Quintet of the Americas Live in Concert on November 8 at National Opera Center’s Scorca Hall in Manhattan

Quintet of the Americas, Queens’ renowned woodwind quintet, will be live in concert on Monday, November 8 at 7:00 PM National Opera Center’s Marc A. Scorca Hall, 330 7^th Ave. (between 28th and 29th Sts.) in Manhattan.

They will present a program of woodwind quintet music they’ve commissioned over the years, including Rockaway Baby by Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin, Echoes From a Distant Land (1983) by José Raul Bernardo (1928-2008), Gilbert Galindo’s Voices of the Unseen (2020), Klezmer Fantasy (2019) by James Cohn (1928-2021), Allen Schultz’s Starting Over (2020) and Mañanita (1977) by Jorge Olaya Muñoz.

Performers will be Kimberly O’Hare Bonacorsa, flute and piccolo, Matt Sullivan, oboe and English horn, David Valbuena, clarinet and bass clarinet, Alexander Davis, bassoon and Barbara Oldham, horn.

This event will be free and open to the public – reservations are required. For reservations, please email quintetorg@gmail.com or call 718-230-5189.

Please note that proof of vaccination and masks will be required for admission to this concert.

All Quintet of the Americas presentations are ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/customplanner/TripPlanner.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. 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.

Quintet concerts are 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 the Office of the Governor 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 generous individuals. Special thanks to the Hon. Donovan Richards, Borough President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council.

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