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Friday, June 24, 2005 at 7:30 PM

NYU SUMMER INSTITUTE for WOODWIND QUINTETS and Quintet of the Americas

Loewe Auditorium, 35 West 4th Street, New York University

Program:

Overture to “Candide” Leonard Bernstein (arr. C. Townsend)

Summer Music (1956) Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Wind Quintet (2004) Robert Paterson

I. Andante

II. Suburban waltz fantasy

III. Melting clocks

IV. Klezmeshugeh

Underwritten by the American Composers Forum with Funds provided by the Jerome Foundation.

Anti-Silence (2004) C. Bryan Rulon

Commissioned by Quintet of the Americas with a grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Trust

Yard Bird Suite Charlie Parker (arr. Ed Cionek)

This program is sponsored with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. Additional funds provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the JP Morgan Chase / Meet the Composer Fund for Small Ensembles and the Music Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M. 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. With additional support from the Queens Delegation to the New York State Assembly provided by NYS Assembly Member Hon. Ivan C. Lafayette, Speaker Pro-Tem. The programs of the LACCQ are supported by public funds from the Queens Borough President Office, the New York State Senator Hon. Serphin Maltese; the Queens Delegation to the NYS Assembly and the Puerto Rican Hispanic Task Force, by NYC Council Member Hon. Helen Sears, through the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and by Queens Commissioner of Parks. Corporate, foundation and community supporters include Verizon, New York Foundation for the Arts, the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, and the Citizens Committee for New York City. We appreciate their continuous support and generosity. Special thanks to Angela Mohan of the Jamaica Market, Mary Reda of the Greater Jamaica Development Program and Tyra Emerson from the Cultural Collaborative of Jamaica.

Quintet of the Americas is in residence in The Department of Music and Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University.

 

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:15 P.M.

Latin American Cultural Center Of Queens
and
Quintet of the Americas

A FREE CONCERT of Classical, folk and jazz music of the Americas

with Award Winning Composer Robert Patterson

 The Harvest Room at the Jamaica Market
90-40 160th Street, Jamaica

Program:

South American Dances

Summer Music by Samuel Barber
a beautiful piece for woodwind quintet by one of America’s most eminent composers

Jazz and ragtime

and featuring
Wind Quintet by Robert Paterson (2004)
Hear the melting clock, TV theme songs from 1960's and Kletzmer dance music

For information please call 718-261-7664

This program is sponsored with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. Additional funds provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the JP Morgan Chase / Meet the Composer Fund for Small Ensembles and the Music Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M. 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. With additional support from the Queens Delegation to the New York State Assembly provided by NYS Assembly Member Hon. Ivan C. Lafayette, Speaker Pro-Tem. The programs of the LACCQ are supported by public funds from the Queens Borough President Office, the New York State Senator Hon. Serphin Maltese; the Queens Delegation to the NYS Assembly and the Puerto Rican Hispanic Task Force, by NYC Council Member Hon. Helen Sears, through the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and by Queens Commissioner of Parks. Corporate, foundation and community supporters include Verizon, New York Foundation for the Arts, the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, and the Citizens Committee for New York City. We appreciate their continuous support and generosity. Special thanks to Angela Mohan of the Jamaica Market, Mary Reda of the Greater Jamaica Development Program and Tyra Emerson from the Cultural Collaborative of Jamaica.
Quintet of the Americas is in residence in The Department of Music and Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University.


Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Quintet of the Americas
Merkin Concert Hall

 Merkin Concert Hall, Goodman House, 129 West 67th Street, New York City

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Program:

Jon Deak’s Bremen Town Musicians (1985)

Robert Paterson’s Wind Quintet (2004)

Laura Kaminsky’s Cadenza Variations for Woodwind Quintet (2004)

Elliott Schwartz’ RowsGarden (1993)

and

Carl MaultsBy’s Journey for woodwind quintet and African and Latin percussion (2004)

Underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation.

Wednesday, April 13th, 8 pm, 2005

Quintet of the Americas
"Winding It"
American Works for Woodwind Quintet

Reisinger Hall at Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, New York

Free to the Sarah Lawrence College community. Tickets are $10 for regular admission, $8 for senior citizens (55+) and students from other institutions with a current ID. More information online from http://www.slc.edu/index.php?pageID=1489.

Program:

Jon Deak’s Bremen Town Musicians (1985)

Robert Paterson’s Wind Quintet (2004)

Laura Kaminsky’s Cadenza Variations for Woodwind Quintet (2004)

Elliott Schwartz’ RowsGarden (1993)

Underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation.

Thursday, April 14th, 2005 7:30 pm , 2005

THE LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF QUEENS, INC. presents
Quintet of the Americas with guest composers
Carl MaultsBy and Robert Patterson.

THE SALVATION ARMY CENTER , 86-07 35th Avenue , Jackson Heights

Program:

A Colombian Dance

Te sorprende? by Jorge Olaya Muñoz (1916-1995) (pasillo)

Bremen Town Musicians (1985) by Jon Deak

a folk tale about some animals who decide to become musicians when they are no longer wanted by their masters

The Journey by Carl MaultsBy (2004)

 for Quintet and Latin and African percussion

Wind Quintet by Robert Paterson (2004)

Hear the melting clock and reminders of old TV show theme songs

Two More Favorites from Colombia

Mis flores negras by Julio Flórez (1867-1923) arr. Edmund Cionek

Bunde Tolimense by Alberto Castilla (1878-1937)

This program is sponsored with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a  public agency, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. Additional funds provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the  JP Morgan Chase / Meet the Composer Fund for Small Ensembles. and the Music Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M. 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.

Quintet of the Americas is in residence in The Department of Music and Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University .

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