Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 2010/06

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Environmental Concert on
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:20:12 -0400

June 7, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Environmental Concert on June 12 at =

Flushing Library in Flushing, Queens

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

Mannahatta, a concert on Saturday, June 12 =96 2:00 PM at Flushing =

Library, 41-17 Main Street in Flushing, 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. The Quintet will also perform Ellis =

Island by L.A. film composer Stuart Balcomb and other nature-inspired =

works including Duke Ellington=92s Azalea, Queens resident James Cohn=92s =

Strutting Butterflies and Colombian composer Jorge Olaya Munoz=92 El =

Picaflor. 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 June 12 concert is free and open to the public. For more =

information, call 718-661-1200, 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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