2025-02-17T22:57:12-07:00 2024-06-30 990EZ 2023-07-01 133143311 QUINTET OF THE AMERICAS INC QUIN 7182305189 15 Circle Road Douglastown NY 11363 Barbara Oldham Executive Director 7182305189 2025-02-18 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 119318 X 109278 1250 0 0 0 0 0 0 8790 1838 6952 0 0 0 0 117480 0 0 80194 12825 4471 125 13693 111308 6172 18789 0 24961 X 13636 12313 0 0 7783 13654 21419 25967 2630 1006 18789 24961 The Quintet's mission is to broaden the knowledge and appreciation of music from the Western Hemisphere, and particularly new music, through the performance, commissioning, and recording of woodwind quintets and related chamber music. We encourage inter-cultural appreciation and understanding by performing contemporary, classical, and folk-derived music from the diverse cultural traditions of the Americas. We search out collaborations with composers, guest artists, other ensembles, and other organizations to enrich our own growth and to enrich the musical products we bring to the community. From October 2023 to June 2024, Quintet of the Americas served over 800 people with 14 free live concerts featuring new music in Queens and 2 in Manhattan. These concerts were performed for audiences that included seniors, the disabled, families, and college students. In the fall of 2023 QOA participated in the Latin American Culture Week Festival in NYC by performing four concerts in Queens and Manhattan including for seniors at centers and at Alzheimer's Day Care program in St. Albans, at Maple Grove Cemetery in Queens, and at the National Opera Center in Manhattan. This concert was recorded and live-streamed. Repertoire included past commissions: Voices of the Unseen by Gilbert Galindo, and Pra dormir na Rede by G Thiago de Mello, as well as Brooklyn Folk Divertimento by Carlos Pavan (NY premiere), Danza de mediodia by Arturo Marquez, Canto arena by Silvio Rodriguez in a new arrangement by Ernesto Oliva, and dances from Colombia. On Feb 15, 2024 QOA launched a new Memory Project involving seniors at Sunnyside Community Services by performing a concert of pieces with memories for Quintet members. QOA introduced composer Fernando Otero and Otero and QOA members interviewed seniors after the concert to collect material for Oteros' new piece. Other spring concerts featured music by Jenni Brandon, Julia Wolfe, Gabriela Ortiz and past QOA commissions by Peri Mauer and Shanyse Strickland. QOA performed this program at senior centers, York College, the Queens Botanical Garden and at a gallery in Manhattan. Quintet of the Americas reached over 1,300 students in school demonstration concerts at 3 public schools, Castle Bridge School on Manhattan, PS199Q, and PS150Q. Through music from Latin America, these interactive concerts demonstrated the instruments of the woodwind quintet. and concepts of melody, harmony and rhythm. Students at each school performed with us on several pieces at the end of the programs using percussion instruments from our collection. These concerts reached New York City students with white, Hispanic, Asian, and African-American backgrounds. 93302 93302 93302 Kenneth Thomas Chairman/Treasurer 0 0 0 0 Barbara Oldham Executive Director 10 28491 0 0 Patricia Glunt Director 0 0 0 0 Richard Levitz Director 0 0 0 0 Alina Molina Director 0 0 0 0 David Oldham Director 0 0 0 0 Matthew Sullivan Director/oboist 1 7186 0 0 Christine Koehler Director 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Barbara Oldham 15 Circle Road Douglastown NY 11363 7182305189 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 103475 82017 82565 89668 109278 467003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103475 82017 82565 89668 109278 467003 49688 417315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 467003 467003 0.89360 1 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Technology Expenses;285|Office Expenses;65|Insurance Expense;1657|Royalties and Commissions;6052|Travel Expense;5634^Total;13693^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Grants Receivable;12514|Prepaid Expenses;1140^Total;13654^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Accrued Expenses;1006^Total;1006^