Quintet of the Americas in Concert on October 1 at Community Church of
Douglaston, Queens, New York

New York, NY - The Quintet of the Americas will be in concert on Sunday,
October 1, 2006 - 4:00 PM, at The Community Church of Douglaston, 39-50
Douglaston Parkway in Douglaston, Queens, New York.

This concert, presented by the Douglaston Concerts First Sunday Series,
will feature the Quintet of the Americas performing W.A.  Mozart's Quintet
for Piano and Winds, K.  452, Mozart Camargo Guarnieri's Sonatina for
Flute and Piano, Marcelo Zarvos' Changes for Woodwind Quintet and Piano
(commissioned by Quintet of the Americas with public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a state agency) and Queens composer James
Cohn's Mozart Fantasy, Op.  91.

Special guests for this concert will be pianist Blair McMillen
(http://www.blairmcmillen.com/), clarinetist Meighan Stoops and bassoonist
Gina Cuffari.

Tickets for the October 1 concert are $25, with discounts for seniors
and student.  For reservations and information, contact the Community
Church of Douglaston at 718-229-2169 or visit them online at
http://www.communitychurchofdouglaston.org/.

The Quintet of the Americas, consisting of flutist Sato Moughalian,
oboist Matt Sullivan, clarinetist Edward Gilmore, hornist Barbara Oldham
and bassoonist Laura Koepke, was formed in Bogota, Colombia in 1976 by
U.S.  citizens who were principal wind players in the Colombian National
Orchestra.  The group relocated to New York City in 1979 and has since
enjoyed an international career that has taken them to concert halls
throughout the Americas, the Caribbean Asia, including annual performances
at Manhattan's Americas Society since 1982.  Two time recipients of
ASCAP-Chamber Music America Awards for Adventuresome Programming, the
Quintet's repertoire represents works from composers with a wide-range
of aesthetic viewpoints.  They have recorded for CRI, Newport Classics,
MMC and XLNT.  Their latest CDs are Karel Husa: Recollections on New
World and Dancing in Colombia on the MSR label.  The Quintet has been a
past recipient of the CMA Commissioning Award in for a commission by
David Chaitkin and a three-year Residency Award for work in Chicago.
They are 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.

For more information about the Quintet of the Americas, contact Jeffrey
James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or [log in to unmask]

Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com