Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2006/01

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] =?windows-1252?Q?Quintet_of_the_Americas_in_Concert_?=
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:41:25 -0500

January 11, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas in Concert at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in
Manhattan on January 13

New York, NY – The Quintet of the Americas will present a special
concert on Friday, January 13, 2006 – 7:00 p.m. at Saint Luke's Lutheran
Church, 208 W. 46th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan.

Guest artists will be Gaudencio Thiago De Mello on organic percussion
and Neil Rolnick on computer.

This concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature The
Quintet of the Americas performing Samuel Barber's Summer Music, Neil
Rolnick's Ambos mundos (written for interactive computer), Heitor
Villa-Lobos' Quintette en forme de choros, and dances from Colombia and
Brazil with Thiago on percussion.

The Quintet of the Americas, consisting of flutist Sato Moughalian,
oboist Matt Sullivan, clarinetist Edward Gilmore, hornist Barbara Oldham
and bassoonist Laura Koepke, was formed in Bogota, Colombia in 1976 by
U.S. citizens who were principal wind players in the Colombian National
Orchestra. The group relocated to New York City in 1979 and has since
enjoyed an international career that has taken them to concert halls
throughout the Americas, the Caribbean Asia, including annual
performances at Manhattan's Americas Society since 1982. Two time
recipients of ASCAP-Chamber Music America Awards for Adventuresome
Programming, the Quintet's repertoire represents works from composers
with a wide-range of aesthetic viewpoints. They have recorded for CRI,
Newport Classics, MMC and XLNT. Their latest CDs are Karel Husa:
Recollections on New World and Dancing in Colombia on the MSR label. The
Quintet has been a past recipient of the CMA Commissioning Award in for
a commission by David Chaitkin and a three-year Residency Award for work
in Chicago. They are in residence in The Department of Music and
Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University. Visit
their website at http://www.quintet.org. For more information about the
Quintet of the Americas, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.

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Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com

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