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Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Concert on April 22
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
New York, NY – Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will present Mannahatta, a concert, panel discussion and celebration of Earth Day on Thursday, April 22 - 7:00 PM at the Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Avenue, Fort Totten in Bayside, New York. This event, which also includes a panel led by Dr. Eric Sanderson, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City, is the first of the Quintet’s Mannahatta concerts, presenting environmentally-themed music throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
Repertoire for this concert includes two World Premieres – Mannahatta Windows by Robert Deemer and Hudson River Quintet by Christopher Kaufman for woodwind quintet with surround-sound audio tape and video of the Hudson River and environmental paintings. Ellis Island by Stuart Balcomb and Quiet Tide by Mark Dancigers will also be presented.
The panel, featuring Dr. Sanderson, leader of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Mannahatta Project, will also include environmental artist Ken Cro-Ken, composer Christopher Kaufman and the performing musicians.
The Mannahatta Project is reconstructing the ecology of Manhattan when Henry Hudson first sailed by in 1609 and comparing it to what we know of the island today, discovering the environmental foundation of the city. More about it at http://themannahattaproject.org/.
The April 22 concert is free and open to the public. For reservations and more information, call 718-352-1548, or visit http://www.baysidehistorical.org/home.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 sponsored with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional funds provided by The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Meet the Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund and The Carnegie Corporation of New York.
For press inquires or photos, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
New York, NY – Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will present Mannahatta, a concert, panel discussion and celebration of Earth Day on Thursday, April 22 - 7:00 PM at the Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Avenue, Fort Totten in Bayside, New York. This event, which also includes a panel led by Dr. Eric Sanderson, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City, is the first of the Quintet’s Mannahatta concerts, presenting environmentally-themed music throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
Repertoire for this concert includes two World Premieres – Mannahatta Windows by Robert Deemer and Hudson River Quintet by Christopher Kaufman for woodwind quintet with surround-sound audio tape and video of the Hudson River and environmental paintings. Ellis Island by Stuart Balcomb and Quiet Tide by Mark Dancigers will also be presented.
The panel, featuring Dr. Sanderson, leader of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Mannahatta Project, will also include environmental artist Ken Cro-Ken, composer Christopher Kaufman and the performing musicians.
The Mannahatta Project is reconstructing the ecology of Manhattan when Henry Hudson first sailed by in 1609 and comparing it to what we know of the island today, discovering the environmental foundation of the city. More about it at http://themannahattaproject.org/.
The April 22 concert is free and open to the public. For reservations and more information, call 718-352-1548, or visit http://www.baysidehistorical.org/home.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 sponsored with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional funds provided by The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Meet the Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund and The Carnegie Corporation of New York.
For press inquires or photos, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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