Quintet of the Americas To Present Judith Sainte Croix's Vision III At Langston Hughes Community Library On March 8 - Award Winning Work Is Dedicated to the Native Peoples of the Americas New York, NY - The Quintet of the Americas will present Judith Sainte Croix's Vision III on Friday, March 8, 2002 at 7:30 p.m. at The Langston Hughes Cultural Center of the Langston Hughes Public Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona, Queens. This concert is presented as part of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the founding of Quintet of the Americas and the launching of their new CD Dancing in Colombia on the MSR label. Vision III, written expressly for Quintet of the Americas by Judith Sainte Croix, was commissioned through the Chamber Music America/ National Endowment for the Arts Commissioning Program and involves the use of masks and additional indigenous instruments of the Americas. The Quintet was the only group nationwide selected to receive the first NEA/CMA Special Commissioning Award which supports touring and performances of the new work This concert, which is free and open to the public, will also feature a selection of Colombian Dances from the new CD. Composer Judith Sainte Croix will offer a free workshop at 4 pm that day in which she will discuss the creation of the music and teach the basics of playing the rhythms and instruments used in the music. For more information, please contact the Langston Hughes Public Library at 718-651-1100 or visit their website at http://www.queenslibrary.org. The composer has supplied the following statement about the work: "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 and at her website http://www.judithsaintecroix.com. 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. 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. 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] The commission and presentation of Vision III by Judith Sainte Croix is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts/ Chamber Music America Special Commissioning Award and by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Challenge Program. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and Queens Arts Development Fund through the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, sponsored by Borough President Helen Marshall and the Queens Delegation of the City Council. With special thanks to NYS Senator Frank Padavan. Additional funding from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the Meet the Composer / JP Morgan Chase Fund for Small Ensembles. Library programs sponsored by the Queens Borough Public Library, the Library Action committee of Corona East Elmhurst, Inc., and private donations. Jeffrey James <[log in to unmask]>