Quintet Of The Americas Inc

QUINTET OF THE AMERICAS PERFORMED 11 LIVE FREE CONCERTS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 AND JUNE 12, 2022, REACHING 489 PEOPLE, A DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANICS, ASIANS, JEWS AND IRISH INCLUDING LOW INCOME SENIORS, RECENT IMMIGRANTS, AND SOME DISABLED. NINE OF THESE CONCERTS WERE HELD AT COMMUNITY SPACES SUCH AS THE QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN, ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WOODHAVEN, MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY IN KEW GARDENS AND AT SIX SENIOR CENTERS. IN ADDITION, QOA WAS INVITED TO PERFORM ON THE QUEENS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL (QNMF). TWO ADDITIONAL CONCERTS WERE HELD AT THE NATIONAL OPERA CENTER AND AT 9B9 ART SPACE, BOTH IN MANHATTAN. THE CONCERTS FROM MANHATTAN ON NOV. 8TH AND JUNE 10TH AND FROM QUEENS ON JUNE 12TH WERE LIVE-STREAMED AND ARCHIVED ON YOUTUBE. CONCERTS FEATURED PREMIERES BY QUEENS COMPOSERS ALLEN SCHULZ, GILBERT GALINDO, AND JAMES COHN, PAST COMMISSIONS BY QUEENS COMPOSER HAROLD GUTIERREZ, AND OTHER PAST COMMISSIONS BY LEV ZHURBIN, ED BLAND, JOSE BERNARDO, LEMBIT BEECHER AND JORGE OLAYA MUNOZ. A DEMONSTRATION AND Q & R WITH THE COMPOSERS TOOK PLACE AT THE NATIONAL OPERA CENTER PRIOR TO OUR CONCERT AND QOA GAVE VERBAL INTRODUCTIONS TO ALL PIECES DURING ALL THE CONCERTS. SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION CONCERTS RESUMED AT 4 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PS69 AND PS 149 IN JACKSON HEIGHTS, PS127 IN EAST ELMHURST, AND PS200 IN BROOKLYN. USING MUSIC FROM LATIN AMERICA, WE PERFORMED CONCERTS DEMONSTRATING THE WOODWIND QUINTET INSTRUMENTS, AND CONCEPTS OF MELODY, HARMONY AND RHYTHM. STUDENTS AT EACH SCHOOL PERFORMED WITH US ON SEVERAL PIECES AT THE END OF THE PROGRAMS USING LATIN AMERICAN PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS FROM OUR COLLECTION. THESE CONCERTS REACHED OVER 1300 VERY DIVERSE STUDENTS: PRIMARILY HISPANIC, ASIAN, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WITH SOME WHITE STUDENTS.