Klarinet Archive - Posting 000584.txt from 2010/09

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas in Concert on September 26 at Natives
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:26:25 -0400

September 21, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas in Concert on September 26 at Natives Theater in =

Jackson Heights, Queens

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

concert on Sunday, September 26 =96 3:00 PM at Natives Theater, 82-24 =

Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. This program is =

presented in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in cooperation with =

the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens.

Repertoire for this concert includes Judah Adashi=92s Songs and Dances of =

Macondo, based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude, =

William Grant Still=92s Folk Suite No 4 and Adolorido and Yaravi from =

Miniatures, Paquito D=92Rivera=92s Aires Tropicales, Carl MaultsBy=92s Stil=
l =

Rockin in Jerusalem, Leonard Bernstein=92s Danzon (arr. Oldham), James =

Cohn=92s Samba Nostalgica and Finale from Fiesta Latina, Piazzolla's =

Libertango and a selection of Colombian dances.

The September 26 concert is free and open to the public. For more =

information, call Natives Theater at 718-335-0780.

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 made possible with public funds from the New York State =

Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative =

communities in New York State's 62 counties. This program is supported, =

in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural =

Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding comes =

from The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation. This =

performance of Songs and Dances of Macondo is sponsored by the American =

Composers Forum through its Encore Program, supporting repeat =

performances of new works.

For press inquires or photos, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at =

516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.

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Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
4Tay Records & ClassicalCDs.net
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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