Klarinet Archive - Posting 000091.txt from 2006/06

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas in Concert on June 25 at The Jewish Center in
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:12:24 -0400

June 21, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas in Concert on June 25 at The Jewish Center in
Jackson Heights, Queens

New York, NY – The Quintet of the Americas will be in concert on Sunday,
June 25 – 3:30 PM at The Jewish Center, 37-06 77th Street, Jackson
Heights, Queens, New York.

This concert will feature the Quintet of the Americas performing Beth
Anderson’s August Swale, Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Tournement Galop,
Carl Nielsen’s Wind Quintet, Op. 43, Julia Wolfe’s On Seven-Star-Shoes,
Louis Ballard’s The Soul, Jorge Olaya Munoz’ Te sorprende? and Amenecer
Vallenato, James P. Johnson’s Carolina Shout, Paquito D’Rivera’s
Wapango, Gershwin’s Summertime and Alberto Castilla’s Bunde Tolimense.
Special guests will be composer Beth Anderson and bassoonist Gina Cuffari.

This concert is free and open to the public. For more information,
contact the Quintet of the Americas at 917-488-6083 or visit them online
at http://www.quintet.org/.

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 25 concert is sponsored 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
Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the JP Morgan Chase / Meet the Composer
Fund for Small Ensembles, The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the
Music Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M. With special thanks
to NYS Senator the Hon. Frank Padavan, the Hon. Helen Marshall, Borough
President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City
Council. With additional support from the Queens Delegation to the New
York State Assembly provided by NYS Assembly Member Hon. Ivan C.
Lafayette, Speaker Pro-Tem. The programs of the LACCQ are supported by
public funds from the Queens Borough President Office, the New York
State Senator Hon. Serphin Maltese; the Queens Delegation to the NYS
Assembly and the Puerto Rican Hispanic Task Force, by NYC Council Member
Hon. Helen Sears, through the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and by
Queens Commissioner of Parks. Corporate, foundation and community
supporters include Verizon, New York Foundation for the Arts, the Latino
Lawyers Association of Queens County, and the Citizens Committee for New
York City. We appreciate their continuous support and generosity.

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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