March 12, 2004

Sylvan Winds Quintet Performs April 16 For Boise Chamber Music Series

The Boise Chamber Music Society and Boise State University department of music will present the Sylvan Winds Quintet at 8 p.m. Friday, April 16, in the Morrison Center Recital Hall. Admission is $20 general and $15 for students and seniors, available at the door or by calling 426-1216. “A Little Morning Music,” a 10:30 a.m. master class the next day in the Morrison Center Recital Hall, is free and open to the public. The Sylvan Winds Quintet has been an integral part of New York City’s cultural offerings for close to three decades, earning both critical and audience acclaim for its spirited performances and innovative programming. The group has established a reputation as one of New York's most versatile chamber music ensembles. Hailed by the New York Times for “venturesomeness of programming and stylishness of performance,” the quintet was chosen to perform at the 1994 Governor’s Arts Awards. The Sylvan Winds Quintet has presented a number of New York, United States and world premières of works by Gustav Holst, Gunther Schuller and Arthur Weisberg. A self-titled debut recording, a program of French and Belgian chamber music works for winds, was released on Koch International Classics. Another CD with American works was released in 1998 on CRI (now New World). -30-   Contact Jeanne Belfy Department of Music 208 426-1216 Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275