Klarinet Archive - Posting 000229.txt from 2010/06

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] =?windows-1252?q?Quintet_of_the_Americas_Mannahatta/Summer_I?=
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:39:49 -0400

June 22, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta/Summer Institute Concert on June 25 =

at New York University=92s Loewe Auditorium in Manhattan

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

Mannahatta, a concert on Friday, June 25 =96 7:30 PM at New York =

University=92s Frederick Loewe Auditorium, 35 W. 4th Street, in Manhattan. =

This is their final concert both of the Quintet=92s Mannahatta =

environmental concert series and their NYU Summer Institute for Woodwind =

Quintets for high school and college students.

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. Six Bagatelles by =

Gyorgy Ligeti and Danza del mediodia by Arturo Marquez will also be =

presented.

This concert is sponsored by the Steinhardt School of Education, =

Department of Music and Performing Arts of New York University. You can =

find more about the Woodwind Institute at =

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/woodwind/summer.

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 25 event is free and open to the public. For more information, =

call NYU at 212-998-5424 or visit =

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/events/music.

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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