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SUMMARY:Imani Winds:  Woodwind Quintet
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DESCRIPTION:Brandon Patrick George\, flute Toyin Spellman-Diaz\, oboe Mark 
 Dover\,\nclarinet Kevin Newton\, French horn Monica Ellis\, bassoon  \nCe
 lebrating over 20 years of music making\, the twice Grammy nominated\nIman
 i Winds has led both a revolution and the evolution of the wind\nquintet t
 hrough their dynamic playing\, adventurous programming\,\nimaginative coll
 aborations and outreach endeavors that have inspired\naudiences of all age
 s and backgrounds. The ensemble’s playlist\nembraces traditional chamber
  music repertoire\, and as a 21st century\ngroup\, Imani Winds is devoutly
  committed to expanding the wind quintet\nrepertoire by commissioning musi
 c from new voices that reflect\nhistorical events and the times in which w
 e currently live. Present\nand future season performances include a Jessie
  Montgomery composition\ninspired by her great-grandfather’s migration f
 rom the American\nsouth to the north\; and\, socially conscious music by A
 ndy Akiho\ndesigned to be performed both on the concert stage and in front
  of\nimmigrant detention centers throughout the country.  Imani Winds\nre
 gularly performs in prominent international concert venues\,\nincluding Ca
 rnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, Walt\nDisney Hall and 
 the Kimmel Center. Their touring schedule has taken\nthem throughout the A
 sian continent\, Brazil\, Australia\, England\, New\nZealand and across Eu
 rope. Their national and international presence\nincludes performances at 
 chamber music series in Boston\, New York\,\nWashington D.C.\, San Francis
 co\, Philadelphia and Houston. Festival\nperformances include Chamber Musi
 c Northwest\, Santa Fe Chamber Music\nFestival\, Ravinia Festival\, Chauta
 uqua\, Banff Centre and Music from\nAngel Fire. Imani Winds’ travels thr
 ough the jazz world are\nhighlighted by their association with saxophonist
  and composer Wayne\nShorter\, woodwind artist and composer Paquito D’Ri
 vera and pianist\nand composer Jason Moran. Their ambitious project\, “J
 osephine Baker:\nA Life of Le Jazz Hot!” featured chanteuse René Marie 
 in\nperformances that brought the house down in New York\, Pittsburgh\, Sa
 n\nFrancisco\, Los Angeles and St. Louis.  Imani Winds’ commitment to\n
 education runs deep. The group participates in residencies throughout\nthe
  U.S.\, giving performances and master classes to thousands of\nstudents e
 ach year. Academic and institutional residencies include the\nChamber Musi
 c Society of Lincoln Center\, Duke University\, University\nof Chicago\, C
 urtis Institute of Music\, University of Michigan\, Da\nCamera of Houston 
 and numerous others across the country. The ensemble\nlaunched its annual 
 Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival in 2010\,\nbringing together young inst
 rumentalists and composers from across\nNorth America and abroad for explo
 ration and performance of the\nstandard repertoire and newly composed cham
 ber music. Festival\nparticipants also take part in workshops devoted to e
 ntrepreneurial\nand outreach opportunities\, with the goal of creating the
  complete\nmusician and global citizen. In 2021\, Imani Winds released the
 ir\nlatest album\, Bruits on Bright Shiny Things Records which garnered th
 e\nensemble their second Grammy Award nomination. Grammophone states\,\n
 “the ensemble’s hot rapport churns with conviction\nthroughout…” I
 mani Winds has six albums on Koch International\nClassics and E1 Music\, i
 ncluding their Grammy Award nominated\nrecording\, The Classical Undergrou
 nd. They have also recorded for\nNaxos and Blue Note and released Stravins
 ky’s Rite of Spring on\nWarner Classics. Their most recent recording\, B
 ruits\, has been\nreceiving critical acclaim since its release on the Brig
 ht Shiny\nThings label in February 2021.    Imani Winds is regularly fea
 tured\non all media platforms including NPR\, American Public Media\, the 
 BBC\,\nSiriusXM\, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. In 2016\
 ,\nImani Winds received their greatest accolade in their two decades of\nm
 usic making: a permanent presence in the classical music section of\nthe S
 mithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and\nCulture in
  Washington D.C. Performance Insights by Lani Spahr at 6:30\nPM. Coastal C
 oncerts is supported\, in part\, by a grant from the\nDelaware Division of
  the Arts\, a state agency\, in partnership with the\nNational Endowment f
 or the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts\nevents on www.DelawareSc
 ene.com For the 2022-23 Season\, the engagement\nof the Curtis on Tour: Vi
 ano String Quartet with Roberto Diaz (Viola)\,\nand Amy Yang (Piano) is ma
 de possible through the Special Presenters\nInitiative program of Mid Atla
 ntic Arts Foundation with support from\nthe National Endowment for the Art
 s and the Delaware Division of the\nArts. Venue: Coastal Concerts.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Brandon Patrick George\, flute Toyin Spellman-
 Diaz\, oboe Mark Dover\, clarinet Kevin Newton\, French horn Monica Ellis\
 , bassoon   Celebrating over 20 years of music making\, the twice Grammy 
 nominated Imani Winds has led both a revolution and the evolution of the w
 ind quintet through their dynamic playing\, adventurous programming\, imag
 inative collaborations and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences
  of all ages and backgrounds. The ensemble’s playlist embraces tradition
 al chamber music repertoire\, and as a 21st century group\, Imani Winds is
  devoutly committed to expanding the wind quintet repertoire by commission
 ing music from new voices that reflect historical events and the times in 
 which we currently live. Present and future season performances include a 
 Jessie Montgomery composition inspired by her great-grandfather’s migrat
 ion from the American south to the north\; and\, socially conscious music 
 by Andy Akiho designed to be performed both on the concert stage and in fr
 ont of immigrant detention centers throughout the country.  Imani Winds r
 egularly performs in prominent international concert venues\, including Ca
 rnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, The Kennedy Center\, Walt Disney Hall and t
 he Kimmel Center. Their touring schedule has taken them throughout the Asi
 an continent\, Brazil\, Australia\, England\, New Zealand and across Europ
 e. Their national and international presence includes performances at cham
 ber music series in Boston\, New York\, Washington D.C.\, San Francisco\, 
 Philadelphia and Houston. Festival performances include Chamber Music Nort
 hwest\, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival\, Ravinia Festival\, Chautauqua\, 
 Banff Centre and Music from Angel Fire. Imani Winds’ travels through the
  jazz world are highlighted by their association with saxophonist and comp
 oser Wayne Shorter\, woodwind artist and composer Paquito D’Rivera and p
 ianist and composer Jason Moran. Their ambitious project\, “Josephine Ba
 ker: A Life of Le Jazz Hot!” featured chanteuse René Marie in performan
 ces that brought the house down in New York\, Pittsburgh\, San Francisco\,
  Los Angeles and St. Louis.  Imani Winds’ commitment to education runs 
 deep. The group participates in residencies throughout the U.S.\, giving p
 erformances and master classes to thousands of students each year. Academi
 c and institutional residencies include the Chamber Music Society of Linco
 ln Center\, Duke University\, University of Chicago\, Curtis Institute of 
 Music\, University of Michigan\, Da Camera of Houston and numerous others 
 across the country. The ensemble launched its annual Imani Winds Chamber M
 usic Festival in 2010\, bringing together young instrumentalists and compo
 sers from across North America and abroad for exploration and performance 
 of the standard repertoire and newly composed chamber music. Festival part
 icipants also take part in workshops devoted to entrepreneurial and outrea
 ch opportunities\, with the goal of creating the complete musician and glo
 bal citizen. In 2021\, Imani Winds released their latest album\, Bruits on
  Bright Shiny Things Records which garnered the ensemble their second Gram
 my Award nomination. Grammophone states\, “the ensemble’s hot rapport 
 churns with conviction throughout…” Imani Winds has six albums on Koch
  International Classics and E1 Music\, including their Grammy Award nomina
 ted recording\, The Classical Underground. They have also recorded for Nax
 os and Blue Note and released Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring on Warner Clas
 sics. Their most recent recording\, Bruits\, has been receiving critical a
 cclaim since its release on the Bright Shiny Things label in February 2021
 .    Imani Winds is regularly featured on all media platforms including 
 NPR\, American Public Media\, the BBC\, SiriusXM\, The New York Times and 
 the Wall Street Journal. In 2016\, Imani Winds received their greatest acc
 olade in their two decades of music making: a permanent presence in the cl
 assical music section of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Am
 erican History and Culture in Washington D.C. Performance Insights by Lani
  Spahr at 6:30 PM. Coastal Concerts is supported\, in part\, by a grant fr
 om the Delaware Division of the Arts\, a state agency\, in partnership wit
 h the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts
  events on www.DelawareScene.com For the 2022-23 Season\, the engagement o
 f the Curtis on Tour: Viano String Quartet with Roberto Diaz (Viola)\, and
  Amy Yang (Piano) is made possible through the Special Presenters Initiati
 ve program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National 
 Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts. Venue: Coast
 al Concerts.
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