Klarinet Archive - Posting 000143.txt from 2011/06

From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas Presents Two Summer Solstice Concerts
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:16:39 -0400

June 17, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net

Quintet of the Americas Presents Two Summer Solstice Concerts in Queens =

on June 21 and 22 =96 Presented in Cooperation with Latin American =

Cultural Center of Queens

New York, NY =96 The Quintet of the Americas will perform two Summer =

Solstice concerts in Queens on Tuesday, June 21 at 11 AM at the =

Salvation Army Temple, 86-07 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights, and on =

Wednesday, June 22 at 12:15 PM at Catholic Charities Neighborhood =

Services Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Boulevard, in =

Bayside. These events are presented in cooperation with the Latin =

American Cultural Center of Queens, Nayibe Berger, Director.

The programs will feature music from the Quintet=92s Sounds of Brazil CD =

and will also include two premieres, Little Polka by Douglaston-resident =

composer James Cohn and Water Run from Kukulkan III by David Dzubay. =

Also on the program - Shout Chorus by Kenji Bunch, Sfumato by Yao Chen, =

and Azalea by Duke Ellington.

The June 21 and 22 concerts are free and open to the public. For more =

event information, call the Quintet at 718-230-5189 or visit them at =

http://quintet.org/concerts.html. These concerts are ADA accessible. 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.

For Quintet of the Americas press inquires, 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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