The GREENE SPACE at WNYC & WQXR Announces
A Call For Performers For Season Two of
BATTLE OF THE BOROUGHS
TALENT QUEST 2011
City’s Best Emerging Talent To Compete for a Grand Prize
of
A Featured Concert in The Greene Space and
An Opening Act Performance at City Parks
Foundation’s Summer Stage
Emceed by WQXR’s Terrance McKnight
(New York, NY) – Last year, 45 musical acts from
across New York City went head-to-head in the BATTLE OF THE BOROUGHS.
The Greene Space, WNYC and WQXR’s innovative multiplatform
downtown studio and performance space, along with partner City Parks
Foundation’s SummerStage, is once again searching for Gotham’s finest emerging
artists to enter for a shot at the Grand Prize: a featured concert in The
Greene Space and an opening act gig at SummerStage 2011.
“Last year’s entries reflected the high caliber of
untapped talent in every corner of New York City,” said Terrance McKnight,
the award-winning host on Classical 105.9 WQXR and Battle of the Boroughs
emcee. “The artistry spanned not only across geography, but musical genres as
well. For Season Two we’re looking to once again explore the huge reservoir of
diverse undiscovered artists in this city.”
GOT TALENT? The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC
and WQXR is looking for the best up-and-coming performers in New York City to
take part in Season Two of Battle of the Boroughs in. Last year, 45 acts from
across the five boroughs performed in The Greene Space and were webcast live to
the world.
BE HEARD! The Greene Space’s Battle of the Boroughs is open
to submissions from bands, ensembles, instrumentalists, vocalists, DJs and
spoken word artists. All genres are welcome! A line-up of several acts from
each borough will be selected to perform at The Greene Space, culminating in a
final round with winners from each borough. The ultimate winner will receive a featured
concert in The Greene Space – performing in front of a live studio audience
as well as audiences worldwide via a live video webcast – and an opening act
slot at a SummerStage concert in 2011!
SIGN UP! You can sign up and submit a sample of the work
you would like to perform at: http://www.thegreenespace.org/battle. All entries must be received no later
than December 31, 2010 at 11:59pm.
The BATTLE OF THE BOROUGHS dates are on the
following Friday nights:
February 4: Brooklyn
March 4: Queens
April 1: The Bronx
May 6: Staten Island
June
3: Manhattan
June 17: The Ultimate Battle: Winners from Each
Borough Compete for the Grand Prize
Summer 2010: Winner’s featured concert in The
Greene Space and opening act at City Park Foundation’s SummerStage concert.
City
Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization to offer park
programs throughout the five boroughs of New York City. We work in over 750
parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports, and education
programs, and empowering citizens to support their parks on a local level. Our
programs and community building initiatives reach more than 600,000 people each
year, contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods throughout New York
City. For more information about CPF, please visit: http://www.cityparksfoundation.org.
New York Public Radio is New York’s premier public
radio franchise, comprising WNYC-FM, WNYC-AM, WQXR, and The
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, as well as www.wnyc.org, www.wqxr.org and www.thegreenespace.org.
As America’s most listened-to AM/FM news and talk public radio stations,
reaching 1.1 million listeners every week, WNYC extends New York City’s
cultural riches to the entire country on-air and online, and presents the best
national offerings from networks National Public Radio, Public Radio
International, American Public Media, and the British Broadcasting Company. WNYC
93.9 FM broadcasts a wide range of daily news, talk, cultural and music
programming, while WNYC AM 820 maintains a stronger focus on breaking
news and international news reporting. Classical 105.9 WQXR is New York
City’s sole 24-hour classical music station, presenting new and landmark
classical recordings as well as live concerts from the Metropolitan Opera, the
New York Philharmonic, among other New York City venues, immersing listeners in
the city’s rich musical life. In addition to its audio content, WNYC produces
content for live, radio and web audiences from The Jerome L. Greene
Performance Space, the station’s street-level multipurpose, multiplatform
broadcast studio and performance space. For more information about New York
Public Radio, visit www.nypublicradio.org.
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