By Dirk Langeveld

WESTPORT — A group of young jazz musicians will offer a free concert this weekend, part of the nationwide Make Music Day festivities.

On the Count of Two will perform from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 21st at MoCA\CT. The museum is currently closed for the installation of a new exhibition, and the concert will take place outside. Audiences are invited to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets.

On the Count of Two, which plays a mix of jazz standards and subgenres, features Hudson Paul on saxophone, Ahan Ghosh Rao on piano, Ikutaro Matsuki on bass, and Saul Hirshberg on drums. Paul and Ghosh Rao are both from Weston, and Paul is the grandson of eight-time Grammy-winning composer Jose Serebrier and Grammy-nominated opera soprano Carole Farley.

All of the band members have attended the Litchfield Jazz Camp, and were finalists in its nationwide talent search competition. Ghosh Rao is also a past winner of the Deborah Kahan Piano Competition and Schubert Club Awards Competition for Classical Piano. 

Make Music Day has the goal of bringing musicians to parks, plazas, and other public venues to perform free concerts. The event dates back to 1982, when the Ministry of Culture in France came up with the idea of performing free concerts on June 21st to celebrate the summer solstice. The idea has since spread to dozens of countries and more than 2,000 cities.

In 2025, a total of 5,471 concerts were held in 147 cities in the United States. This included 412 performances organized in 16 Connecticut towns and cities.

This year, a total of 17 regional chapters are participating in Connecticut. For a full list of these chapters and concerts, visit makemusicday.org.

On the Count of Two

Sunday, June 21
11 am to 1:00 pm
MoCA\CT
19 Newtown Turnpike
Westport

Dirk Langeveld

^{_{Dirk Langeveld has worked as a news reporter, content marketing specialist, and freelance writer. He is the author of “The Artful Dodger: The 20-Year Pursuit of World War I Draft Dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll” and has contributed to several books on Connecticut history.}}