Quintet of the Americas Presents Americans in Paris and Back Again Concert on April 20 at National Opera Center in New York, New York

Quintet of the Americas, one of this country’s most renowned woodwind quintets, will present Americans in Paris and Back Again, a program that explores the influence on American composers of Nadia Boulanger, the famous 20th century composition teacher, on Friday, April 20 @ 7:30 PM at Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave., 7^th Floor in Manhattan.

Boulanger's influence was far and wide, with over 1,200 composers coming from all over the world to study with her. In this concert the Quintet will perform music from composers who were directly influenced by her, including Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango, Irving Fine’s neoclassical Partita, Elliott Carter’s Woodwind Quintet of 1948, and selections from Leonard Bernstein’s Candide,  as well as Bruce Stark’s Americana Wind Quintet from 2009, one of the next generation of composers who felt her influence. The program will include an historic video of an interview with Madame Boulanger and the New York Premiere of Louise Talma's Woodwind Quintet.  Ms. Talma was also a student of Boulanger’s.

Tickets for the April 20 event are $20/ $10 students and seniors, available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3381464. More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/1546066962186519/. This concert is 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.

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. 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.

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