Quintet of the Americas Presents "Choro and Beyond" - Program of
Brazilian Music on March 23 - New Work by Marcelo Zarvos Featured

The Quintet of the Americas will present "Choro and Beyond" a special
program of Brazilian music on Sunday, March 23, 4 PM at St. Peter's
Church, 346 W. 20th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan's
historic Chelsea district. This concert is part of the "Music in Chelsea"
series, with all profits going to benefit the restoration fund of St.
Peter's Church.

This all-Brazilian program will feature the Premiere of "Changes", a new
work for woodwind quintet and piano by Brazilian composer Marcelo Zarvos,
commissioned by the Quintet with a grant from the New York State Council
on the Arts, with the composer as guest pianist. Zarvos says about his
new work," the material draws heavily from Brazilian folk music,
particularly the choro and maracatu styles, as well as minimalism and
jazz."

Other works on the program include the 20th century masterpiece for wind
quintet, "Quinteto em forma de choro" by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Camargo
Guarnieri's "Sonatina" with guest pianist Arielle Levioff and music by
Ernesto Nazareth and Pixinguinha. The brilliant Brazilian percussionist
Gaudensio Thiago de Mello will also appear as a guest artist.

Tickets for the March 23 concert are $10, with discounts for
students/seniors. For reservations or ticket information call St.
Peter's Church at (212) 929-2390.

Brazilian pianist and composer Marcelo Zarvos began his career at age
thirteen playing at nightclubs in his native city of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
His area concert appearances include the Knitting Factory, Americas
Society, Guggenheim Museum, New Jersey Center for Performing Arts, Merkin
Hall and New York Texaco Jazz Festival. International performances include
conducting appearances with the Tokyo Symphony Chamber Orchestra in
Japan, live broadcasts on the CBC, NHK and NPR, as well as collaboration
as arranger and performer with the Paul Winter Consort.

The members of the Quintet of the Americas are Sato Moughalian, flute,
Matt Sullivan, oboe, Edward Gilmore, clarinet, Barbara Oldham, horn and
Laura Koepke, bassoon.

The Quintet, founded 26 years ago, has toured extensively in over 300
cities in North and South America, Eastern Europe and the British West
Indies. They have twice received the ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming
Award, and were recipients of the Chamber Music America Residency Program
Award. The group has released several CDs, including "Xango" - Chamber
Works of Heitor Villa-Lobos, recorded for the Newport Classics label.
More information about the group can be found on their website at
http://www.quintet.org.

This concert is made possible with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding is provided by
the Meet the Composer / JP Morgan Chase Fund for Small Ensembles.

For more information about the Quintet of the Americas, contact Jeffrey
James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask]

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