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Get your pencils and mark your calendar because we have a full season of must-hear events! Our exciting and varied season ranges from a weeklong artist residency with Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), to a six-month long educational program with the San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music (AIM) program. We are living our mission to educate, enrich, and entertain listeners of all ages and backgrounds.

San Francisco Symphony Family Concert

Lobby Entertainment

Saturday, September 22, 2007
San Francisco
SOLD OUT

If you're one of the lucky few to already have tickets, get to Davies early to catch lobby entertainment provided by us! Target Family Night at the San Francisco Symphony offers the entire family an opportunity to share the joy and discovery of music making, introducing families to the wonders of a live orchestra concert. Davies Symphony Hall will open at 6:00 p.m. for refreshments and lobby entertainment, and the concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA) Residency

Artist Residency

Week of October 22 - 26

One of the highlights of our season is a series of concerts as part of a residency sponsored by Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA). During our weeklong residency we will collaborate with award-winning Mexican composer Jose Luis Hurtado. We will premier new works written by Mr. Hurtado for our ensemble and will explore the new sound of Mexican art music. Our residency will include three performances at various locations throughout San Jose. Stay tuned for our schedule and more information.

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Jose Luis Hurtado

San Francisco Symphony's Adventures in Music (AIM)

Educational Program

Spring 2008 San Francisco We will again join the San Francisco Symphony's acclaimed Adventures in Music (AIM) program for their 20th Anniversary during the 2007-2008 season! Through this amazing program, we will reach every 1st and 2nd grader in each of the San Francisco Unified School District public elementary schools -- approximately 9,000 students.

We are honored to be selected again this year as AIM ensembles can only be hired once every two years. Our work with AIM during the 2005 – 2006 academic year was so successful that the San Francisco Symphony invited their entire board of directors to watch us in action entertaining and educating kids at Buena Vista Elementary School in Bernal Heights.

If you'd like to attend one of these private concerts as our guest, please email us.

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Trinity Chamber Concerts - The Music of Mario Lavista

Chamber Music Recital

Saturday, January 5, 2008
8:00 PM

Since we first discovered Mario Lavista's wind quintet Cinco danzas breves we were so impressed by his music that we included the piece in our standard repertoire AND began to search for more of his music. Mario Lavista has won the Premio Nacional de Artes y Ciencias, the Medalla Mozart and numerous other composition awards. He founded Pauta, one of the most important music journals in Latin America. Other Bay Area musicians will join us to perform Marsias for oboe and eight crystal glasses, Cinco danzas breves and other works.

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Kohl Mansion Series

Family Concert

Friday, March 28, 2008
7:00PM

Kohl Mansion, Burlingame

We will be presenting a series of family and children's concerts as part of the Music at Kohl Mansion series. Stay tuned for more information and additional dates.

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Continued Work

Young Audiences
Educational Concerts

This year will be our fourth (4th) season as a Young Audiences of Northern California artist. Through Young Audiences we travel the greater Bay Area, bringing music to schoolchildren from Sacramento to Gilroy . We are one of Young Audience's favorite ensembles and have been featured in all of their teacher showcases since getting on their roster. If you'd like to attend one of these private concerts as our guest, please email us.

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Private Events
Entertainment

If you’d like to make your next event memorable, consider hiring Quinteto Latino to entertain and captivate your guests. Our vibrant music will set the stage for special occasions from fundraisers and museum openings to private parties and receptions. We have performed at the DeYoung Museum, the SF MoMA, and the San Jose Museum of Modern Art as well as many other diverse venues.

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About Quinteto Latino

Quinteto Latino blends the vibrant colors and vigorous rhythms of Latin American music with the sumptuous voices of the wind quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn & bassoon. Whether exploring new twists on traditional folk songs or premiering works by living composers, these five musicians perform with impeccable artistry & infectious energy - educating, enriching & entertaining listeners of all ages & backgrounds.

Founded in 2003 by French hornist Armando Castellano, this unique ensemble is passionately dedicated to a dual mission: to expand the cultural boundaries of classical music and to make that music available, relevant and inspiring to entirely new audiences.