Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2009/12

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Presents Crystal Winter Family Concerts at New
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:28:44 -0500

December 17, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas Presents Crystal Winter Family Concerts at New
York Hall of Science in Queens on December 19 and 20

New York, NY – Quintet of the Americas will present special Crystal
Winter family concerts on Saturday, December 19 and Sunday, December 20
– 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM each day at the New York Hall of Science, 47-01
111th St., located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, NY.

Using sounds like colors in a winter snow fall painting, Quintet of the
Americas will explore the connection of musical sounds to the look of
nature. With snowflakes as its inspiration, the Quintet will take the
audience on an informative and fun musical trip through sound and nature
including audience participation with crystal goblets and bells. This
program is presented as part of the New York Hall of Science Crystal
Winter events -
http://www.nysci.org/visit/calendar-of-events/event/crystalwinter09.

Admission to these events is free with New York Hall of Science
admission. For admission, directions and other information, please call
718-699-0005 or visit http://www.nyscience.org/visitor_info/admissions.

Members of Quintet of the Americas are Sato Moughalian, flute; Matt
Sullivan, oboe; Nicholas Gallas, clarinet; Barbara Oldham, horn; and
Maureen Strenge, bassoon. Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 1976, the
Quintet has specialized in bringing music from Latin America to
audiences in the United States since its arrival in New York in 1979.
The group has enjoyed an international career that has taken them to
concert halls throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, and Eastern
Europe. 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 and
Sounds of Brazil on the MSR label. The Quintet has been a past recipient
of Chamber Music America Commissioning Awards for commissions by David
Chaitkin and Judith Sainte Croix, a three-year CMA Residency Award for
work in Chicago and was a 2008-09 recipient of a CMA Residency
Partnership Program Grant. They are also currently 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.

Funding for this program is sponsored 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, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family
Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and The Carnegie
Corporation of New York.

For photos or more information about 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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