The Americas Vocal Ensemble Presents "Music from Latin America - Its
Rhythms and Poetry" At Queensborough Community College - Wednesday,
November 17 at 1:15 PM

The Americas Vocal Ensemble, Nelly Vuksic, Music Director, will present
the a special concert titled "Music from Latin America - Its Rhythms and
Poetry", on Wednesday, November 17 at 1:15 PM at Queensborough Community
College CUNY's QPAC Center, 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, NY.

This concert will present the rich variety of Latin American rhythms and
the magnificent poetry of Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, and others in
a program of original compositions and artistic choral arrangements by
outstanding composers from the Americas.  Works to be presented include
Eduardo Grau's "Ojos claros, serenos", Gunhild Glass's "Yo no tengo
soledad", Astor Piazzolla's "Invierno Porteno", Cesar Vuksic's "Toccatina"
and works by Carlos Guastavino, Luis Antonio Escobar and others.

Members of the Americas Vocal Ensemble featured in this program include
sopranos Margarita Martinez and Carla Wesby, alto Lisa Chavez, tenors
Jeremy Black and Martin Kugler and baritone Frank Kain.

This concert is free and open to the public.  For directions and
other concert information, please call 718-631-6393.  You can also
find directions to the school at
http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/VirtualTour/directions.htm.

The AVE was founded by its Director Nelly Vuksic as a professional chamber
group whose mission is to foster understanding among the people of the
Americas and to preserve the musical and cultural richness of the diverse
countries of North and South America.  It brings to its audiences a most
enjoyable and rarely performed repertory which encompasses the whole
range of the music of the Americas, from the colonial period to contemporary
times, through concerts, educational programs and recordings.  The AVE
made its debut at New York's Americas Society in 1982, and has performed
throughout the northeast U.S.  and South America.  They present unique
and innovative programs and have performed premieres of more than 100
contemporary works, including compositions by leading North and South
American composers.  AVE has been heard on National Public Radio, many
New York stations and the Voice of America.  They have also appeared on
New York Public Television and the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications
TV Network.  Their latest CD "Canticas y Madrigales" has been recorded
for 4Tay Records, whose CDs are available at http://www.classicalcds.net.
They have also recorded for CBS, Opus 1, Premiere and North/South
Consonance.  Visit their webpage at http://www.americasvocalensemble.org/.

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

Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com