Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 2010/05
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Concert on May 16 at
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 13:09:49 -0400
May 13, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Concert on May 16 at Rockaway Center =
for the Arts in Far Rockaway, New York
New York, NY =96 Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will present =
Mannahatta, a concert and panel discussion about the environment on =
Sunday, May 16 - 2:00 PM as part of 40 Shades of Green, an exhibition at =
the Rockaway Artists Alliance T-7 Gallery of Rockaway Center for the =
Arts (ROCA), Fort Tilden in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York.
Repertoire for this concert includes three pieces commissioned for the =
Quintet=92s Mannahatta series =96 Mannahatta Windows by Robert Deemer, Quie=
t =
Tide by Mark Dancigers, and Hudson River Quintet by Christopher Kaufman =
for woodwind quintet with surround-sound audio tape and video of the =
Hudson River and environmental paintings. Ellis Island by Stuart Balcomb =
will also be presented.
The art exhibition incorporates both the color green and the idea of =
green as in renewal, reuse, and recycle. The Quintet=92s Mannahatta =
concerts present environmentally-themed music which, through sounds of =
the natural environment heard in New York when Henry Hudson sailed into =
the harbor such as whales, bears and birds, conjures images of the =
nature of our city in 1609, bring attention to the changes of the =
environment in the last 400 years and inspire hope for an =
environmentally sound future.
The Mannahatta Project is reconstructing the ecology of Manhattan when =
Henry Hudson first sailed by in 1609 and comparing it to what we know of =
the island today, discovering the environmental foundation of the city. =
More about it at http://themannahattaproject.org/.
The May 16 concert is free and open to the public. For reservations and =
more information, call 718-474-0816, or visit =
http://rockawayartistsalliance.org/. Directions to the Gallery at =
http://rockawayartistsalliance.org/contact_dir.html.
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 new music from the Western =
hemisphere 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. They are 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 and become =
their friend at http://www.facebook.com.
This program is sponsored with public funds from the New York State =
Council on the Arts, a public agency and the New York City Department of =
Cultural Affairs. Additional funds provided by The Jarvis and Constance =
Doctorow Family Foundation, Meet the Composer's Cary New Music =
Performance Fund, The Carnegie Corporation of New York and Meet The =
Composer=92s MetLife Creative Connections program.
For press inquires or photos, 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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