“Musical Storefronts” Brings Live Music Back to the City

In the Kaufman Music Center’s series, through the end of April, vacant retail spaces on the Upper West Side become stages for local musicians.
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Photograph by Taylor Kay Johnson for The New Yorker

The Kaufman Music Center’s innovative “Musical Storefronts” series brings live concerts back to the city. Through the end of April, many of the Upper West Side’s vacant retail spaces become stages (with support from Milstein Properties) for local musicians to safely showcase their work. The lineup includes stars from “Hamilton,” the opera singer Chrystal E. Williams, the composer Caroline Shaw, the pianists Orli Shaham and Conrad Tao, the Attacca Quartet (pictured), and more than a hundred other artists.