2007-2008

PERCUSSION FEAST! - 2008 GALA CONCERT

Featuring Mexican percussion ensemble TAMBUCO

June 6, 2008 @ 7pm

Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center - NY

Eduardo Gamboa, Fanfarria (U.S. Premiere)

Jan Jarvlepp, Garbage Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (NY Premiere)

Silvestre Revueltas, La Noche de los Mayas

BRASILEIRO!

Featuring Maria Fernanda Castillo, Flute

April 10, 2008 @ 7pm
New York City Town Hall - NY

Clarice Assad, Brazilian Fanfare
Lalo Schiffrin, Concierto Caribeño for Flute
Paul Brantley, Electric Fan
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7

NIÑOS CONCERT

Featuring 14 year-old pianists Lilian Finckel and Jeremy Cohen

February 29, March 1 - 2008
El Museo del Barrio, NY

Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2

PS 187, 3rd and 4th Grades, Carnival of the Composers (arr. Pedro da Silva)

Camille Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals

NO BORDERS CONCERT TOUR




Featuring Venezuelan pianist Ana Karina Alamo

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Washington, D.C. 
November 28, 2007

Palacio de Bellas Artes – Mexico City, Mexico
November 24, 2007

The Meyerson Symphony Center – hosted by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra –
Dallas, TX
November 20, 2007

George Gershwin, Cuban Overture
Edward Macdowell, Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Enrico Chapela, Ínguesu
Astor Piazolla, Otoño Porteño, Invierno Porteño
Silvestre Revueltas, Sensemayá

Side-By-Side televised Concert with Children’s Orchestra of Mexico – Mexico City, Mexico
November 26, 2007

Ginastera, Estancia Suite

Arturo Márquez, Danzón no. 2

Leonard Bernstein, Mambo from West Side Story

George Gershwin, Cuban Overture

Jean Sibelius, Finlandia

Skirball Center for the Performing Arts - NY
November 15, 2007
Sala Nezahualcóyotl – Mexico City, Mexico
November 25, 2007

Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2
Edward MacDowell, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor

Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
Enrico Chapela, Ínguesu

Bosque de Chapultepec – Private Event – Mexico City, Mexico
November 22, 2007

Aaron Copeland, Appalachian Spring

Jean Sibelius, Finlandia

Anonymous, Hymn to Chapultepec (1909)

Astor Piazolla, Otoño Porteño, Invierno Porteño

2006-2007

SUMMER CONCERT 2007
Featuring Venezuelan pianist Ana Karina Alamo and Puerto Rican Tenor Joel Prieto

Stowe Summer Music Festival - Vermont
August 16 and 18, 2007

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture Marriage of Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

Heckscher Theater, El Museo del Barrio- NY
August 21, 2007

Astor Piazzolla, Adios Nonino
Gloachino Rossini, Ecco ridenti in cielo from II Barbiere di Siviglia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon from Die Zauberflote
Rafael Hernández (arr. Arturo Rodríguez), Lamento Borincano, Ausencia, and Silencio
Gaetano Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima

Eduardo Marturet, Canto llano

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

2007 GALA CONCERT



Featuring Paquito D’Rivera

Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala Concert- NY
June 12, 2007

George Gershwin, Cuban Overture

Paquito D’Rivera, Fantasias Mesianicas (Blues for Akok)

Paquito D’Rivera, Memories (Danzón)

Martin Capella, Ixbalanqué (World Premiere) (Winning piece of the first POA Young Composers Competition)

Silvestre Revueltas, Sensemayá

Alberto Ginastera, Estancia Dances, Op. 8A

BRAZILIAN CONCERT



Featuring Brasil Guitar Duo

Miller Theatre Concert - NY
April 5, 2007

Mark Bergman, "Dance of the Americas" - New York Premiere 

Douglas Lora , “Brazilian Fugues” - New York Premiere

Jacob do Bandolim, “Doce de Coco” arranged  R. Sion /J. Luiz  

Egberto Gismonti, “7 Aneis” 

Jose Moncayo, “Homenaje a Cervantes” 

Arturo Márquez, “Danzón No. 4”            

Aaron Copland, “Three Latin American Sketches"

POA ANNIVERSARY CONCERT



Featuring Mexican pianist Eugenio Toussaint

Tribeca Performing Arts Center- NY
December 13th, 2006

Perez Prado, Mambo Suite (arr. Eugenio Toussaint)

Eugenio Toussaint, Concerto for Improvised Piano (US Premiere)

Astor Piazzolla, Tres Movimientos Tanguísticos Porteños

Osvaldo Golijov, Second Round

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sinfonietta No. 1

2005-2006

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Featuring Mexican flutist Horacio Franco

Stowe Summer Music Festival - NY
August 25th and 26th

Giovanni Batista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 - Arr. John Krance

Mark Bergman, Dance of Americas (North American premiere)

Aaron Copland, Old American Songs

María Greever (Arr.Horacio Uribe),  Alma MiaCortazar

Esperón (Arr. Horacio Uribe), Traigo un Amor

St. Peters Church
August 29th, 2006

Arturo Rodríguez, Canto en la Noche (World premiere)

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto No.3 Op.10 in D major “Il Gardelino”

Astor Piazzolla (Arr. José Bragato), Otoño Porteño & Invierno Porteño (From 4 Estaciones Porteñas)

Mario Lavista, Reflejos de la Noche (1986)

Eugenio Toussaint, Danza de la Ciudad

LINCOLN CENTER DEBUT



Featuring Venezuelan double bassist Edicson Ruiz

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center - NY
June 8th 2006

Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Encantamento

Paul Desenne, The Bass Concerto (World Premiere)

Astor Piazzolla, Tangazo

Silvestre Revueltas, Suite from Redes (arr. Erich Kleiber)

Leonard Bernstien, Overture to West Side Story (arr. Maurice Peress)

2004-2005

SUMMER CONCERT 2005
Stowe Summer Music Festival
Stowe, Vermont - August 28, 2005

Silvestre Revueltas, Ocho Por Radio

W.A. Mozart, Horn Concerto No.4 K49

Silvestre Revueltas, Homenaje A Federico Garcia Lorca

Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite, Original Version

Debut Concert at Mexico Now! Festival
Town Hall in New York City
November 30, 2004

Arturo Marquez - Danzón No. 2
Mario Lavista - Clepsydra

Enrico Chapela -  Inguesu (US Premiere)
Ernesto Villa-Lobos -  La Promesa Del Guerrero (World Premiere)