Carl MaultsBy
(www.quintet.org)
(www.quintet.org)
Valerie Coleman
www.vcolemanmusic.com
www.vcolemanmusic.com
William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com,
which features a comprehensive Works List by Prof. Dominique-René de
Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com
Quintet of the Americas
http://www.quintet.org/concerts.html
http://www.quintet.org/concerts.html
Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 2 PM
At Langston Hughes Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona, Queens
Carl MaultsBy's "The Journey" and "Kum-Ba-Ya, Marcus"
Valerie Coleman's "Afro-Cuban Concerto"
William Grant Still's theme song for the 1939 World's Fair
Barbara Harbach's "Maya Angelou" from Freeing the Caged Bird
and poetry by Maya Angelou and Paul Laurence Dunbar
This program will be repeated in Manhattan
May 10 at 3:30PM at St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, 131 E. 10th St., NY, NY
June 21 at 2:00PM at St. Philips Episcopal Church, 204 W. 134th Street, NY, NY
Admission is free
All Quintet concerts are ADA accessible![ADA](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sniihh4c4mm8hQMxv4Qm8N62HjSVqILUMojjBYgnCeA0719pJlGbTyR8vB8v3j142g0og8YfIWKrpiI5fN0sqJqXqXY0BX1p6dD9FkUBc=s0-d)
New York, NY – Quintet of the
Americas
will present In Pursuit of Freedom,
a concert on Saturday, April 4 - 2:00 PM at Langston
Hughes Community Library and Cultural
Center,
100-01
Northern Blvd. Corona, Queens,
NY.
The concert will feature music
related to the exhibition In Pursuit of
Freedom at the Brooklyn Historical Society and is part of the Library’s
day-long America is a Dream – A Tribute
to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Quintet of the Americas, Queens’ renowned
woodwind quintet, will present a concert featuring two works by Carl MaultsBy - The
Journey, for woodwind quintet, African and Latin percussion, and trap drum,
in three movements: Procession from the Motherland
Through the Middle Passage to the Americas, Spiritual, and Shout,
and Kum-Ba-Ya, Marcus, for wind
quintet and narrator, which provides a glimpse of Marcus Garvey, the proponent
of Pan-Africanism and Black Nationalism. The Quintet will be joined by three
guest percussionists and Broadway actor Charles Wallace who will narrate and
read related poetry.
The program will include a contemporary quintet, Afro-Cuban Concerto by Valerie Coleman
of Imani Winds, as well as Barbara Harbach's Freeing the Caged Bird. Mr. Wallace will recite I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya
Angelou and Sympathy by Paul
Lawrence Dunbar. William Grant Still’s theme song for the 1939 World’s Fair
will also be presented along with Goin'
Home, from Dvorak's New World Symphony, which was inspired by Harry T.
Burleigh, Dvorak's African-American student at the National Conservatory in
NYC.
The
April 4 event is free and open to the public. For more info or directions, call
718-651-1100 or visit http://www.queenslibrary.org/branch/Langston%20Hughes/?filters=ev_loc:98200000. This concert is ADA
accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.
Charles
Wallace can be seen in the upcoming Broadway production of Amazing Grace. He performed the role of Headmaster Morrow in
Manhattan Theatre Club’s and The Alliance Theatre’s production of Choir Boy. At the Grand Theatre at Les
Nuits de Fourvière, in Lyon, France,
Charles appeared as Papa/Emanueli in Robert Wilson’s chamber opera Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter.
His Broadway credits include Miss Saigon (John), Smokey Joe’s Café, and Jekyll
& Hyde. Off-Broadway has
included Dina Was (Boss/Chase) and George Wolfe’s Harlem Song (Apollo Theatre).
Founded
in Bogota,
Colombia
in 1976, Quintet of the Americas
has specialized in bringing music from the Western hemisphere to audiences in
the United States
since its arrival in New York in 1979. The
group has enjoyed an international career that has taken them to concert halls
throughout the Americas
and Eastern Europe, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center,
Symphony Space, and the Library of Congress. Performing on this concert are
Karla Moe, flute, Matt Sullivan, oboe, Ben Baron, clarinet, Barbara Oldham,
horn and Gina Cuffari, bassoon. Visit their website at http://www.quintet.org and become their
friend at http://www.facebook.com/groups/325982319921/. Quintet photos are
available at http://quintet.org/press.html.
This
program is 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 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, New Music USA's
Cary New Music Performance Fund, and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Special
thanks to the Hon. Melinda Katz, Borough
President of Queens,
and the Queens Delegation to the New York City Council.
For
Quintet of the Americas press
inquiries, contact Jeffrey James
Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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