Quintet of the Americas Presents Latin American Cultural Week 2023 Program on November 12 in Kew Gardens, Queens

The event will feature the Premiere of an arrangement of Canto arena by Cuban composer Ernesto Oliva  and will also include Danza de Mediodía by Arturo Márquez, Pra dormir na Rede by Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, Brooklyn Folk Divertimento by Carlos Pavan (Queens Premiere), Voices of the Unseen for Woodwind Quintet by Gilbert Galindo, A la costa by Jorge Olaya Muñoz and Por un beso de tu boca (Bambuco)  (1949) by Eduardo Cadavid (arr. Madeline Levitz).

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

The concert is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required at 347-878-6613.

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

Launched in November 2006, Latin American Cultural Week (LACW) is a New York City-wide annual festival, showcasing the richness and variety of the cultures of Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain. More about LACW 2023 at (https://lacw.net/).

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.

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. The programs are also 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, Music Performance Trust Funds of the A.F. of M. and generous individuals. Special thanks to the Hon. Donovan Richards, Borough President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council. Special thanks to Kenichi Wilson, Members and Patrons of the Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery and The Maple Grove Cemetery Association.                                  

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