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These programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional funding comes from Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, the Meet the Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Special thanks to the Hon. Helen Marshall, Borough President of Queens, and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council.

For Quintet of the Americas press inquires, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.


Past concerts
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Saturday, December 15th, 4 pm, 2018
Celebration of Jackson Heights, Queens
with the Jackson Heights Orchestra

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Location: PS 69, 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, Queens, NY 11372

photo credit: Anna Rozenblat

Featuring the World premiere of For the Sparrow by Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin
for Quintet of the Americas
with recorder players from PS69, chorus from PS 149, and the Jackson Heights Orchestra, conducted by Patricia Glunt

Program will include these orchestral works:
Henry Purcell - The Gordian Knot
Gabriel Fauré - Masques et Bergamasques Suite

and

Ilan Rechtman's America (Suite Popular) for solo quintet, strings, and percussion*
*commissioned by Quintet of the Americas for their Carnegie Hall debut in 1992

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Concert is Free

Suggested Donation $10/ $5 seniors and students

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

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Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
The Quintet heads to CUBA in November

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The Quintet has been invited to participate in the 31st Festival de la Habana, international contemporary music festival.

The festival runs from November 3-11 and the Quintet concert will be on November 6.

Basilica San Francisco de Asis -
site of Quintet concert in Havana

 

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Friday, November 2nd, 7pm 2018
Quintet of the Americas' Celebrate Cuba
Benefit Party and Concert

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Cocktails and food at 7pm, Music at 8pm

Location: 599 West The spectacular showroom of Gilmore's Sound Advice
599 11th Avenue at 45th Street, 5th floor, in Manhattan

Karla Moe, flute; Matt Sullivan, oboe; Ben Baron, clarinet; Sasha Enegrin, bassoon; Barbara Oldham, horn

with guest artist David Wechsler, flute

Special Guests The Arturo O'Farrill Jazz Trio

Music from the Quintet's program for the Festival Habana Contemporary Music Festival

Sean Friar's Wiggle Room
Julia Wolfe's On Seven-Star-Shoes
Eric Ewazen's At the Summit from Roaring Fork Woodwind Quintet
and
Quintet commission Daniel Ott's Variable Winds
Music from Cuba including Ernesto Lecuona's La comparsa,
music by Saumell, Cervantes,
Gisela Hernandez, Paquito D'Rivera, Colombian dances
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and Leonard Bernstein's Danzón

In celebration of the Quintet of the Americas' participation in the Festival Habana, International Contemporary Music Festival in Cuba in November 2018

Basilica San Francisco de Asis -
site of Quintet concert in Havana

Tickets $100/person

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Quintet of the Americas is a 501(c)3 tax exempt non-profit corporation. Donations to the Quintet are fully tax-deductible, as by law.

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Thursday, November 1st, 11 am & 3 pm, 2018

Something Old, Something New,
Something Borrowed, Something Blue

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Free Concert at 11 am

a concert including music by Leonard Bernstein, Ernesto Lecuona, Flushing composer Daniel Ott, Julia Wolfe, Eric Ewazen
Plus dances from Cuba and Colombia

David Wechsler, flute; Matt Sullivan, oboe; Daniel Spitzer, clarinet;
Barbara Oldham, horn; Sasha Enegren, bassoon

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Services Now for Adult Persons

 80-45 Winchester Blvd., Bldg. 4, CBU 29, Queens Village, NY 11427

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Free Concert at 1 pm

Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center

 221-15 Horace Harding Boulevard, Bayside, NY

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Sunday, June 24th, 3:00pm, 2018
sTudio T7 - Rockaway Artists Alliance at Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point, Queens

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sTudio T7 - Rockaway Artists Alliance at Fort Tilden, Rockaway Point, Queens

Americans in Paris and Back Again

This is your last chance to hear our "Americans in Paris and Back Again" program which includes music by
Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, Irving Fine, Quincy Jones, and Astor Piazzolla
PLUS new music by Bruce Stark

Our lovely Gina will be singing as well!

It will also be your last chance to see the exhibition of art by Jason Novetsky in Rockaway Artists Alliance's gallery.
A trip to Rockway makes a great outing! If you want to join us at a Rockaway restaurant after, please email us at quintetorg@gmail.com.

Free Admission

at sTudio T7 at Fort Tilden - exhibition gallery for Rockaway Artists Alliance in Rockaway, Queens
For MTA transportation information for Ft. Tilden, visit

http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/customplanner/TripPlanner.aspx.

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Sunday, June 3rd, 4pm, 2018
Quintet of the Americas
Annual Garden Fundraising Party

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You are cordially invited to 

Music in the Garden with the Quintet and friends!

A garden in Brooklyn NY
(exact location divulged upon receipt of reservation)

 
Music, Food and Drink Amidst the Flowers
 
Honoring composer James Cohn in his 90th year
 
tickets $60 each/ $100 per couple

RSVP to (917) 488-6083 
or by email to: quintetorg@gmail.com

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Sunday, May 20th, 3:30pm, 2018
Americans in Paris and Back Again

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Free concert with garden entrance at
Queens Botanical Garden

Garden entrance: Adults $6/Seniors (age 62+), Students $4, Children (ages 4 to 12) – $2, Children (age 3 and under) – FREE, Members – FREE

including music by
Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, Irving Fine, Quincy Jones, and Astor Piazzolla
PLUS new music by Bruce Stark

at Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355

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Friday, April 20th, 7:30pm, 2018
Americans in Paris and Back Again

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National Opera Center in Manhattan

including music by
Leonard Bernstein, Elliott Carter, Irving Fine, and Astor Piazzolla
PLUS new music by Bruce Stark
Historic video of Nadia Boulanger

at Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave., Manhattan

Tickets for the April 20 event are $20/ $10 students and seniors, available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3381464

For more information call (718) 230-5189

Travel directions: Subway #1 train to 28th Street.
OR
A, C, E, 2, 3 Trains to 34th Street
Location is on west side of Seventh Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets

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Sunday, April 15th, 2pm, 2018
Americans in Paris and Back Again

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Flushing Library in Queens

including music by
Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, Irving Fine, Quincy Jones, and Astor Piazzolla
PLUS new music by Bruce Stark

at Flushing Library, 41-17 Main Street, Flushing, Queens

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Thursday, January 18th, 10pm, 2018
Americans in Paris and Back Again

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including music by Bernstein, Gershwin, Copland and Piazzolla, and new music by Bruce Stark

at Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 140 Beach 113th Street, Rockaway Park, NY

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See 2017 for past concerts!

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NY Culture
NYSCA
NEA Doctorow Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies
The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation