Klarinet Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 2010/06

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Celebrates World Environment Day with
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:14:02 -0400

June 1, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas Celebrates World Environment Day with Mannahatta =

Concert on June 5 at Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn

New York, NY =96 In celebration of the UN World Environment Day, Quintet =

of the Americas, woodwind ensemble, will present Mannahatta, an =

environmentally-themed concert and panel discussion on Saturday, June 5 =

- 2:00 PM at the Waterfront Museum, 290 Conover Street, Pier 44 in Red =

Hook, Brooklyn, New York. This event, which also includes a presentation =

by Dr. Eric Sanderson, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New =

York City, is one of a series of the Quintet=92s Mannahatta concerts, =

presenting environmentally-themed music throughout the five boroughs of =

New York City.

Repertoire for this concert includes two World Premieres =96 Mannahatta =

Windows by Robert Deemer and Hudson River Quintet by Brooklyn=92s =

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 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/.

Donations are suggested. For more information, call 718-624-4719, or =

visit http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org.

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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