Press Release
Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective
to perform at Kensington
Plaza
Sunday, April 16, 2023, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Spring has landed full force, bringing with it the first Sunday
afternoon musical performance at Kensington Plaza on Sunday, April 16th, from 3:30
p.m. to 5:00 p.m., by Kensington local bluegrass ensemble “Brooklyn Bluegrass
Collective.”
Called MUSIC IN THE PLAZA, the series is produced by The
Singing Winds and is underwritten by NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the NY City
Council. The Sunday afternoon concerts will happen every Sunday, except April 30th and May 28th, until mid-July. Mothers’ Day, May 14th, will feature a performance
by Grupo Wayno, Music from the
Andes.
The Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective was a
favorite of Diana Sanzone, the recently deceased chair of The Kensington
Stewards. The Bluegrass Collective will
perform a set of lively, danceable tunes that will get your toes tapping and
hands clapping.
Four members of the Collective will perform on
guitar, fiddle and other traditional American folk instruments. Musicians will be Jason Borisoff, Ellery Marshall, Jack Devereux, and Kells Nollenberger. The ensemble just played The Knitting
Factory and performed at Avenue C Plaza several summers ago.
The Music in the Plaza concert series highlights
mainly local and immigrant Brooklyn musicians presenting a diverse soundscape to
our neighborhood and has done so at Kensington Plaza for the past 3 years. Among the performers are two groups from
Africa –and even an afternoon of circus performers, plus Andean flute musicians a
women’s acapella choir, a hammered dulcimer
player, a Latin guitar ensemble, and an oud & hand drum duo.
The
Kensington Plaza is the area in front of Walgreens at Church Avenue and
Beverley Road. It is around the corner
from the F/G subway stop on McDonald Ave at Church and adjacent to Denny’s Bar.