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Quintet of the Americas Presents Winds of Change Environmental Concerts on June 10 in Rockaway Park, Queens, New York
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Quintet of the Americas will present Winds of Change, June 10 @ 12 noon at Rockaway Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE - Firehouse 59), 58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd., in Rockaway Park, Queens, NY.
Quintet of the Americas will present this concert of music related to the environment and global warming, including the World Premieres of Bruce Odland’s World Winds and Kevin James’s Rockaway Beach - Winter 2017, both commissioned by the Quintet in response to Hurricane Sandy and the concerns of the people living in the Rockaways.
Bruce Odland has devised a musical game for the Quintet and audience to react to the Earth's air currents in real time as projected visually so everyone can be involved.
Kevin James has recorded samples of sounds collected in the Rockaways including bird songs, surf, jets from JFK, and underwater sounds. He has combined these with musical parts for the quintet in an evocative piece "Rockaway Beach - Winter 2017". Mr. James worked in collaboration with the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance and with students in their Shore Corps program who assisted in the collection of the field recordings.
Other repertoire includes nature-themed music by Scott Joplin, David Dzubay, Eric Ewazen, Jose Barros, Queens composer James Cohn, Duke Ellington, William Grant Still and Zquinha de Abreu, along with readings from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
This event is free. For more information, call 718-230-5189 or visit http://www.quintet.org/concerts.html. These concerts are ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.
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, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, and the Library of Congress. Members of the Quintet are Karla Moe, flute, Matt Sullivan, oboe, Paul Won Jin Cho, clarinet, Barbara Oldham, horn, and Gina Cuffari, bassoon. 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/groups/325982319921/. Quintet photos are available at http://quintet.org/press.html.
These programs are 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. These programs are 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 from generous individuals. 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
Quintet of the Americas will present Winds of Change, June 10 @ 12 noon at Rockaway Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE - Firehouse 59), 58-03 Rockaway Beach Blvd., in Rockaway Park, Queens, NY.
Quintet of the Americas will present this concert of music related to the environment and global warming, including the World Premieres of Bruce Odland’s World Winds and Kevin James’s Rockaway Beach - Winter 2017, both commissioned by the Quintet in response to Hurricane Sandy and the concerns of the people living in the Rockaways.
Bruce Odland has devised a musical game for the Quintet and audience to react to the Earth's air currents in real time as projected visually so everyone can be involved.
Kevin James has recorded samples of sounds collected in the Rockaways including bird songs, surf, jets from JFK, and underwater sounds. He has combined these with musical parts for the quintet in an evocative piece "Rockaway Beach - Winter 2017". Mr. James worked in collaboration with the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance and with students in their Shore Corps program who assisted in the collection of the field recordings.
Other repertoire includes nature-themed music by Scott Joplin, David Dzubay, Eric Ewazen, Jose Barros, Queens composer James Cohn, Duke Ellington, William Grant Still and Zquinha de Abreu, along with readings from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
This event is free. For more information, call 718-230-5189 or visit http://www.quintet.org/concerts.html. These concerts are ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.
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, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, and the Library of Congress. Members of the Quintet are Karla Moe, flute, Matt Sullivan, oboe, Paul Won Jin Cho, clarinet, Barbara Oldham, horn, and Gina Cuffari, bassoon. 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/groups/325982319921/. Quintet photos are available at http://quintet.org/press.html.
These programs are 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. These programs are 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 from generous individuals. 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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