Yao Chen Music / 姚晨音乐

Quintet of the Americas: Immigration Heritage Celebration Concert

Sfumato for wind quintet receives its New York premiere as part of NYC Immigrant Heritage Week 2011.

The performance will be at Flushing Public Library, Lower Level Auditorium, 2PM on Saturday, April 16. Admission is FREE.  [Download PDF announcement here.]

Quintet of the Americas celebrates Immigrant Heritage with a concert of wind quintet music by composers from China, Japan, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. Music will include the New York premiere of Chen Yi’s “Quintet No. 3,” Soong Fu-Yuan’s “Zhong Guo Xiao Jing,” Yao Chen’s “Sfumato,” Kenji Bunch’s “Shout Chorus,” James Cohn’s “Fiesta Latina” and Judah Adashi’s “Songs and Dances of Macondo” based on Gabriel Garcia Márquez’ novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude.”