NFAC: Rites of Spring Festival with Toomai String Quintet

The North Fork Arts Center presents the Rites of Spring Music Festival featuring the Toomai String Quintet on Saturday, Sept. 13. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 9:30 p.m. The Toomai String Quintet, known for championing works by Latin American composers, will perform music from Cuba, Mexico, and beyond in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The program includes works by early 20th-century composers such as Ernesto Lecuona and Manuel Ponce, as well as current-day compositions by Tania León, Paquito D’Rivera, and Adonis Gonzalez-Matos. Formed in 2007 at The Juilliard School, the quintet is named after Rudyard Kipling’s short story “Toomai of the Elephants”. The quintet members are violinists Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Fortes, violist George Meyer, cellist Hamilton Berry, and bassist Andrew Roitstein. The cost to attend is $25.