Klarinet Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 2008/01

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas to Present Celebrating the Human Spirit
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:25:02 -0500

January 3, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas to Present Celebrating the Human Spirit Concert
At Flushing Library on January 5, Including Music by Composers Xinyan Li
and Gaudencio Thiago de Mello

New York, NY – The Quintet of the Americas will present “Celebrating the
Human Spirit,” a concert on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at
The Flushing Library Auditorium, 41-17 Main Street in Flushing, Queens,
New York. Special guest artist will be Gaudencio Thiago de Mello,
organic percussion. The Quintet will return to the Flushing Library for
a concert featuring new works by composers Xinyan Li and Gaudencio
Thiago de Mello, with an introduction by composer Xinyan Li.

Works to be performed include Zurisee from Foyveblas by Paul Douglas,
Quintet No. 2 by Miguel del Aguila, Mo Suo’s Burial Ceremony (2006) by
Xinyan Li - New York premiere, Ventos (2007) by Ricardo Romaneiro
(Quintet of the Americas commission) and Suite of Brazilian Songs with
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello (http://www.thiago-amazon.com/).

This concert is free and open to the public. For more information,
please contact the Flushing Library at 718- 661-1200 or visit their
website at http://www.queenslibrary.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.

This concert is made possible with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts, a state agency, the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation. Additional funding comes from The Carnegie
Corporation of New York, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Meet the
Composer / JP Morgan Chase Fund for Small Ensembles, The Jarvis and
Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Shigeru Kaneshiro, and the Music
Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M. 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.

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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