An evening of tango music

Live performances by the Quintet with guests
the Daniel Binelli & Polly Ferman Duo
featuring tango music on Bandoneón and Piano.

World-class musicians Daniel Binelli and Polly Ferman have united their talents to develop and further the appreciation of the tango, milonga, candombe, and other Latin American musical forms in the rarely heard partnership of the bandoneón and piano.

599 W Gilmore's Sound Advice, 599 11th Avenue, 5th Floor

Tickets $100 per person, RSVP by September 12th
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With guest artists Polly Ferman, piano and Daniel Binelli, Bandoneón

Concert of Tango Music featuring new commission by Daniel Binelli for woodwind quintet.

Monday, Nov. 17 at 10:00AM - Senior Center CCNS Best Life OAS118-35 Farmers Blvd. St. Albans, NY 11412. St. Albans  

Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 11:00AM -Sunnyside Community Services, Center for Active Older Adults, 43-31 39th Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104

Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 1:30PM - Langston Hughes Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona, Queens  

Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 3:00PM - Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355  

Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:00PM - Scorca Hall, National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave, 7th floor , NY, NY 

Friday, Nov. 21 at 12:30PM  - JASA, Rockaway Park Older Adult Center, 106-20 Shore Front Parkway, Suite 300, Rockaway Park, NY 11694. 

Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3PM - Maple Grove Cemetery, 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Queens, NY 11415 (reception to follow)

These programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. These programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding comes from The Music Performance Trust Fund and The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation and generous individuals.

These concerts are FREE!

All our concerts are ADA accessible

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With guest vocalist Jay St. Flono

 Program 

Three American Folk Tunes (2024) premiere by Allen Schulz (b. 1964)

Woodwind Quintet Op. 87 (2023) by Joseph Jones

Red Clay & Mississippi Delta (2009) by Valerie Coleman (b.1970)

Satchmo in New Orleans (2025)* premiere by Sunny Knable (b. 1983)  

*commissioned by Quintet of the Americas made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature

Performances: 

Wednesday, April 9 (3 performances)
10:30-11:30 am – Center for Older Adults - CCNS Best Life OAS 118-35 Farmers Blvd, St. Albans, NY 11412
1-2 pm – CCNS/Seaside Older Adult Center, 320 Beach 94th Street, Rockaway Beach, NY 11693
2:30-3:25 pm – Beacon Rehabilitation Center, 140 Beach 113th St., Rockaway Park, N 11694

Wednesday, April 30 (3 performances)
11-12 pm – Acacia Network Elmhurst Older Adults Center, 75-01 Broadway, 3rd floor,, Elmhurst, NY 11373
1:30-2:30 pm – ElmCor Golden Phoenix IV Center for Older Adults, 33-16 108th Street, Corona, NY 11368
4-5 pm – at Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing Click here for Eventbrite

Thursday, May 1, Queens Public Library East Flushing
6-7 pm – 96-36 Northern Blvd. Flushing, NY 11358

Thursday, May 8 at 4PM at McGoldrick Library
155-06 Roosevelt Ave. Flushing, NY 11354

Saturday, May 10 in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens (1 performance)
7:30 pm – The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills Gardens, NY 11375

Wednesday, May 28 (3 performances)
11-12 pm – Sheridan Senior Center, 35-24 83rd Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 (dir Maria Jijon)
1-2 pm – Hillcrest Older Adult Center, 91-34 182nd Place 2nd Floor, Jamaica, New York 11423
4-5 pm – at Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing

Sunday, June 1 fund raising party
4-7 pm – email quintetorg@gmail.com for more information. Tickets $100

Monday, June 9 in Brooklyn (2 performances)
10:30-11:30 am – Riverway Older Adult Center, 230 Riverdale Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212
12:30-1:30 pm – The Bay Senior Center, 3643 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday, June 11
4-5 pm – at Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing

All concerts are free and open to the public.

(including Queens Botanical Garden which is during their open free Wednesday afternoon hours).

These programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding comes from The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation and generous individuals. Special thanks to Kenichi Wilson. Additional funding comes from Music Performance Trust Funds of the A.F. of M.