Klarinet Archive - Posting 000230.txt from 2010/05

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Updated Start Time and Repertoire for Quintet of the Americas
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 10:43:46 -0400

May 25, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Updated Start Time and Repertoire for Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta =

Environmental Concert on May 26 at Salvation Army Temple in Jackson =

Heights, Queens

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

Mannahatta, a concert on Wednesday, May 26 =96 7:00 PM at the Salvation =

Army Temple, 86-07 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens. 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 Brooklyn-based 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, along with other nature-inspired works - Duke =

Ellington=92s Azalea, Queens resident James Cohn=92s Strutting Butterflies =

and Colombian composer Jorge Olaya Munoz=92 El Picaflor.

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

call 718-230-5189, or visit http://www.quintet.org/concerts.html.

Visit the Quintet of the Americas 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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