Quintet of the Americas

New York Hall of Science

47-01 111th St., Queens, NY 11368. 718.699.0005. Located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park

"Crystal Winter" A program for families

Using sounds like colors in a winter snow fall painting, Quintet of the Americas will explore the connection of musical sounds to the look of nature. Using the amazing crystal - like snowflakes - as it inspiration, the Quintet will take you on an informative and fun musical trip through sound and nature. http://www.nyhallsci.org/

Greenwich House Music School

Admission is FREE.

at Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York City

with special guest Award winning composer from Uruguay and California - Miguel del Aguila

In a Program Celebrating the Human Spirit:

Leonard Bernstein's "Overture" to Candide
William Grant Still's "Yaravi" from Miniatures
Louis W. Ballard's "The Soul" from Ritmo Indio
Song for Dia de Los Muertos from Ancient Mexico
Miguel del Aguila's Quintet No. 2
Jorge Olaya Munoz's Amanecer Vallenato (paseo)
Paul Douglas' "Zurisee" from Foyveblas

This concert celebrates the creativity, energy and perseverance of the human spirit. From the optimism of Candide to the gentle and reverent laments from Peru and Native America to the intriguing rhythmic and wild fantasy of Miguel del Aguila's Quintet No.2, this concert promises excitement and beauty. The Quintet will trade Western instruments for native flutes, whistles and drums in a Mexican processional melody for the Day of the Dead. The Quintet will also play Colombian dances which reflect the spirit of the origin of this unique ensemble and finish with the exciting "Zurisee" by Canadian composer Paul Douglas, a celebration of survival written by the composer after a near-fatal accident.

Directions to the Greenwich House Music School: Take the 1 train to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square Station and exit. Head 2.5 blocks south along the west side of Seventh Avenue South to Barrow Street. Head southwest on Barrow Street to number 46. Look for the Greenwich House Music School flag. The concert hall is on the second floor. To view a map of our location, visit GHMS

For additional information call 718-230-5189.

This program is also 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 Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the JP Morgan Chase / Meet the Composer Fund for Small Ensembles, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Shigeru Kaneshiro, the Henry Luce Foundation and the Music Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M.

Salvation Army Center

Admission is FREE.

Program Same As Above

86-07 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights in Jackson Heights

Community Mediation Services

Admission is FREE.

Program Same As Above

89-64 163rd Street, Jamaica

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNVIERSITY - IDAHO

Program will include:

Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein

Arkansas Reelby James Cohn (b.1928)

"Summertime" from Porgy and Bess George Gershwin

Colombian Dances from the Quintet's collection of traditional South American dances

El Picaflor (porro) byJosé Barros arr. F. Zumaque G.

Te sorprende? (pasillo) by Jorge Olaya Muñoz

Quinteto em Forma de Chôros by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Amazing Gracefully by Matt Sullivan

The Soul from Ritmo Indio by Dr. Louis W. Ballard

Yardbird Suite by Charlie Parker arr. Edmund Cionek

Tournament Galop by Louis Moreau Gottschalk arr. R. W. Tucker

LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF QUEENS

in partnership with QUINTET OF THE AMERICAS present a free concert at THE JEWISH CENTER

37-06 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

with Composers Gaudencio Thiago de Mello and James Cohn

Admission Free. Reception to follow

Program will include:

Gaudencio Thiago de Mello: Two Songs

Steven Stucky: Serenade

Paquito D'Rivera: Aires tropicales

Neil Rolnick: Ambos mundos

Jorge Olaya Muñoz: Te sorprende?

Astor Piazolla: Bunde Tolimense

James Cohn: Fiesta Latina

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, The Carnegie Corporation of New York 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.

New York University

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

This concert takes place during Quintet's New York University Summer Institute for Woodwind Quintets for high school and college students.

Admission is free.

Program will include:

Steven Stucky's Serenade

Paquito D'Rivera's Aires tropiales

Paquito D'Rivera's Aires tropiales Marcelo Zarvos: Changes (commissioned by Quintet of the Americas with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency)

This is sponsored by The Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Music and Performing Arts of New York University. You can find more about the Woodwind Institute at http://education.nyu.edu/music/summer.html.

Three Free concerts in Queens
featuring guest artist Guadencio Thiago de Mello

1:00 pm
Sunnyside Community Servcies Senior Center, 43-31 39th Street, between 43rd Avenue and Queens Boulevard

information: (718) 784-6173, ext. 411

3:00 PM
for Sunnyside Community Services After-School porgram at PS 150

4:30 PM
at the BEACON COMMUNITY CENTER, Intermediate School 5 in Elmhurst (718) 429-8752.

Special Concert Workshops at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Park

47-01 111th Street, Queens information: 718-699-0005

2 DAYS! June 23 and June 24, 2007 at 10:30AM and 11:30AM

Workshop/peformances with guest artist Gaudencio Thiago de Mello

Quintet of the Americas at
Merkin Concert Hall

Merkin Concert Hall - 129 West 67th Street

New Music from Brazil

World Premieres of new works written for the Quintet by Ricardo Romaneiro, Guadencio Thiago de Mello and Marcelo Zarvos and New York composer James Cohn with selections by Ernesto Nazareth, Pixinguinha and Villa Lobos

Special guests: organic percussionist Guadencio Thiago de Mello and pianist Blair McMillen

Tickets: $15, $10 for students/seniors

212-501-3330 or http://www.kaufman-center.org

Saturday, March 31st, 2007
Fresno State New Music Festival

	California State University In Fresno program will include: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Quintette en forme de choros Peteris Vasks: Music for a Deceased Friend (1982) Victoria Bond: ShenBlu (1987) for solo flute Elliott Schwartz: Bird Bath (2002) -intermission- Neil Rolnick: Ambos mundos (2004) Louis W. Ballard: The Soul Matt Sullivan: OBoy! (2006) Carl MaultsBy: Still Rockin' in Jerusalem (1993) Paquito D'Rivera: Wapango (1990) New Music Festival Inaugural Fresno State New Music Festival, which is 4 days dedicated to the performance of new and original compositions by living composers. Tickets for concerts vary, but one can purchase an All-Festival pass for $25, good for admission into all concerts. Duo 46 is an internationally renowned violin/guitar duet, and will be performing several new works, including work by CSU, Fresno faculty composer Kenneth Froelich. The Faculty Composers concert will feature works by CSU, Fresno music faculty. The Quintet of the Americas is a world-renowned New York based woodwind quintet making their Fresno debut.

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Saturday, January 6th, 2007, 2:00 PM

The Quintet in a FREE CONCERT
'Borrowing the Theme'!

Flushing Library Auditorium, 4117 Main St, Flushing, NY 11355

for more information call (718) 661-1200 http://www.queenslibrary.org

featuring new works by composers James Cohn and Gaudencio Thiago de Mello
with guest artist Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, organic percussion

Program will include:
Concerto No. 2 after Vivaldi (originally for organ) arranged for wind quintet by Mordechai Rechtman
Mozart Fantasy, Op. 91 (2006) by James Cohn commissioned by Quintet of the Americas

Bird Bath (2004) Elliott Schwartz commissioned by the Bar Harbor Festival for Quintet of the Americas

Suburban waltz fantasy from Wind Quintet (2004) Robert Paterson Underwritten by the American Composers Forum
with Funds provided by the Jerome Foundation.

Suite of Brazilian Songs by Ernesto Nazareth
Apanhei-te cavaquinho
Odeon
Brejeiro
Escorregando
As Proesas de Nolasco Pixinguinha

New works by Gaudencio Thiago de Mello

This concert is 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 and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Additional funding comes from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Meet the Composer / JP Morgan Chase Fund for Small Ensembles, 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.
Quintet of the Americas is in residence in The Department of Music and Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University.

January & February, 2007
The Quintet goes on tour!

	January 19 at 7:30 PM in Medford, Oregon Craterian Ginger Rogers Theatre 23 South Central Avenue Medford, Oregon for ticket informationcall Carroll Graber (541)857-6783 or cjgraberrvm@charter.net January 21 at 2:30Pm in Los gatos, California Los gatos High School 20 high School Court Los Gatos, CA 95030 for ticket information contact Ray Aylsworth (408) 395-4283 or raylsworth@aol.com February 10 at 7:30PM in Provo, Utah Brigham Young University Madsen Recital Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center fro more information contact Brigham University

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Saturday, December 8 and Sunday December 9, 2007 at 4:30PM
New York Hall of Science

	47-01 111th St., Queens, NY 11368. 718.699.0005. Located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park "Crystal Winter" A program for families Using sounds like colors in a winter snow fall painting, Quintet of the Americas will explore the connection of musical sounds to the look of nature. Using the amazing crystal - like snowflakes - as it inspiration, the Quintet will take you on an informative and fun musical trip through sound and nature. http://www.nyhallsci.org/

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Monday, November 12, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Greenwich House Music School

	Admission is FREE. at Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, New York City with special guest Award winning composer from Uruguay and California - Miguel del Aguila In a Program Celebrating the Human Spirit: Leonard Bernstein's "Overture" to Candide William Grant Still's "Yaravi" from Miniatures Louis W. Ballard's "The Soul" from Ritmo Indio Song for Dia de Los Muertos from Ancient Mexico Miguel del Aguila's Quintet No. 2 Jorge Olaya Munoz's Amanecer Vallenato (paseo) Paul Douglas' "Zurisee" from Foyveblas This concert celebrates the creativity, energy and perseverance of the human spirit. From the optimism of Candide to the gentle and reverent laments from Peru and Native America to the intriguing rhythmic and wild fantasy of Miguel del Aguila's Quintet No.2, this concert promises excitement and beauty. The Quintet will trade Western instruments for native flutes, whistles and drums in a Mexican processional melody for the Day of the Dead. The Quintet will also play Colombian dances which reflect the spirit of the origin of this unique ensemble and finish with the exciting "Zurisee" by Canadian composer Paul Douglas, a celebration of survival written by the composer after a near-fatal accident. Directions to the Greenwich House Music School: Take the 1 train to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square Station and exit. Head 2.5 blocks south along the west side of Seventh Avenue South to Barrow Street. Head southwest on Barrow Street to number 46. Look for the Greenwich House Music School flag. The concert hall is on the second floor. To view a map of our location, visit GHMS For additional information call 718-230-5189. This program is also 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 Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the JP Morgan Chase / Meet the Composer Fund for Small Ensembles, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Shigeru Kaneshiro, the Henry Luce Foundation and the Music Performance Trust Funds, Local 802, A.F. of M.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 1 PM
Salvation Army Center

	Admission is FREE. Program Same As Above 86-07 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights in Jackson Heights

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Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 7:30 PM
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNVIERSITY - IDAHO

	Program will include: Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein Arkansas Reelby James Cohn (b.1928) "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess George Gershwin Colombian Dances from the Quintet's collection of traditional South American dances El Picaflor (porro) byJosé Barros arr. F. Zumaque G. Te sorprende? (pasillo) by Jorge Olaya Muñoz Quinteto em Forma de Chôros by Heitor Villa-Lobos Amazing Gracefully by Matt Sullivan The Soul from Ritmo Indio by Dr. Louis W. Ballard Yardbird Suite by Charlie Parker arr. Edmund Cionek Tournament Galop by Louis Moreau Gottschalk arr. R. W. Tucker

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Friday, June 22, 2007 at 7:00 PM
New York University

	at Loewe Auditorium, 35 West 4th Street, New York University This concert takes place during Quintet's New York University Summer Institute for Woodwind Quintets for high school and college students. Admission is free. Program will include: Steven Stucky's Serenade Paquito D'Rivera's Aires tropiales Paquito D'Rivera's Aires tropiales Marcelo Zarvos: Changes (commissioned by Quintet of the Americas with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a public agency) This is sponsored by The Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Music and Performing Arts of New York University. You can find more about the Woodwind Institute at http://education.nyu.edu/music/summer.html.

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Thursday, May 21st, 2007, 1 PM
Three Free concerts in Queens featuring guest artist Guadencio Thiago de Mello

	1:00 pm Sunnyside Community Servcies Senior Center, 43-31 39th Street, between 43rd Avenue and Queens Boulevard information: (718) 784-6173, ext. 411 3:00 PM for Sunnyside Community Services After-School porgram at PS 150 4:30 PM at the BEACON COMMUNITY CENTER, Intermediate School 5 in Elmhurst (718) 429-8752. Special Concert Workshops at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Park 47-01 111th Street, Queens information: 718-699-0005 2 DAYS! June 23 and June 24, 2007 at 10:30AM and 11:30AM Workshop/peformances with guest artist Gaudencio Thiago de Mello

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Thursday, May 10th, 2007, 8 PM
Quintet of the Americas at Merkin Concert Hall

	Merkin Concert Hall - 129 West 67th Street New Music from Brazil World Premieres of new works written for the Quintet by Ricardo Romaneiro, Guadencio Thiago de Mello and Marcelo Zarvos and New York composer James Cohn with selections by Ernesto Nazareth, Pixinguinha and Villa Lobos Special guests: organic percussionist Guadencio Thiago de Mello and pianist Blair McMillen Tickets: $15, $10 for students/seniors 212-501-3330 or http://www.kaufman-center.org

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