"Vibrant, sensitive interpretation·the solo violin, piano and winds – all first rate!"

• The American Chamber Ensemble Presents Music Old And New Concert At Hofstra University
• Read the Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Notes from the American Chamber Ensemble here.
• The American Chamber Ensemble Announces Its Gala Annual Music Party And 2007/2008 Season
• The American Chamber Ensemble Presents Spring Concert at Hofstra University With Music by Amy Beach, Bernard Hermann And Ernest Chausson
• American Chamber Ensemble in Concert at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall
• The American Chamber Ensemble Presents Concert Honoring Long Island Composer Irwin Swack
• American Chamber Ensemble Announces Its Gala Annual Music Party And 2005-2006 Season
• The American Chamber Ensemble featured in June 2005 "The Clarinet": Page 1, Page 2, Page 3. (Article reprinted with permission of "The Clarinet" Magazine.)
• The American Chamber Ensemble in Concert At Hofstra University On March 20 – Celebrating 40th Anniversary And New CD
• The American Chamber Ensemble in Concert at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on March 12 – Celebrating 40th Anniversary and New CD
• New CD – the American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele – Read About It Here. Read a New Review from ClassicsToday.com Here
• New CD – the American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele – Read About It Here
• the American Chamber Ensemble Presents "Pan-American Vision" Concert at Nassau County Museum of Art
• American Chamber Ensemble Announces Its Gala Annual Music Party And 2004-2005 40th Anniversary Season
• 2005-2006 Concert Schedule 
• The American Chamber Ensemble In Concert at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall
• Ensemble-in-residence - Hofstra University 
• More than 30 important commissions & premieres from American composers 
• New CDs on Leonarda, Elysium, Soundspells, Dionysian, Gasparo and 4Tay.
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming AMERICAN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE concerts and events – jamesarts@worldnet.att.net 
• Website: http://www.jamesarts.com/ace.htm 

"...impeccable technique..."

"...Crisp and accurate in difficult music..."

• The Americas Vocal Ensemble Presents Crossing Cultures In the Americas Concerts In Queens And Manhattan
• The Americas Vocal Ensemble Presents Concert at Flushing Library in Queens, New York
• The Americas Vocal Ensemble Presents "Music From Yesterday & Today in the Americas" – See Their Beautiful Concert Poster Here
• Manhattan's St. Peter's Church Presents the Americas Vocal Ensemble in "A Hispanic Christmas Celebration"
• The Americas Vocal Ensemble Presents "Sounds of Latin America" at St. John's University in Queens
• The Americas Vocal Ensemble Presents "Music and Poetry from Latin America" at St. Peter's Church in Manhattan
• Superb 8-member ensemble performs rarely heard contemporary and folk-based vocal music of North and South America
• Performances throughout Northeast U.S. and South America
• CDs on CBS and Opus One
• Bi-lingual programs available 
• Website: http://www.americasvocalensemble.org
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming AMERICAS VOCAL ENSEMBLE concerts and events – jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

• Introducing the Chamber Orchestra of New York – Debut Concert At Zankel Hall At Carnegie Hall. Read An Epoch Times Story About Them Here.
• Read the Chamber Orchestra of New York's New Sinfonia Newsletter Here
• New York City-based orchestra dedicated to presenting the great orchestral repertoire alongside undiscovered or rarely performed gems which complement and extend the classical tradition, from early Italian legends to contemporary American masters.
• Created in the year 2006 on the 250th anniversary of the birth of W. A. Mozart.
• Established in honor of Ottorino Respighi
• Founder and Music Director Salvatore Di Vittorio
• Website: www.chamberorchestraofnewyork.org
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK concerts, CDs and events – jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

• Chamber Players International February 11 Long Island Childrens Museum Concert Presents World Renowned Pianist Mirian Conti
• Chamber Players International Musical Cuisine Concert in Old Westbury Celebrates Great Violin And Piano Sonatas of Beethoven
• Chamber Players International Announces Gala 2006 Long Island Mozart Festival, Labor Day Weekend On the Grounds of Chelsea Mansion – East Norwich, New York
• Chamber Players International Musical Cuisine Concert Celebrates Music of Liszt, Beethoven And Brahms
• Chamber Players International March 5 Musical Cuisine Concert Celebrates Special Mozart Birthday
• Chamber Players International's February 12 "Musical Cuisine" Concert Presents All-Schubert Program
• Chamber Players International's February 25 And 26 Long Island Children's Museum Concerts Present "A Hundred Years of Jazz"
• Chamber Players International Presents Special Concert Inspired by Poetry of Walt Whitman
• Quartet San Francisco in Concert on Long Island and in New York City: April 2, 3, 4
• Chamber Players International Presents March 6 Gershwin & Friends Concert
• Read the Latest Issue of BulletinNews from Chamber Players International here.
• An ensemble of 25 internationally and nationally renowned musicians who perform chamber and chamber orchestral repertory throughout the Long Island and Metropolitan New York region
• The ensemble is conceived as a community based concert provider and gives concerts throughout the region in every conceivable type of venue except a typical concert hall
• Events of the highest professional caliber occur at the Brookville Country Club – Musical Cuisine Series, 6 Sunday Champagne brunch and music events featuring a different world culture and cuisine each event.
• Community Concert Series – an ongoing series of free events taking place in hospitals and senior centers throughout the region
• Upcoming series will include programs with guest chamber orchestras from Florence and Rome Italy
• New programs at New York City based consulates and embassies featuring works by composers from those host country institutions
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming Chamber Players International concerts and events - jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
• Website: http://chamberplayersinternational.com

"The ultimate in Pomp and Circumstance"

• Christmas Time is Here CD from Koch International Classics
• American Anthems CD on Koch International Classics
• 28-piece ensemble 
• Performances at Lincoln Center and festivals throughout New York City and tri-state area 
• Pops Concerts, major corporate events, splenderous music for weddings and festivals 
• 2-time Champion Brass Band of North America 
• Website: http://www.gramercybrass.com/
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming GRAMERCY BRASS ORCHESTRA concerts and events - jamesarts@worldnet.att.net 

• Illustrious history dates from early 19th Century
• Concerts conducted by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Koussevitsky, Kondrashin and Rozhdestvensky
• Soloists have included Wieniawski, Richter, Rostropovich, Sarasate, Chaliapin and many other legends
• Concerts at the lovely and intimate Philharmonic Hall
• Recordings on Angelok1
• Website: www.jamesarts.com/KHRKVPHILWEBPAGE.htm
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming KHARKOV PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA concerts and events – jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

• Downtown Music Productions Presents Quintessence – February 19 Concert Features Lumina String Quartet
• Saint Andrew Music Society And Lumina String Quartet Present All-Russian Concert
• Learn More About Their Annual Chamber Music Institute Here
• Lumina String Quartet Presents Chamber Music Institute For Young Musicians – August 8 To 21 in Stamford, Ct
• Lumina String Quartet Presents Three August Concerts And Chamber Music Institute For Young Musicians in Stamford, Connecticut
• Lumina String Quartet Presents "Connecticut Yankees in the Khan's Tatar Court" Concert of Music by American And Tatar Composers
• Read the Trip Diary From Lumina Quartet's Recent Visit to the Europe/Asia 2005 Festival of Modern Music in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia here.
• Lumina String Quartet is Quartet-in-residence at Norwalk Community College
• Lumina's Chamber Music Institute for Young Musicians, Inc. is in its 8th year as a year-round training academy for string quartets.
• Participating in numerous International Festivals
• Repertory ranges from the baroque to contemporary, with an emphasis on Russian composers
• Website: http://www.jamesarts.com/lumina/



For more information, email Jeffrey James — jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

"The Palisades Virtuosi is an ensemble ... cares deeply about connecting living composers with living audiences. It plays well-known music, too, but the heart of every one of its concerts is the premiere of a commissioned work ... "

"Perfect in every sense, the Palisades Virtuosi marries past with present; artistry with heart."

"Thank(s to) all of you for a wonderful performance...Not only were we thrilled with your performance of Four Movements for Virtuosi, but the entire program was beautifully played and well planned...It was a pleasure to be there, to listen to you, and meet you."

• Palisades Virtuosi Presents Anniversaries – Season Opening Concert, Featuring World Premiere of New Work by Brian Schober
• Read a New Review of the Palisades Virtuosi's New American Masters, Volume 1
• Read About the Palisades Virtuosi's Recent and Upcoming Concerts Here
• Read the Fall 2007 issue of From the Palisades here.
• See the Palisades Virtuosi Honor Roll of Commissioned Composers Here.
• Subscription Concert Series at Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, New Jersey
• Palisades Virtuosi in Recital on High Point Records. Listen to Sound Samples Here.
• Palisades Virtuosi – New American Masters, Volume I on Albany Records. Read a NewMusicBox Review Here and a New Hampshire Reformer Review Here.
• Website: http://www.palisadesvirtuosi.org/

"...Parthenia, a glowing group of viol players that is one of the brightest lights in New York's early-music scene. "

"Parthenia, a first-rate consort of viols... illuminated Purcell's counterpoint wonderfully... [and] the group's sound combined warmth and precision."

"... welcome under any circumstances - the excellent viol consort Parthenia."

"[Parthenia's European debut in Regensburg, Germany was]... one of the finest concerts of the 1994 Alter Musik Festival."

• Dynamic quartet of renaissance viols, exploring the extraordinary repertory for viols from Tudor England to the court of Versailles to the 21st Century.
• Known for its remarkable sense of ensemble and ethereal sound, Parthenia is presented in concerts across America.
• early music specialists.
• Featured on radio and television, and in prestigious festivals and series including Music Before 1800, Maverick Concerts and the Regensburg Tage Alter Musik.
• Commissions, premieres and records many new works by composers such as Phil Kline, Brian Fennelly, Max Lifchitz, Kristin Norderval, Will Ayton, Frances White, Paul Richards, David Glaser, Randy Sandke, John Stone, Nicholas Patterson, and others, with the support of various grants.
• Popular touring programs, including, "When Music and Sweet Poetry Agree," - a unique collaboration with actor Paul Hecht and soprano Jacqueline Horner, celebrating Shakespearean poetry and music.
• CDs include "Within the Labyrinth," "A Reliquary for William Blake," and "Trumpet After Dark."
• Website - http://www.parthenia.org/

For more information, email Jeffrey James — jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

"Their virtuosity, balances, articulation and intonation mark them as one of the world's top wind quintets. I have never heard finer playing."

• Quintet of the Americas in Concert at Utah's Brigham Young University
• Quintet of the Americas On Tour in Oregon And California. Read a Review of the California Concert Here.
• Quintet of the Americas To Present Borrowing the Theme Concert at Flushing Library, Including Music by Queens Composers James Cohn And Gaudencio Thiago De Mello
• Quintet of the Americas To Perform at September 11 Memorial Ceremony at Ground Zero
• Quintet of the Americas in Concert As Part of Womens Work Concert Series Featuring Music of Beth Anderson
• Quintet of the Americas In Concert As Part of Wall To Wall Stravinsky at New York's Symphony Space
• Quintet of the Americas In Concert at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Manhattan
• Quintet of the Americas In Concert at Langston Hughes Community Library And Cultural Center
• Quintet of the Americas Receives Meet the Composer/JPMorganChase Regrant Program For Small Ensembles Award.
• Quintet of the Americas In Concert at New York University
• Quintet of the Americas in Concert on April 19 at New York's Merkin Concert Hall
• Quintet of the Americas in Two New York Metro Area Concerts
• New CD From Quintet of the Americas – Karel Husa – Recollections – Read About It Here. Read a Review Here. Read a Review Here.
• CD Release: Dancing in Colombia With Quintet of the Americas. Read a review here.
• Long recognized as leading interpreters of folk and contemporary wind quintet music of North and South America
• Extensive touring throughout Western Hemisphere
• Three time recipients Chamber Music America Residency Program Grants
• Two time recipients ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming Awards
• CDs on MSR Classics, New World Records, Newport Classics, Opus One, XLNT, CRI and MMC
• Participants in composer Kevin James Portraits Project performances
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming QUINTET OF THE AMERICAS concerts and events – jamesarts@worldnet.att.net 
• Visit the Quintet's MySpace page
• Website: http://www.quintet.org

For more information, email Jeffrey James — jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

"The Young Eight is an energetic ensemble with particularly good blending and great warmth and sound."

• MEMBERS OF The Young Eight in Benefit Concert at George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, Texas
• Read a New Seattle Times Article About the Young Eight Here And See Their New Videos On Youtube Here.
• Members of The Young Eight in Concert On June 25 at George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, Texas
• The Young Eight To Host String Seminar From June 26 To July 2, 2006 at University of Texas at Austin
• Members of the Young Eight in Benefit Concert at George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, Texas
• Members of the Young Eight at New York's Bloomingdale School of Music For March 2 Concert
• ANnouncing the Young Eight 2005 Emerging Composers Competition
• SEattle Weekly Magazine Names the Young Eight String Octet "Best New Classical Ensemble". Read About the Group in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Read the Premiere issue of Young Eight News here.
• New Article About the Young Eight in Strings Magazine
• Announcing the Young Eight 2005 Emerging Composers Competition
• Seattle Weekly Magazine Names the Young Eight String Octet "Best New Classical Ensemble". Read About the Group in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Read a New Article About the Women of the Young Eight in Bahiyah Woman Magazine
• The Young Eight To Host String Seminar
• Seattle Weekly Magazine Names the Young Eight String Octet "Best New Classical Ensemble" Read About the Group in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
• Young Eight Recital at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
• The Young Eight in Concert At Seattle's Benaroya Hall And Other Area Venues
• The Young Eight Presents Two Concerts in Austin, Texas
• Rainier Symphony Classical III Concerts Feature Violin Soloist Quinton Morris
• The Young Eight is a group of African American string players from the Boston Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Indiana University, the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, New England Conservatory of Music and Peabody Conservatory of Music
• Critically acclaimed octet is dedicated to exposing various communities to the arts through classical music. in the four years since its inception, the Young Eight has established itself as one of the next generation's most dynamic and energetic chamber ensembles presenting various performances in New York City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, and Austin, among others
• Performed its Seattle Symphony Benaroya Hall Chamber Music Recital Debut in June 2003 and is returning this June
• Currently String Octet in Residence at Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, Texas and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Twin Lake, Michigan
• Hosting an Emerging Composer Competition and Black College Tour in Spring 2006.
• Give us your email address so we can keep you informed of upcoming Young Eight concerts and events – jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
• Website: http://www.theyoungeight.com/