Klarinet Archive - Posting 000166.txt from 2010/06

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Environmental Concert on
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:04:59 -0400

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

Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Environmental Concert on June 17 at =

Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center in Corona, Queens

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

Mannahatta, a concert on Thursday, June 17 =96 7:00 PM at the Langston =

Hughes Library and Cultural Center, 100-01 Northern Boulevard in Corona, =

Queens. This event is part of the Quintet=92s Mannahatta concert series, =

presenting environmentally-themed music throughout the five boroughs of =

New York City. These concerts present this music by recalling sounds of =

the natural environment heard in New York when Henry Hudson sailed into =

the harbor in 1609, and bring attention to the changes in our =

environment in the last 400 years and inspire hope for an =

environmentally sound future.

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 by Ken Cro-Ken. 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.

Composer Christopher Kaufman (www.chkaufman.com/hudson.htm) and =

environmental painter Ken Cro-Ken (www.kencroken.com/) will join the =

musicians in a discussion with the audience on the environment.

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 themannahattaproject.org/.

The June 17 concert is free and open to the public. For more =

information, call 718-651-1100, or visit 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 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 www.quintet.org and become their =

friend at 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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