Quintet of the Americas in Concert on June 25 at The Jewish Center in
Jackson Heights, Queens

New York, NY - The Quintet of the Americas will be in concert on Sunday,
June 25 - 3:30 PM at The Jewish Center, 37-06 77th Street, Jackson
Heights, Queens, New York.

This concert will feature the Quintet of the Americas performing Beth
Anderson's August Swale, Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Tournement Galop,
Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet, Op. 43, Julia Wolfe's On Seven-Star-Shoes,
Louis Ballard's The Soul, Jorge Olaya Munoz' Te sorprende? and Amenecer
Vallenato, James P. Johnson's Carolina Shout, Paquito D'Rivera's Wapango,
Gershwin's Summertime and Alberto Castilla's Bunde Tolimense.  Special
guests will be composer Beth Anderson and bassoonist Gina Cuffari.

This concert is free and open to the public.  For more information,
contact the Quintet of the Americas at 917-488-6083 or visit them online
at http://www.quintet.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.

The June 25 concert 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.

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