Musicians of NY

#MusiciansofNY tells the stories of the working union musicians of New York.

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Saadi Zain is a Musician of New York. From busking in the park to performing at Carnegie Hall, freelance bass player Saadi Zain has done it all. You can typically find him rolling his bass through the streets of Hell’s

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Alden Banta is a Musician of New York. Alden is a Broadway musician, currently playing in the pit of King Kong. (He’s pictured here in the pit of Hello Dolly!) He previously played Reed 4 in Hello Dolly!, meaning that he

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Karen Marie Marmer is a Musician of New York. Karen is a born-and-raised New Yorker and a violinist who has dedicated her life to playing 17th and 18th-century music on period instruments. As a freelancer, she performs with a variety

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David Freeman is a Musician of New York. Brooklynite David Freeman never considered working as a musician anywhere but this city in which he has endless opportunities for collaboration with other artists. To make a living as a percussionist, he

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Mary Spencer Knapp is a Musician of New York. Mary loves playing the accordion because it fits into so many diverse genres of music. She writes, records, and performs songs with her cabaret soul project, Toot Sweet. She spent nine

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Alan Ferber is a Musician of New York. Alan is a trombone player, a jazz musician, and a composer who has traversed nearly every music scene imaginable. Currently, he is active as a recording artist, sideman, university professor, and performer

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