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NYS Summer Institute
A week with the Quintet at New York University for College and High School Students
June 17-23, 2007Visit the NYUSteinhardt site for more details. For more information please contact the Office of Special Programs at 212-992-9380 or Esther.Lamneck@nyu.edu
Featured composer
Gaudencio Thiago de Mello
Guest composer/percussionist Guadencio Thiago de Mello, who was born and raised in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest, has experimented with a variety of styles, combining the timeless, primitive musical elements of the Amazonian jungle, and the contemporary jazz language of New York . He has created a special collection of instruments called “Organic Percussion” which he uses in concerts, recordings and in master classes around the world.
He studied classical guitar and founded the Guitar Society at the United Nations in 1970, which he directed for 10 years. He also founded and directed the Jazz Ensemble at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City , where he taught for 29 years, and is a Downbeat award-winner both as percussionist and for his recording . He is a frequent collaborator with Sharon Isbin, both on recordings and in performance worldwide. Thiago de Mello's compositions have been featured in films and documentaries, theater and dance as well, and have been recorded by leading jazz artists.
Thiago has composed a vast repertoire including a series of pieces called "Musical Embraces" and a series of chants called "Chants for the Chief", premiered by Brazilian classical guitarist Carlos Barbosa Lima with Thiago playing percussion. Besides playing the guitar and singing, Thiago also plays many percussion instruments with his band "Amazon", a 12-piece orchestra based in NYC, and as a special guest with performing and recording artists. He recorded some of his music on Paul Winter’s Grammy Nominee Recording "Earth, Voices of a Planet". He can be heard on Luis Bonfa’s album "Magic" on the Caju/Polygram label and has also recorded on Concord Records, Virgin Records, and Abracos. NBC chose two of his pieces to air during the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona , Spain . Quintet of the Americas is proud to have commissioned four songs from Thiago which were premiered on May 10, 2007 at Merkin Concert Hall. Thiago is joining the Quintet for concerts thoughout the borough of Queens this season including Flushing Library, the United Nations School in Jamaica, the Center for Mediation Services in Jamaica, the Sunnyside Senior Center, the Sunnyside After-school program at P.S. 150, the Beacon Program in Elmhurst, at the N.Y. Hall of Science in Flushing Meaado Park, and the Jewsih Center in Jackson Heights.
photo credit : Thomas Myller
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It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Louis W. Ballard on February 9, 2007 in Santa Fe, NM. For thirty years it has been our great pleasure to share his wonderful work "The Soul" from Ritmo Indio with audiences throughout the United States and on tour abroad.
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Featured composer
Robert Paterson - An Emerging Composer to Watch!
We were pleased to assist Robert Paterson in his successful application to the 2004 Jerome Composers Commissioning Program. We are very impressed with this young composer and hope you will join us to hear his new work which we will premiere on April 19, 2005 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. He will be one of five composers participating in a mid-concert panel at the concert. Come to Merkin April 19 to meet Rob as well as Jon Deak, Laura Kaminsky, Elliott Schwartz, and Carl MaultsBy.
Featured composer
Carl MaultsBy
With funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, Dr. Carl MaultsBy has written a new work for the Quintet and three percussion players. Carl has given us a wonderful piece which combines African and Latin rhythms and makes use of an array of African and Latin percussion instruments. We are pleased to offer the premiere of “Journey” on our Merkin concert April 19. For those who have heard the Quintet perform Carl’s Rockin’ in Jerusalem, a joyful combination of gospel and salsa influences, the chance to hear “Journey” is something to look forward to.
Featured composer
Marcelo Zarvos
Brazilian pianist and composer Marcelo Zarvos has written for virtually every medium, from dance to the concert stage, film, television and theater.
Featured composer
William Thomas McKinley
One of the most highly regarded and well-known composers of his generation, William Thomas McKinley (b.1938) learned both classical and jazz piano at a very early age, becoming the youngest member of the American Federation of Musicians at just twelve years old.
New York, NY The Quintet Of The Americas has announced that selections from their Souvenirs CD (XLNT CD18008) have been chosen for the Acoustiguide audio accompaniment program for the Guggenheim Museum’s Norman Rockwell – Pictures for the American People exhibition. The Museum is located at 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street in Manhattan.
The show, which will be at the Museum until March 3, is a retrospective of the painter’s images of everyday life, which provided his personalized interpretation of American identity. His paintings and illustrations contributed to a popular image of the U.S. that offered a reassurance during the mid-Twentieth Century - a time defined by momentous change as the country evolved into a complex, modern society. The selections of American works from the Quintet’s Souvenirs CD are a carefully chosen and wonderfully apt audio counterpoint to these images.
For more information about the Norman Rockwell exhibition, please call the Guggenheim Museum at 212-423-3500 or visit their website at http://www.guggenheim.org/new_york_index.html.
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