Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 2011/06
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Quintet of the Americas in Concert at Queens Botanical Garden
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:07:29 -0400
June 22, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Quintet of the Americas in Concert at Queens Botanical Garden on June 26 =
=96 Presented in Cooperation with Latin American Cultural Center of Queens
New York, NY =96 The Quintet of the Americas will perform Summer Solstice, =
a special concert on Sunday, June 26 at 2:30 PM in the auditorium of =
Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street in Flushing, New York. The =
event is presented in cooperation with the Latin American Cultural =
Center of Queens.
The program will feature music from the Quintet=92s Sounds of Brazil CD. =
Special guest will be organic percussionist and composer Thiago de =
Mello, who will join the quintet in a number of works that reflect his =
fusion of Brazilian rhythms and jazz influence.
The concert 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 26 concert is free and open to the public with Garden =
admission. For more event information, call the Queens Botanical Garden =
at 718-886-3800 or visit them at http://www.queensbotanical.org/. This =
concert is ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit =
http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello=92s compositions preserve the natural sounds and =
rhythms unique to Afro-Brazilian roots and Amazonian Indian chants, =
sometimes blending them with an urban jazz idiom. He has experimented =
with a variety of styles, combining the timeless, primitive musical =
elements of the Amazonian jungle, and the contemporary jazz language of =
New York City. He has created a special collection of instruments called =
=93Organic Percussion=94 which he uses in concerts, recordings and in maste=
r =
classes around the world. Visit him at http://thiago-amazon.com.
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 or photos, contact Jeffrey =
James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
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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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