Klarinet Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2011/04
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net> Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Immigrant Heritage Week Concert on Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:02:29 -0400
April 12, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Quintet of the Americas Immigrant Heritage Week Concert on April 16 at =
Flushing Library in Flushing, Queens
New York, NY =96 Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will present a =
special Immigrant Heritage Week concert on Saturday, April 16 =96 2:00 PM =
at Flushing Library, 41-17 Main Street in Flushing, Queens. This event =
is presented as part of New York City=92s Immigrant Heritage Week celebrati=
on.
Repertoire for this concert includes music by composers influenced by =
the music of immigrants to the U.S. and music by composers who have =
moved here. Selections will include the New York premieres of Yao Chen's =
Sfumato and James Cohn=92s Polka Orientale. Other works to be performed =
are Jose Bernardo=92s Echos from a Distant Land, Judah Adashi=92s Songs and =
Dances of Macondo, Kenji Bunch's Shout Chorus, two pieces from Colombia, =
the country where the Quintet was born, Mananita by Jorge Olaya Mu=F1oz =
and El Picaflor by Jose Barros.
Yao Chen, a native of China, will be coming from Chicago to attend the =
concert. Visit him at http://www.composeryaochen.com/id1.html. James =
Cohn is a resident of Douglaston, Queens. Jose Raul Bernardo is =
originally from Cuba and wrote this work for the Quintet. Judah Adashi=92s =
Macondo piece is based on the Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author =
Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude. More about =
Kenji Bunch at http://kenjibunch.com/.
The April 16 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 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 and the Aaron =
Copland Fund for Music. 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, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at =
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.
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45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
E-mail: jamesarts@-----.net
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