QuinTango Fact Sheet 

Performer:	QuinTango -- 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano
Genre:	Concert Tango Music (with narrative commentary)
Programs:	Concerts Educational programs Pops Concert with Symphony Orchestra
Requirement:	Tuned grand piano, 2 speaking microphones.
Concerts:	The White House, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (U.MD), Kravis Center (W. Palm Beach), Embassy of Argentina, Organization of American States, U.S. Department of State, The Smithsonian Institution, The National Building Museum, The Corcoran Gallery (Armand Hammer Auditorium), Strathmore Hall Mansion, Avalon and Barter Theaters, National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Festivals and Residencies	Midsummer's Night Swing Festival - 2007 (Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC, NY); Piccolo Spoleto Festival - 2000 - 2007 (Charleston, S.C.); American Embassy Buenos Aires, Argentina - 2004, 2005; Stillwater, OK Residency - 2005; Sherwood Anderson Festival - 2005; Pro-Arts Residency - 2000, 2005; Chamber Music America Residency (Craven and Carteret Counties, N.C.) - 2003; Festival of Arts in Southwest Virginia - 2003; John F. Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival - 2002.International Festivals of Costa Rica - 1999, 2002; Virginia Highlands Festival - 1999, 2002.
Affiliations:	Teaching Artist Workshop Program, Washington Performing Artist Society Virginia Commission for the Arts Touring Artist Concerts in Schools Artist, Washington Performing Arts Society Arts for Every Student In-School Artist (Washington, D.C.) Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Grant Recipient, 2003-4 MidAtlantic Arts Touring Artist Embassy Adoption Program Artist, Washington Performing Arts Society
Performance collaborations:	Actors/dancers Robert Duvall and Pablo Veron (star of The Tango Lesson and Tango Argentino) Grammy-nominated bandoneonist Raul Jaurena (NY Tango Trio), bandoneonists Hector Del Curto (music director of Forever Tango) and Tito Castro, guitarist Pancho Navarro The National Building Museum - Tango Festival 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Solo performances with symphony:	Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, 2006 Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes, Culiacán, Mexico, 2005 Wichita Symphony, January-February 2004 Ars Flores Orchestra, January 2003 Augusta (GA) Symphony, February 2003 Charleston Symphony, September 2001
Press quotes:	"The night was cold, windy and wet, but the music was definitely hot." Richmond Times Dispatch "Refined and elegant . . . exceptional mastery . . . impressive sonority . . . sensuality and tenderness . . . brilliant . . . admirable precision." La Nación, San Jose, Costa Rica "For haunting melody, rhythm that makes every part of your anatomy move, and a feeling of warmth and enthusiasm, QuinTango is downright wonderful. Talk about a great evening!" Robert Jones, Spoleto Critic for Charleston Post and Courier "Dramatic power, sublime lyricism . . . rousing . . . brooding . . . plenty of passion . . . a certain playfulness and vitality . . . deeply soulful tone." The Washington Post "One of the world's best tango orchestras" The Hagerstown Exponent "One of Washington's finest instrumental ensembles." The Washington Post
Discography:	QuinTango, (1998); Secret Places (2000); To Buenos Aires with Love (2003); QuinTango Live! (2005). Available at www.quintango.com, amazon.com, and cdbaby.com
Fees	Educational - $1000 Lecture/Demo - $1500 Concerts - $3500 - $5500 Symphony Performance - $6000 Please contact QuinTango for details.
Contact	Joan Singer (703) 548-6811 812 W. Braddock Rd. Alexandria, VA 22302 e-mail: email URL: www.quintango.com July 2003
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