Recent Performance History

Concerts:
QuinTango's recent concert highlights include:

     soloists with Charleston (SC) Symphony (September 2001)
     Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Center, U. of MD (September 2001)
     Music in the Mansion at Strathmore Hall (October 2001)
     Piccolo Spoleto Festival - Charleston, SC (June 2001)
     The National Building Museum - Tango Festival 2001 (May 2001)
     Armand Hammer Auditorium, Corcoran Gallery of Art (May 2001)
     Pro-Art Residency, Wise, VA (April 2001)
     Glen Allen Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia - (January 2001)
     John F. Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival - (September 2000)
     Virginia Highlands Festival - (August 2000)
     The Smithsonian Institution - Jorge Luis Borges Centennial Celebration
        (October 1999)
     The National Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica - 9th International Festival
        (August 1999)
     The White House - Command Performance (January 1999)

Concerts were also given at the Organization of American States, the Embassy of Argentina, the Institute of Musical Traditions, the Meridian International Center, Earlham College, Salisbury University, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (To view and listen to the Kennedy Center concert, visit www.quintango.com )

Collaborations:
QuinTango has collaborated in concert with master bandoneonist Raul Jaurena of the New York Tango Trio and singer Marga Mitchell, bandoneonist Daniel Diaz of Tango Camerata, actors and tango dancers Robert Duvall and Pablo Veron, tango dancers Carolina Zokalski and Diego DiFalco and three-time world champion ballroom dancers The Savoys. QuinTango performed with the Kathy Harty Gray Dance Theatre in two modern dance programs choreographed to QuinTango's music. QuinTango is currently collaborating with Juan Carlos Rincones and Rincones & Co.. At the request of Washington Performing Arts Society Concerts in Schools, QuinTango developed a multi-cultural, bi-lingual educational program for elementary schools. A program for grades 7-12 , "Tango and Jazz," was premiered in March, 2001. QuinTango, in collaboration with Pro-Art and the Virginia Arts Commission, brought tango to Appalachia in a Spring 2001 residency in Wise, VA. In September 2001 QuinTango made its debut as symphony soloists in two concerts with the Charleston (SC) Symphony.

Radio and Television:
QuinTango director Joan Singer was featured recently in two NPR interviews (WETA and WAMU). QuinTango's performance for radio station WSCL's Celebration of Music! was broadcast on NPR. Selected portions of QuinTango's White House performance were broadcast on CNN and featured on NPR's Morning Edition. Currently NPR is using QuinTango sound bites in various program formats.

International Performances:
In August 1999, QuinTango made its international debut at the 9^th International Festival of Music in Costa Rica, where it performed six concerts. The group will perform four concerts in Normandy, France, in April 2002.

For information about bookings and additional press photos, please contact Joan Singer at 703-548-6811 (voice mail and fax) or by email. QuinTango's web site may be visited at www.quintango.com.