Quintet of the Americas to Present WINDS OF CHANGE Environmental Concert

Quintet of the Americas will present Winds of Change, an environmental concert on Wednesday, June 14 @ 7:00 PM at Marc A. Scorca Hall of National Opera Center, 330 Seventh Ave. in New York, NY.

Quintet of the Americas, Queens' renowned woodwind quintet, will present a multi-media concert of music related to the environment and global warming. The June 14 concert will feature the Manhattan New York Premieres of Bruce Odland's World Winds and Kevin James's Rockaway Beach - Winter 2017, both commissioned by the Quintet in response to Hurricane Sandy and the concerns of the people living in the Rockaways.

Bruce Odland has devised a musical game for the Quintet and audience to react to the Earth's air currents in real time as projected visually so everyone can be involved.

Kevin James has recorded samples of sounds collected in the Rockaways including bird songs, surf, jets from JFK, and underwater sounds. He has combined these with musical parts for the quintet in an evocative piece, Rockaway Beach - Winter 2017.

Other repertoire includes nature-themed music, including Eric Ewazen's Roaring Fork Quintet, which will be accompanied by projections of photos of scenes in the Rocky Mountains, Samuel Barber's Summer Music, David Dzubay's Water Run, Daniel Ott's Variable Winds and Zquinha de Abreu's Tico-tico no Fubá.

This event is free. For reservations and more information, call 718-230-5189 or visit www.quintet.org/concerts.html. This concert is ADA accessible. For MTA transportation information, visit tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx.

Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 1976, the Quintet 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. Members of the Quintet are Karla Moe, flute, Matt Sullivan, oboe, Paul Won Jin Cho, clarinet, Barbara Oldham, horn, and Gina Cuffari, bassoon. They are currently in residence in The Department of Music and Performing Arts in The Steinhardt School at New York University. Visit their website at www.quintet.org and become their friend at www.facebook.com/groups/325982319921.

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. 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 Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation and from generous individuals.