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Quintet of the Americas Mannahatta Environmental Concert on June 15
For Immediate Release
Contacts: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
or Martha Gellens at Wave Hill
718-549-3200 x232 or marthag@wavehill.org
New York, NY – Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will present Mannahatta, a concert on Tuesday, June 15 – 2:00 PM at Wave Hill House on the grounds of Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center in the Northwest Bronx at West 249th St. and Independence Ave. This concert takes place in Wave Hill House’s historic Armor Hall, an intimate setting with vistas of the Hudson River and beyond.
Repertoire for this concert includes Mannahatta Windows by Robert Deemer and Hudson River Quintet by Brooklyn-based Christopher Kaufman for woodwind quintet with surround-sound audio tape and video of the Hudson River and environmental paintings by Ken Cro-Ken. Ellis Island by Los Angeles-based film composer Stuart Balcomb will also be presented, along with other nature-inspired works - Duke Ellington’s Azalea, Queens resident James Cohn’s Strutting Butterflies and Colombian composer Jorge Olaya Munoz’ El Picaflor.
Composer Christopher Kaufman (http://www.chkaufman.com/hudson.htm) and environmental painter Ken Cro-Ken (http://www.kencroken.com/) will join the musicians in a discussion with the audience on the environment.
The June 15 concert is free and open to the public, and admission to the grounds of Wave Hill is also free until 2PM that day, as part of Target Free Days, providing public access to arts in the community. For reservations or more information, call 718-549-3200, ext. 305 or visit http://www.wavehill.org/calendar/event_2404.html.
This event is part of the Quintet’s Mannahatta concert series, presenting environmentally-themed music throughout the five boroughs of New York City. These concerts recall the sounds of the natural environment heard in New York when Henry Hudson sailed into the harbor in 1609, and bring attention to the changes in our environment in the last 400 years, inspiring hope for an environmentally sound future.
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://www.themannahattaproject.org/.
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.
Located 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports visitors to and from the garden’s front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, the 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking nearby with complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at http://www.wavehill.org.
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 or Martha Gellens at Wave Hill at 718-549-3200 x232 or marthag@wavehill.org.
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Contacts: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
or Martha Gellens at Wave Hill
718-549-3200 x232 or marthag@wavehill.org
New York, NY – Quintet of the Americas woodwind ensemble will present Mannahatta, a concert on Tuesday, June 15 – 2:00 PM at Wave Hill House on the grounds of Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural center in the Northwest Bronx at West 249th St. and Independence Ave. This concert takes place in Wave Hill House’s historic Armor Hall, an intimate setting with vistas of the Hudson River and beyond.
Repertoire for this concert includes Mannahatta Windows by Robert Deemer and Hudson River Quintet by Brooklyn-based Christopher Kaufman for woodwind quintet with surround-sound audio tape and video of the Hudson River and environmental paintings by Ken Cro-Ken. Ellis Island by Los Angeles-based film composer Stuart Balcomb will also be presented, along with other nature-inspired works - Duke Ellington’s Azalea, Queens resident James Cohn’s Strutting Butterflies and Colombian composer Jorge Olaya Munoz’ El Picaflor.
Composer Christopher Kaufman (http://www.chkaufman.com/hudson.htm) and environmental painter Ken Cro-Ken (http://www.kencroken.com/) will join the musicians in a discussion with the audience on the environment.
The June 15 concert is free and open to the public, and admission to the grounds of Wave Hill is also free until 2PM that day, as part of Target Free Days, providing public access to arts in the community. For reservations or more information, call 718-549-3200, ext. 305 or visit http://www.wavehill.org/calendar/event_2404.html.
This event is part of the Quintet’s Mannahatta concert series, presenting environmentally-themed music throughout the five boroughs of New York City. These concerts recall the sounds of the natural environment heard in New York when Henry Hudson sailed into the harbor in 1609, and bring attention to the changes in our environment in the last 400 years, inspiring hope for an environmentally sound future.
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://www.themannahattaproject.org/.
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.
Located 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports visitors to and from the garden’s front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, the 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking nearby with complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at http://www.wavehill.org.
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 or Martha Gellens at Wave Hill at 718-549-3200 x232 or marthag@wavehill.org.
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