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Quintet of the Americas Memory Project Concert on March 1 at Flushing Library in Flushing, Queens, New York
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
New York, NY – Quintet of the Americas will present a Memory Project concert on Sunday, March 1 - 2:00 PM at Flushing Library, 41-17 Main Street in Flushing, Queens, NY with the Corona Children’s Orchestra. This event is presented in cooperation with the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens and the Corona Youth Music Project.
Quintet of the Americas, Queens’ renowned woodwind quintet, will present a concert featuring works by Harold Gutierrez (http://www.haroldguti.com/live/), including his Sextet for Piano and Winds, plus two premieres: Retrospectives, a wind quintet based on the memories of Latino seniors in Queens, and Dreamers' March for the Quintet to perform with the Corona Children's Orchestra - http://www.nucleocorona.org/Corona_Youth_Music_Project/Home.html. The Quintet is working with the students of the CCO for the month of February.
The Corona Children's Orchestra is based on El Sistema, an orchestra model originally created in Venezuela. Similar programs exist now in the United States, supported by the New England Conservatory. Current NYC-Metro area El Sistema projects include UpBeat in the Bronx, Harmony Program in Manhattan, the WHIN Music Project in Washington Heights and Inwood, and the Youth Orchestra of St. Luke's.
The March 1 event is free and open to the public. For more information or directions, call 718-661-1200 or visit http://www.queenslibrary.org/branch/Flushing?filters=ev_loc:91400000. This concert is ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.
Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 1976, Quintet of the Americas 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, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, and the Library of Congress. Performing on this concert are Karla Moe, flute, Matt Sullivan, oboe, Ben Baron, clarinet, Barbara Oldham, horn and Gina Cuffari, bassoon. Visit their website at http://www.quintet.org and become their friend at http://www.facebook.com/groups/325982319921/. Quintet photos are available at http://quintet.org/press.html.
Established in 1993, The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens is a nonprofit organization devoted to maintaining, promoting and supporting Hispanic culture and meeting the cultural needs of the Latin community in Queens. LACCQ achieves these objectives through high quality educational and cultural experiences that are free of charge and open to the general public regardless of age, race, ethnic background, sexual preference, economic status, disability or religion. Visit their website at http://www.laccq.org.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and 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, New Music USA's Cary New Music Performance Fund, and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Special thanks to the Hon. Melinda Katz, Borough President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council.
For Quintet of the Americas press inquiries, 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 will present a Memory Project concert on Sunday, March 1 - 2:00 PM at Flushing Library, 41-17 Main Street in Flushing, Queens, NY with the Corona Children’s Orchestra. This event is presented in cooperation with the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens and the Corona Youth Music Project.
Quintet of the Americas, Queens’ renowned woodwind quintet, will present a concert featuring works by Harold Gutierrez (http://www.haroldguti.com/live/), including his Sextet for Piano and Winds, plus two premieres: Retrospectives, a wind quintet based on the memories of Latino seniors in Queens, and Dreamers' March for the Quintet to perform with the Corona Children's Orchestra - http://www.nucleocorona.org/Corona_Youth_Music_Project/Home.html. The Quintet is working with the students of the CCO for the month of February.
The Corona Children's Orchestra is based on El Sistema, an orchestra model originally created in Venezuela. Similar programs exist now in the United States, supported by the New England Conservatory. Current NYC-Metro area El Sistema projects include UpBeat in the Bronx, Harmony Program in Manhattan, the WHIN Music Project in Washington Heights and Inwood, and the Youth Orchestra of St. Luke's.
The March 1 event is free and open to the public. For more information or directions, call 718-661-1200 or visit http://www.queenslibrary.org/branch/Flushing?filters=ev_loc:91400000. This concert is ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.
Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 1976, Quintet of the Americas 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, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, and the Library of Congress. Performing on this concert are Karla Moe, flute, Matt Sullivan, oboe, Ben Baron, clarinet, Barbara Oldham, horn and Gina Cuffari, bassoon. Visit their website at http://www.quintet.org and become their friend at http://www.facebook.com/groups/325982319921/. Quintet photos are available at http://quintet.org/press.html.
Established in 1993, The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens is a nonprofit organization devoted to maintaining, promoting and supporting Hispanic culture and meeting the cultural needs of the Latin community in Queens. LACCQ achieves these objectives through high quality educational and cultural experiences that are free of charge and open to the general public regardless of age, race, ethnic background, sexual preference, economic status, disability or religion. Visit their website at http://www.laccq.org.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and 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, New Music USA's Cary New Music Performance Fund, and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Special thanks to the Hon. Melinda Katz, Borough President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council.
For Quintet of the Americas press inquiries, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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