Sandbox Programs 2009
Monday - Friday, July 6 - August 14
11:00 am - 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
FREE
It’s party time! The Central Park Conservancy celebrates the 20th birthday of Sandbox Programs by expanding to 20 Central Park playgrounds! Teaching artists from Central Park Brass, storyteller Dan Kitrosser, singer / musician Moey of Moey’s Music Party, and dancers from the Museum for African Art will lead Sandbox Music, Sandbox Stories, Sandbox Sing-along, and NEW Sandbox Dance programs in 20 different playgrounds throughout Central Park. For children ages 3 - 8 years old.
Click here for a listing of playgrounds in Central Park
 Sandbox Sing-along with Moey's Music Party
Monday, July 6, at Diana Ross Playground (W 81st)
Tuesday, July 7, at Robert Bendheim Playground (E 100th)
Monday, July 13, at Adventure Playground (W 67th)
Tuesday, July 14, at East 96th Street Playground
Monday, July 20, at Billy Johnson Playground (E 67th)
Tuesday, July 21, at Wild West Playground (W 93rd)
Monday, July 27, at James Michael Levin Playground (E 76th)
Tuesday, July 28, at West 110th Street Playground
Monday, August 3, at Heckscher Playground (W/C 63rd)
Tuesday, August 4, at Pinetum Playground (W 85th)
Monday, August 10, at East 72nd Street Playground
Tuesday, August 11, at Ancient Playground (E 85th)
Moey (A.K.A award winning Off-Broadway songwriter Melissa Levis) is the "Pied Piper in Pink" as she spreads free music throughout the playgrounds in Central Park. Kids and their caregivers shake pompoms with Moey and her lively band of drums, banjo, and guitar as they sing ”Wheels on the Bus" as well as hits like Pierre Wouldn't Wash His Hair and Sushi Symphony from her Dr. Toy award-winning Moey's Music Party CD. Her song, I'm A New York City Kid, celebrates Central Park: "I'm a New York City kid and I love NYC. On my way to Central Park, right next to me, I saw 9 nannies, 8 horses, 7 sirens, 6 strollers, 5 hot dog stands..." Bring your dancing shoes and get ready to rock!
 Sandbox Music with Central Park Brass
Wednesday, July 8, at East 96th Street Playground
Thursday, July 9, at Wild West Playground (W 93rd)
Friday, July 10, at Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground (W 85th)
Wednesday, July 15, at East 72nd Playgound
Thursday, July 16, at Rudin Family Playground (W 96th)
Friday, July 17, at James Michael Levin Playground (E 76th)
Wednesday, July 22, at East 110th Street Playground
Thursday, July 23, at Diana Ross Playground (W 81st)
Friday, July 24, at Heckscher Playground (W/C 63rd)
Wednesday, July 29, at Adventure Playground (W 67th)
Thursday, July 30, at Safari Playground (W 91st)
Friday, July 31, at West 100th Street Playground
Wednesday, August 5, at East 110th Street Playground
Thursday, August 6, at Ancient Playground (E 85th)
Friday, August 7, at Mariners’ Playground (W 84th)
Wednesday, August 12, at Billy Johnson Playground (E 67th)
Thursday, August 13, at West 100th Street Playground
Friday, August 14, at East 96th Street Playground
The Central Park Conservancy welcomes back professional musicians and educators from Central Park Brass, one of New York City's premier brass quintets, to our playgrounds for Sandbox Music. Highly interactive and fun, Sandbox Music programs stimulate young minds and spirits. Children are invited to clap-, sing-, and march-along, and even get the chance to play percussion instruments.
Central Park Brass was formed in 2002 by trumpeter Arthur Murray and has been leading the Sandbox Music program since that same year. The members of the ensemble perform with leading Broadway shows and orchestras throughout the New York Metro area. In 2007 and 2008, Central Park Brass musicians performed with ensembles and artists ranging from the New York Philharmonic (including their recent visit to North Korea) and the Metropolitan Opera, to the Broadway smash hit Jersey Boys and Kanye West, among many others.
Meet the Central Park Brass Sandbox Music artists!
- David Spier, trumpet, on stage solo trumpet from the smash Broadway hit, Jersey Boys.
- Arthur Murray, trumpet, founder of Central Park Brass, member of the Naumburg Orchestra, the Westchester Chamber Orchestra and a teaching artist with Midori and Friends
- Angela Cordell, french horn, frequent performances with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra
- Lisa Albrecht, currently performing as Associate Principal Trombone with the New York Philharmonic
- Morris Kainuma, tuba, frequent performances with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic
 Sandbox Dance co-presented by the Museum for African Art
Central Park Conservancy and the Museum for African Art happily present a new addition to Sandbox Programs on Tuesday afternoons: Sandbox Dance!
Tuesday, July 7, at Rudin Family Playground (W 96th)
Tuesday, July 14, at West 110th Street Playground
Tuesday, July 21, at Heckscher Playground (W/C 63rd)
Tuesday, July 28, at James Michael Levin Playground (E 76th)
Tuesday, August 4, at Diana Ross Playground (W 81st)
Tuesday, August 11, at Robert Bendheim Playground (E 100th)
Now, it’s rhythm and dance time with the Central Park Conservancy and the Museum for African Art! Come join Michael Wimberly as he teaches us to play electrifying rhythms on hand percussion instruments and to create your very own African dance. No music or
movement experience required; just bring your sense of adventure and
imagination!
The Museum for African Art is New York’s center for discovering the arts of Africa, from classic to contemporary. Dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture, it creates various exhibitions and educational programs worldwide. With the new Sandbox Dance Program this summer, the Museum for African Art joins its new neighbors as it gears up to move to the MfAA’s new home on 110th Street and Museum Mile.
 Sandbox Stories with Dan Kitrosser
Wednesday, July 8, at West 110th Street Playground
Thursday, July 9, at Heckscher Playground (W/C 63rd)
Friday, July 10, at Billy Johnson Playground (E 67th)
Wednesday, July 15, at East 110th Street Playground
Thursday, July 16, at Diana Ross Playground (W 81st)
Friday, July 17, at Safari Playground (W 91st)
Wednesday, July 22, at Adventure Playground (W 67th)
Thursday, July 23, at East 96th Street Playground
Friday, July 24, at Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground (W 85th)
Wednesday, July 29, at Robert Bendheim Playground (E 100th)
Thursday, July 30, at Pat Hoffman Friedman Playground ( E 79th)
Friday, July 31, at Mariners’ Playground (W 84th)
Wednesday, August 5, at Billy Johnson Playground (E 67th)
Thursday, August 6, at Wild West Playground (W 93rd)
Friday, August 7, at West 100th Street Playground
Wednesday, August 12, at Bernard Family Playground (E 108th)
Thursday, August 13, at Adventure Playground (W 67th)
Friday, August 14, at James Michael Levin Playground (E 76th)
Sandbox Stories features Dan Kitrosser an energetic performer who exploded onto the storytelling stage in Central Park two years ago. Come hear stories about goblins and shoemakers, witches and princesses, fools and people with back problems in your very favorite Central Park playgrounds. Hilarious and poignant, vivacious and inspiring, the world comes to life with Dan’s multicultural Sandbox Stories programs.
Dan Kitrosser is an award-winning writer, actor and storyteller. As a storyteller he can be seen regularly at both Central and Bryant Park (as Flaubert Frog), as well as schools and libraries around the city. His one-man childrens' shows include "Blizzard the Wizard" (Urban Stages) and "Around the World for Magda Magellan"(Urban Stages and New York Public Library). Dan's first musical, "Night of the Butterfly" for which he both starred in and wrote the music and lyrics has played a successful first season at the Bleecker Street Theatre in 2008.
All Sandbox programs are free and intended for children ages 3 - 8 years old and accompanying adults. These programs take place in 20 different Central Park playgrounds from Monday - Friday, July 6 - August 14, 2009 at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. In the case of inclement weather, these programs will be canceled. For more information, please call the Central Park Conservancy at 212-860-1370.
 Meet Roberta Wolf, Sandbox Programs Coordinator
"Being in the playgrounds every day, watching the kids reacting to the different performers, enjoying the stories and music myself... what a great way to spend a summer." - Roberta Wolf
This summer marks Roberta's third year as Sandbox Programs Coordinator. She is also a devoted Central Park Conservancy volunteer who has spent the past five years working with students in the Conservancy's youth education programs and now brings her love of photography to the Conservancy as a volunteer photographer.
A former Montessori teacher who also worked in the educational materials business, Roberta is a long-time resident of the Upper West Side where she lives with her husband and two children.
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