Quintet of the Americas In Concert at New York University on June 25 -
Concert is Culmination of the First Annual NYU Woodwind Institute

New York, NY - The Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Music
and Performing Arts, presents the Quintet of the Americas in concert on
Friday, June 25, 2004, 8 p.m., at the Frederick Loewe Theater of New
York University, 35 West 4th Street in Manhattan.

Guest artists for this concert will Gaudencio Thiago de Mello, organic
Brazilian percussionist (http://www.thiago-amazon.com), and Patti Wyss,
narrator, in a diverse program presented as the culmination of the first
annual Woodwind Institute offered by New York University. You can find
more about the Woodwind Institute at http://www.nyu.edu/education/music/.

The concert program will include Summer Music by Samuel Barber, Villa-Lobos'
Quintette en forma de Choros, Colombian Folk Tunes by Jorge Olaya Munoz,
Chorinos by Ernesto Nazareth, Twilight Crane (Yuzuru) by Jack Gottlieb
and C. Bryan Rulon's Anti-Silence for Quintet and Computer Playback.

This concert is free and open to the public and is sponsored by The
Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Music and Performing Arts
of New York University.  For more information about the June 25 concert,
contact the NYU Department of Music at 212-998-5424.

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 CD is 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 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask]

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