Klarinet Archive - Posting 000044.txt from 2011/05
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas in Performance at Leonard Nimoy Thalia
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 13:12:24 -0400
May 9, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Quintet of the Americas in Performance at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater =
in Manhattan on May 11
New York, NY =96 Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will perform =
Judah Adashi=92s Songs and Dances of Macondo on Wednesday, May 11th - =
7:30PM at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 2537 =
Broadway in Manhattan
The Quintet will perform, accompanied by a reading by Sonia Manzano, as =
part of the Thalia Book Club=92s Literary Celebration of Nobel =
Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez' One Hundred Years =
of Solitude. A panel of writers, including Oscar Hijuelos (Pulitzer =
Prize winner for The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love) and Esmeralda =
Santiago (When I Was Puerto Rican) will discuss Marquez' masterpiece. =
The composer will speak before the performance of his work.
The fictional town of Macondo is the setting of One Hundred Years of =
Solitude. Judah Adashi=92s Songs and Dances of Macondo suite for woodwind =
quintet (here imagined as a band of street musicians) was conceived as a =
songbook, inspired by musical elements and episodes in the novel.
This is presented as part of Symphony Space=92s Sonidos Festival. Tickets =
are $25; members $21; 30 & under $15. This concert is ADA accessible. =
For more information, call 212-864-5400 or visit =
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6413-thalia-book-club-one-hundred-years-=
of-solitude. =
For MTA transportation information, visit =
http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.
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 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 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. Mr. Adashi appears through =
support from Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program.
Photos of Quintet of the America are at http://quintet.org/press.html. =
For press inquires, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at =
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.
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4Tay Records & ClassicalCDs.net
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
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