Klarinet Archive - Posting 000001.txt from 2011/10
From: Jeffrey James <jamesarts@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] =?windows-1252?q?Quintet_of_the_Americas_Presents_National_H?=
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:46:03 -0400
October 5, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@-----.net
Quintet of the Americas Presents National Hispanic Heritage Celebration =
Concert in Queens on October 9 =96 Presented in Cooperation with Latin =
American Cultural Center of Queens
New York, NY =96 The Quintet of the Americas will perform a National =
Hispanic Heritage Celebration concert on Sunday, October 9 =96 1:00 PM at =
the New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Flushing Meadow Corona =
Park in Queens, New York. The event is presented in cooperation with the =
Latin American Cultural Center of Queens.
The program will include Songs and Dances of Macondo by Judah E. Adashi, =
based on the novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Nobel Prize-winning =
Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The Quintet will also perform =
dance music from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Dominican Republic, =
including Danza de mediodia by Mexico=92s Arturo Marquez.
This will be part of a special family day, celebrating Latin American =
contributions to science and culture, and will include special displays, =
videos, interactive games, face painting, and much more. The event is a =
collaboration between New York Hall of Science and the Latin American =
Cultural Center of Queens.
Admission to the October 9 event is free before 11:00 AM, and after 11, =
admission is adults $11.00 and $8.00 for children, students and seniors.
For more event information, call the Latin American Cultural Center of =
Queens at 718-261-7664 or visit http://www.nysci.org/. These concerts =
are ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit =
http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx. For directions, visit =
http://www.nysci.org/visit/1428642/directions.
Members of Quintet of the Americas are Karla Moe, 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 by the New York State Council on the Arts, =
with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State =
Legislature. 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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4Tay Records & ClassicalCDs.net
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735 USA
Tel: 516-586-3433
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