The Museum of Modern Art established Summergarden in 1971 to enhance the artistic life of New York City during the summer. In keeping with MoMA's history of presenting jazz and classical music in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, this year's Summergarden series once again welcomes the participation of two constituents from Lincoln Center—The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center—with concerts on alternating Sundays in July. New Music for New York presents four evenings of adventurous contemporary music, with premieres each night.

The young virtuosi of the New Juilliard Ensemble will perform new chamber music that has never been heard in New York, by composers from all over the world writing in a vast range of styles. Jazz at Lincoln Center selects cutting-edge jazz artists, each of whose concerts will emphasize original works and include at least one world premiere.

The Garden Cart will sell light fare, including gelato and sorbetto from New York-based Il Laboratorio del Gelato. Wine, draft beer, coffee drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages are also available for purchase.

Major annual support is provided by The Ethel P. Shein Fund for Music at MoMA, which is generously funded by Agnes Gund and by Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder. Additional support is provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Paul D. Shein, Richard L. Tooke, Elizabeth Pozen, and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York.

Juilliard Concert I: New Music For Ensembles
Members of New Juilliard Ensemble: Nadia Kyne, flute; Sean Rice, clarinet; Sean Riley, violin; Alexander Tasopoulos, viola; Mimi Yu, cello; Paul Nemeth, double bass; David Stevens, percussion; Jennifer Chu, piano; Joel Sachs, conductor

Eric Tanguy (France, b. 1968)
Duo for Flute and Clarinet (1994)
Western Hemisphere premiere

Andy Vores (United Kingdom [Wales]/United States, b. 1956)
Often (2003)
New York premiere

Dorothy Chang (United States, b. 1970)
Falling Sky (2000)
New York premiere

Alti Heimir Sveinsson (Iceland, b. 1938)
Swedish Rapp: Rondo Fantastico II (1999)
Western Hemisphere premiere

Robert Xavier Rodríguez (United States, b. 1946)
Música, por un tiempo (2008)
New York premiere

Summergarden is free and seating is on a first come, first served basis. The Sculpture Garden may close if attendance reaches maximum capacity. Entrance to Summergarden is through the Sculpture Garden gate on West Fifty-fourth Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The Sculpture Garden opens at 7:00 p.m., and concerts start at 8:00 p.m. and run approximately one hour to 90 minutes. The Sculpture Garden closes at 10:00 p.m. In the event of rain, concerts will be held in The Agnes Gund Garden Lobby, and the Museum’s Fifty-fourth Street entrance will open at 7:30 p.m. The exhibition galleries are closed during Summergarden.