Celebrate Make Music Day With Casio

DOVER, N.J., June 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Casio America, Inc. is joining the Make Music celebrations once again this year by joining Make Music New York's Mass Appeal Vocals event performance. Since 2007, Make Music New York has held its Summer Solstice Music Celebration on June 21^st, producing free community events and performances throughout the city for musicians of all ages.

Make Music New York, one of the nation's largest annual music events, holds over 1,000 live concerts that create music and harmony throughout the city. This year, Casio's PRIVIA PX-S1000 will be featured during its Mass Appeal Vocals performance event at the Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, where singers and instrumentalists will come together to perform Mozart's Requiem.

"Casio is thrilled to return to Make Music New York this year and join the celebration with our latest addition to our PRIVIA digital piano line-up," said Stephen Schmidt, Vice President of Casio's Electronic Music Instruments Division. "The PX-S1000 includes innovations that make playing the piano more enjoyable than ever, and we look forward to hearing it performed during Mozart's Requiem."

"Make Music New York is so happy to partner again with Casio to bring free music to the people of NYC as performed by our amazing home-grown talent," said James Burke, Executive Director of Make Music New York. "Mass Appeal Vocals: Mozart's Requiem, open to singers of all ages and backgrounds and presented in the heart of Central Park, is a highlight of our 2019 lineup and having a Casio PX-S1000 on hand to lead our orchestra and vocalists will make the concert ring."

To learn more about Casio's full portfolio of electronic musical instruments, please visit www.CasioMusicGear.com. 

About Casio America, Inc.
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Established in 1957, Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, digital cameras, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to fulfill its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit casio.com/home.

About Make Music New York 
Make Music New York celebrates the musician in all of us; connects New Yorkers to their communities and with each other; and energizes the shared social spaces that make NYC a cultural capital.

Our mission is ambitious, inclusive, adventurous and fun, and we accomplish it by producing our annual flagship celebration each Summer Solstice on June 21st–the first day of summer and longest day of the year. On this special "music holiday," 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.

Since its debut in 2007, the music holiday has become the city's largest single-day music festival, averaging over 5,000 musicians of all ages and persuasions performing in 1,000+ concerts in over 400 unique locations, in what The New York Times has dubbed "Exhilarating... with prodigious displays and subtle experiences alike. It's like somebody's dream of community." www.MakeMusicNY.org

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