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Toomai’s Summer + Planning the 2011-2012 Season

The 2010-2011 concert season is coming to an end, and while it has been an excellent year, we are hard at work planning activities for next season! This summer, individual members of Toomai will be attending various summer programs, such…

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Reflections from Horizon Juvenile Center

Last week, we completed our mini-residency at the Bronx’s Horizon Juvenile Center in collaboration with Found Sound Nation and Carnegie Hall.  Toomai made multiple visits to the detention center, where we worked with twelve young residents.  We demonstrated our instruments…

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New Website + January performances at NYC Correctional Facilities!

Toomai is pleased to announce our new website, thanks to Peter Wise of Square Candy Design!  Please browse the new site for audio files, photos, and more! We have always enjoyed playing community engagement programs — for the last three…

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Toomai warmly welcomes new violinist, Pala Garcia!

Toomai is excited to announce our new violinist, Pala Garcia!  After two years of living in Munich as an academy fellow with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Pala’s back in New York and we feel extremely lucky to play with her.…

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May 16th, 6 PM @ Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City

The Toomai String Quintet will make its second appearance in Jersey City as part of the fabulous Con Vivo Chamber Music Series.  We will be presenting a concert featuring a quintet by the 19th Century French composer Georges Onslow, a…

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Toomai performs at Issue Project Room, March 17th @ 8:00 PM

  We are excited to perform at the wonderful Brooklyn venue, Issue Project Room.  We hope to see you there!  Here are the details: Location:  323 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Time:  March 17th, 8:00 PM $15 Program: Jessica Pavone:  Selections…

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Happy Holidays!

  Hi Everyone! Toomai has had an adventurous month of December! We had a great time performing in Montego Bay, Jamaica! It was lots of fun playing new repertoire in such a beautiful setting. This past week Toomai had a…

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