Every summer solstice, hundreds of cities and towns around the globe celebrate Make Music Day, a chance for musicians and music lovers to enjoy a day full of free, outdoor music events. The very first Make Music Day was in France in 1982. About a decade ago, organizers started Make Music Winter with the same idea in mind.
On the longest night of the year, many cities brave the chilly weather to usher in the winter solstice with music, including New London, 海角换妻. New London鈥檚 celebration will be held at The Telegraph record store, and it features one of the signature events of .
鈥淲e get a bunch of bells, different colored bells,鈥� said Rich Martin, owner of The Telegraph. 鈥淭his is for novices as well as seasoned musicians. It's sort of like, 鈥楢ll right, blue bells go! Green bells go!鈥� and you point to the different groups when it鈥檚 their turn to play and it makes this wonderful music.鈥� Several prominent musicians have written music specifically for Bell by Bell, including Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Glenn Kotche of Wilco.
Martin said both the winter and summer events bring the community together in a special way.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been a really cool way to celebrate just the diversity of our musical community and spread the love around and have people get introduced to some new music,鈥� Martin said.
Also joining the festivities in New London is Thrice A Chuckle, an indie rock band that specializes in original songs for the holidays. .
and are also planning Make Music Winter events on Wednesday.
