Klarinet Archive - Posting 000137.txt from 2010/05

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Environmental Concert on
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:52:22 -0400

May 14, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Environmental Concert on May 23 at =

Noble Maritime Collection in Staten Island, New York

New York, NY =96 Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will present =

Mannahatta, a concert on Sunday, May 23 - 2:00 PM at Noble Maritime =

Collection, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D on the grounds of Snug =

Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, New York. This event is part of =

the Quintet=92s Mannahatta concert series, presenting =

environmentally-themed music throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Repertoire for this concert includes Mannahatta Windows by Robert Deemer =

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 and Quiet Tide =

by Mark Dancigers will also be presented, along with nature-inspired =

works by Duke Ellington, James Cohn and Jorge Olaya Munoz. Special guest =

will be environmental artist Ken Cro-ken.

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 23 concert is free and open to the public. For more information, =

call 718-447-6490, or visit http://www.quintet.org/concerts.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 and The Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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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