Fête de la Musique

RSVP Required (call 617-912-0400)

This event is presented in English and French.

Daytime Activities: Free for all

Each year millions take to the streets and music halls of the world to celebrate La Fête de la Musique, created in 1981 by the French Ministry of Culture. Naturally music lovers around the globe have since embraced this celebration of performance and creativity. The only rule: Faites de la musique! Make music! Amateurs and professionals alike are invited to participate in this international celebration. 

Here in Boston, the French Cultural Center invites you to kick off the summer season and take part in the festivities with a day of fun and music!

During the day children will be invited to experience the fabulous
world of music and the diversity of musical instruments: they will make their own instruments, listen to live musicians and sing in French. But, why let the kids have all the fun? You will have the opportunity to sing along to popular French songs so get your vocal chords warmed up and don’t hold back!

To conclude the day, we invite you to attend a musical evening presented by the talented singer Suzanne Pergal and her jazz trio. 

Throughout the program, titled Musiques de Rue,
Ms. Pergal will unveil for you the richness of music that beats to the
pulse of the bustling cities we adore.  Classical composers, along with
writers of popular songs have long turned to folk music and stories of
seemingly everyday life for inspiration. Each composer or writer
presented in this eclectic program has found inspiration in the streets;
from Rio de Janeiro, to Paris, to New York City. United by a joie de
vivre, this dynamic arrangement of songs travels across genres, borders,
and time periods.

Raise a glass, and enjoy the music of Poulenc, Piaf, Porter, Brel, Jobim, Gershwin, and Gainsbourg!

Schedule of Activities

 

• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
  
  Arts and Crafts Workshop: Build your own instrument
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  
  Music workshop for children
• 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
  
  Music workshop for children
• 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
  
  Arts and Crafts Workshop: Build your own instrument

• 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  
  French Karaoke for all ages
• 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  
  Musiques de Rue concert*

*Wine and refreshments will be served during the evening concert.

About Suzanne Pergal

Ms. Pergal is a classically trained soprano with an eclectic body of
work ranging from contemporary music to theatrical improvisation.
Originally from Gloucester, MA, Suzanne studied Vocal Performance and
French & Linguistics at New York University. She has completed
theater, writing, and music training programs at the New England
Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, and UCB theater. She recently
received a scholarship to begin a Master of Music in Vocal Performance
at The College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University in Ohio
where she will enroll this fall. Suzanne currently studies voice with
soprano Elizabeth Printy and is a section leader at St. Francis of
Assisi Parish in Medford.

This concert is made possible thanks to the Mosaïque Cultural Fund.