Quintet of the Americas - Concerts

Quintet of the Americas

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Earth Day, continues into June...
Mannahatta Project concerts

	Tuesday, June 15 at 2PM WAVE HILL, overlooking the Hudson River. Entrance at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue Bronx, NY For more information call 718-549-3200 or visit : http://www.wavehill.org/calendar/event_2404.html Thursday, June 17 at 7PM LANGSTON HUGHES LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTER, 100-01 Northern Boulevard,Corona, Queens Friday, June 25 at 7:30 LOEWE AUDITORIUM at NYU, 35 W. 4th Street, NY, NY Keep visiting for other locations to be announced in all 5 boroughs of NYC New works by Mark Dancigers, Robert Deemer and Christopher Kaufman Credit image - Markley Boyer / The Mannahatta Project / Wildlife Conservation Society

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May 15th
Wall to Wall Behind the Wall

	Symphony Space Presents Its First International Wall to Wall! This year, Wall to Wall Behind the Wall, explores music from the former republics of the USSR and other Eastern European countries including Hungary, Romania, Poland, and the Czech Republic, all important centers for musical expression. Enjoy works by composers as diverse as Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Lutoslawski, Schnittke, Ligeti, Penderecki, Mansurian, Bardanashvili, Gorecki, Bacewicz, Gubaidulina, Part, Usltvolskaya, Kurtag and others will be heard, as well as music by younger composers who came of age during the Soviet regime and are now creating music in a changed world. http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6005-wall-to-wall-behind-the-wall Visit symphonyspace.org for updates from curator and Associate Artistic Director Laura Kaminsky. Get up-to-the-minute news about public events. Listen to music clips and see performance videos. Learn how you can jump the queue by becoming a Symphony Space Member and more! Artists and programs subject to change Symphony Space is located at 2537 Broadway New York, NY 10025. 212-864-5400 symphonyspace.org

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Earth Day in May...
Mannahatta Project concerts

	Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 at 7PM BAYSIDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 208 Totten Avenue, Fort Totten, Bayside, Queens with panel including composers, environmental artist Ken Cro-Ken and Dr. Eric Sanderson from Wildlife Conservation Society, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City http://www.baysidehistorical.org/home.html Tuesday, May 11 at 1PM Community Mediation Services, 89-64 163rd Street, Jamaica Sunday, May 16 at 2PM ROCKAWAY CENTER FOR THE ARTS (RoCA), sTudio 7, FORT TILDEN, Rockaway, QUEENS http://www.rockawayartistsalliance.org/ Sunday, May 23 at 2PM NOBLE COLLECTION at SNUG HARBOR, Staten Island http://www.noblemaritime.org/ Wednesday, May 26 at 7PM SALVATION ARMY TEMPLE, 86-07 35th Ave, Jackson Heights, Queens Saturday, June 5 at 2PM WATERFRONT MUSEUM, 290 Conover Street, Pier 44 docked next to Fairway in Red Hook, Brooklyn http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/ with panel including composers, environmental artist Ken Cro-Ken and Dr. Eric Sanderson Saturday, June 12 at 2PM FLUSHING LIBRARY, 4117 Main Street, Flushing, Queens Credit image - Markley Boyer / The Mannahatta Project / Wildlife Conservation Society

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7 PM
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Mexico

	Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, NY, NY at 68th Street Quintet of the Americas will be joined by special guests - the Cuarteto Latinoamericano (The Latin American String Quartet) Arón Bitrán, second violin; Alvaro Bitrán, cello; Javier Montiel, viola; Saúl Bitrán, first violin Featuring the premiere of *Suite de Gargantúa, a new nonet by Mario Lavista Also on the Program Danza del mediodia by Arturo Marquez Juegos nocturnos by Federico Ibarra Marsias by Mario Lavista (Mexico) for solo oboe and 8 tuned water glasses! La Calaca (last dance from Altar de Muertos) by Gabriela Ortiz FREE and open to the public, however, reservations must be made prior to the concert. For reservations and more information, call 212-277-8359, ext. 4, or visit http://as.americas-society.org/calevent.php?id=703. * Commissioned with support from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. These concerts are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional funding comes from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Meet the Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund and The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation.

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January, 2010
Hear the quintet in 3 performances celebrating Latin American Music at these locations below

	Free Programs in Queens with Chris Vasquez, singer Monday, January 25 , 2010 at 10:00AM Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center, Susan Shafer, Director 221-15 Horace Harding Boulevard, Bayside, NY Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 11:00AM Salvation Army Center of Queens 86-07 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights Tuesday January 26, 2010 at 1:00PM Community Mediation Services 89-64 163rd Street, Jamaica Program Souvenir de Puerto Rico by Louis Moreau Gottschalk Jiminez Suite for Wind Quintet by Charles Griffin Reflections on poems by Juan Ramon Jiminez Danzón from the ballet Fancy Free by Leonard Bernstein Aires Tropicales by Paquito D’Rivera (b. 1948) Works from the Quintet's CD Dancing in Colombia Marsias by Mario Lavista (Mexico) with tuned water glasses Tangos from Argentina including: Caserón de Tejas by Sebastián Piana Lluvia de Estrellas Tango by Osmar Maderna Two tangos with Chris Vasquez Volver by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Alfredo LePera Naranjo en flor by Virgilio Exposito lyrics by Homero Exposito Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) These concerts are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional funding comes from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Meet the Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund and The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation.With special thanks to NYS Senator the Hon. Frank Padavan, the Hon. Helen Marshall, Borough President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council.

See 2009 for past concerts!

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