Klarinet Archive - Posting 000328.txt from 2006/04

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas In Concert On April 30 At Weill Recital Hall
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:15:48 -0400

April 22, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas In Concert On April 30 At Weill Recital Hall At
Carnegie Hall – Joint Concert with Cuarteto Latinoamericano

New York, NY – The Quintet of the Americas will be in concert on Sunday,
April 30, 2006, 2:00 p.m. at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 154 W.
57th Street in Manhattan. This special concert will be a joint
presentation with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano.

Concert repertoire will include the World Premiere of Nonet by William
Thomas McKinley, performed by the Quintet of the Americas and Cuarteto
Latinoamericano together. Other repertory to be performed by the Quintet
of the Americas includes Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Quintette en forme de
choros, Peteris Vasks’ Music for a Deceased Friend and Charlie Parker’s
Yardbird Suite (arr. Edmund Cionek). Other repertory to be performed by
Cuarteto Latinoamericano includes Jorge Torres Saenz’ (Mexico 1968) La
venus se va de juerga and Alberto Ginastera’s String Quartet No. 2 Op. 26.

Tickets for the April 30 concert are $15 and $10 for students and
seniors, and are available by calling Carnegie Charge at 212-247-7800,
online at http://www.carnegiehall.org or by visiting the Carnegie Hall
Box Office.

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 and Eastern Europe, including
many performances at Manhattan's Americas Society. 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 the New
World label and Dancing in Colombia on MSR. The Quintet has been a past
recipient of the CMA Commissioning Award for a commission from David
Chaitkin and a three-year Residency Award for work in Chicago. They are
in residence at the Department of Music and Performing Arts of 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@-----.

Cuarteto Latinoamericano is known worldwide as the leading proponent of
Latin American music for string quartet. This award-winning ensemble
from Mexico consists of the three Bitrán brothers, violinists Saúl and
Arón and cellist Alvaro, along with violist Javier Montiel.

The Cuarteto was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002 in the field of
Best Chamber Music Recording as well as for a Latin Grammy. They record
for Elan, New Albion, Urtext and Dorian Recordings among others. The
Cuarteto has been in residence at Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh since 1987, and at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in
Mexico City. Visit them online at http://music.web.cmu.edu/cuarteto/.

Composer William Thomas McKinley has composed over 300 works, is listed
in Groves' Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and has received
commissions from the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, the Fromm
Foundation, and the Naumburg Foundation. His many awards and grants
include, among others, an award and citation from the American Academy
and Institute of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, eight NEA
grants, and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. McKinley has studied with many
renowned teachers and composers, including Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss,
and Gunther Schuller.

In recent years, McKinley has become even more prolific, and his works
are featured on releases from Koch, Delos, and RCA Red Seal in addition
to those on MMC. World premieres of his 7th Symphony with the Seattle
Symphony and R.A.P. (Rhythm and Pulse), a double concerto for Richard
Stoltzman (clarinet) and his son Peter (piano), with the Boston Modern
Orchestra, and the Nonet for the Quintet of the Americas at Carnegie
Hall are all scheduled for 2006-2007. Much more about him at
http://www.mmcrecordings.com/artist.asp?id=565.

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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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