Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2006/06

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas in Concert at New York University,
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:11:10 -0400

June 19, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas in Concert at New York University, June 23 at
Loewe Auditorium as Part of NYU Summer Institute for Woodwind Quintets

New York, NY – The Quintet of the Americas will be in concert on Friday,
June 23 – 7:00 PM at New York University’s Loewe Auditorium, 35 West 4th
Street in Manhattan.

This concert, presented as part of the NYU Summer Institute for Woodwind
Quintets, will feature the Quintet of the Americas performing Louis
Moreau Gottschalk’s Tournement Galop, Roberto Sierra’s Salsa para
vientos, Carl Nielsen’s Wind Quintet, Op. 43, Julia Wolfe’s On
Seven-Star-Shoes, Peteris Vasks’ Music for a Deceased Friend and a
special Americas Set, featuring Jorge Olaya Munoz’ Te sorprende?, James
P. Johnson’s Carolina Shout and Paquito D’Rivera’s Wapango.

This concert is free and open to the public and is sponsored by The
Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Music and Performing Arts
of New York University. For more information, contact the Quintet of the
Americas at 917-488-6083 or visit them online at
http://www.quintet.org/. You can find more about the Woodwind Institute
at http://education.nyu.edu/music/summer.html.

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.

The June 23 concert is produced, in part, with public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a public agency, the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Office of Parks
Recreation and Historic Preservation. Additional funds provided by The
Carnegie Corporation of New York, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the JP
Morgan Chase / Meet the Composer Fund for Small Ensembles and the Music
Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M- with special thanks to
NYS Senator the Hon. Frank Padavan.

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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