Quintet of the Americas Presents Two Ohio Concerts - Delaware's Asbury
Arts Series on September 13 and Chamber Music Yellow Springs on September
14 - Both Concerts Feature Judith Sainte Croix's Vision III
New York, NY - The Quintet of the Americas will be in concert on Saturday,
September 13, 2003 at 7:30 PM. as the first performance of the 2003-2004
Asbury Arts Series at Asbury United Methodist Church, 55 W. Lincoln
Ave., corner of N. Franklin St. and W. Lincoln Ave. in Delaware,
Ohio.
The Quintet will also perform on Sunday, September 14, 7:30 PM as the
first concert of the 21st Chamber Music Yellow Springs seriesat the
First Presbyterian Church, 314 Xenia Avenue in Yellow Springs, Ohio
Both of these concerts will feature Vision III, written expressly for
Quintet of the Americas by Judith Sainte Croix. The work is dedicated
to native peoples of the Americas. Other works on both programs include
Samuel Barber's Summer Music, Toccata from Suite for Wind Quintet by
Maciej Malecki, Quinteto em forma de choros by Heitor Villa-Lobos,
Colombian dances by Jose Barros and Jorge Olaya Munoz and Edmund Cionek's
arrangement of Charlie Parker's Yarbird Suite.
Vision III was commissioned through the Chamber Music America/ National
Endowment for the Arts Commissioning Program. This new work combines
classical Western instruments with the instruments of indigenous people
from North and South America. It is scored for five players playing the
traditional woodwind quintet instruments as well as instruments from the
Quintet's collection of guiros from Peru and Mexico, as well as conch
shells, animal horns, Amazonian rainsticks, Colombian bamboo finger
shakers, cana and gaita flutes and many more. The composer has said
of the work, "I do not 'appropriate' South American Indian melodies,
but rather paint landscapes of the sounds that evoke scenes..."
Funds for this commission have been provided by Chamber Music America's
Commissioning Program, supported by The National Endowment for the Arts,
The Helen F. Whitaker Fund, and the Chamber Music America Endowment
Fund. Quintet of the Americas is the recipient of the 2002 NEA/CMA
Special Commissioning Award, made possible by a generous gift from an
anonymous donor with matching funds from the National Endowment for the
Arts. The Quintet was the only group nationwide selected to receive
this award which supports touring and performances of the new work.
The September 13 concert is free and open to the public, but an offering
in support of the series will be taken. For more information, please
contact Asbury United Methodist at 740-363-3611.
Tickets for the September 14 concert are $12 and $5 for students.
Although tickets may be purchased at the door before performances,
reservations are advised. Call Chamber Music Yellow Springs at
937-374-8800 for tickets and information. Visit them on the web
at http://www.yellowsprings.com/cmys/.
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, Musicians Showcase Recordings and XLNT. Quintet of the Americas
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 currently in residence in the Department of Music
and Performing Arts Professions at New York University. Visit their
website at http://www.quintet.org.
Judith Sainte Croix has supplied the following statement about Vision III:
"Vision III combines indigenous instruments with Western
classical instruments of the woodwind quintet. The indigenous
instruments played by the quintet will include Guatemalan
ocarinas, guiros from Mexico and Peru, conch shells, a
pre-Colombian horn, rainsticks, Colombian bamboo finger
shakers, the cana and gaitas flutes, reed flutes, drums and
deer hoof rattles."
"The intent of the "Vision Series" (Vision I and II precede
this) I have created is to bring Indian and non-Indian people
together harmoniously in the concert hall and beyond."
Judith Sainte Croix has created opera, chamber, orchestral and electronic
music that has been performed across the United States and in Europe.
Her debut Sonic Muse CD release Visions of Light and Mystery is available
in music stores, from Amazon.com, ClassicalCDs.net and at her website
http://www.judithsaintecroix.com.
For more information about the Quintet of the Americas or Judith Sainte
Croix, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or
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Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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