present concerts in 5 locations during MMNY 2008. Besides Indian classical and cine music, Sam will perform favorite numbers of pop, rock and country music and her own new age songs at the Flushing Town Hall, Linden Hill in Flushing, Tamil Church of Middle Village, Moon Soup Children's Center in Manhattan and Rice & Curry Restaurant in Manhattan.

MMNY performance schedules:

11:00 am - Sam ShivRaj music performance at Mitchell-Linden Civic Association at the intersection of 31st Road and Union Street, Flushing.

12:00 noon - Nivedita ShivRaj and RagaChitra Music Group concert at Flushing Town Hall.

12:30 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj performance at Flushing Town Hall.

3:00 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj performance at Middle Village Tamil Church Lawns.

4:00 p.m. - Indian cine music at Touch of India, 232, West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018.

5:00 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj pop music at Moon Soup Children's Center, 1059 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

6:00 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj pop music and Indian cine music at Touch of India, 232, West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018.