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For more information about these programs, call 713-524-5050 or email boxoffice@dacamera.com.
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BEYOND THE CONCERT HALL:
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Da Camera of Houston presents a variety of programs intended to enhance the appreciation of chamber music and jazz, and to make music a part of everyday life. These programs include:
- A Little Day Music series of free concerts at the Wortham Center
- Stop, Look and Listen! family concerts at The Menil Collection
- The Guest Speaker Series of pre-concert talks
- Mentors in Music master classes
- the Young Artist Program, a chamber music and jazz professional development program for instrumentalists, singers and composers.
- the annual Community Residency Project, this season bringin clarinetist Anat Cohen to Houston for an extended visits to work with young musicians, senior citizens and other members of the Houston community.
- Da Camera in Your School concerts featuring jazz drummer/educator Samuel Dinkins III.
A LITTLE DAY MUSIC
Downtown workers, schools, seniors and day
care centers are among the many who enjoy Da Camera’s free lunchtime concerts on the first Wednesday of each month, October through May, at noon in the lobby of the Wortham Theater Center (500 Texas at Smith). Bring your lunch and enjoy the wide variety of artists and ensembles presented this season. A Little Day Music is sponsored by Waste Management. The media sponsor is KUHF 88.7 FM.
2010/2011 Schedule
October 6 -- Celebrate Mexico with the Sam Dinkins III Jazz Quartet
November 3 -- Da Camera Young Artists
December 1 -- Holiday Jazz
February 2 -- Tim Hester and Friends
March 2 -- Da Camera Young Artists
April 6 -- Jazz pianist Jose Miguel Yamal and Friends
May 4 -- HSPVA Choir
Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more. Please call 713-524-7601 or email outreach@dacamera.com.
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN
Da Camera and The Menil Collection present free family concerts
This concert series on The Menil Collection campus has quickly
become a popular family event. Combine a visit to the museum (where admission is always free) with an interactive and informative concert. The Menil Collection is located at 1515 Sul Ross, with free parking in the lot on West Alabama between Mandell and Mulberry.
October 16, 2010, 3pm -- Vivaldi in the Twombly
Inspired by Cy Twombly’s love of Vivaldi, harpsichordist Matthew Dirst and Friends present a program featuring music of Antonio Vivaldi and his peers.
November 20, 2010, 3pm -- Encounter Music and Art:
Da Camera Young Artists
Da Camera’s Young Artists perform repeated “thumbnail” concerts at various locations throughout The Menil Collection campus.
March 12, 2011, 3pm -- Da Camera Young Artists
The Young Artists return with a new adventurous program of chamber music.
April 2, 2011, 3pm -- Family Drum Circle and Jazz Concert
with Sam Dinkins
In conjunction with the Menil Neighborhood Arts Festival and Jazz Appreciation Month.
GUEST SPEAKER SERIES -- PRE-CONCERT TALKS
Explore the music and the composers in pre-concert talks as prominent critics and writers share their insights into the masterworks you are about to hear. Concert tickets required. For tickets, call 713-524-5050 or subscribe now!
2010/2011 Season Speakers
Walter Frisch, award-winning author of German Modernism: Music and the Arts
Pre-concert talk for
Sarah Rothenberg’s The Blue Rider: Kandinsky and Music
Saturday, January 29, 2011; 7:00 pm
Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Members of the St. Lawrence Quartet and Sarah Rothenberg
Pre-concert conversation for St. Lawrence String Quartet: Adams and Beethoven
Friday, March 4, 2011; 7:00 pm
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Cellist Raphael Merlin and Sarah Rothenberg
Pre-concert conversation for
Ebene Quartet: Fin-De-Siecle Paris
Friday, April 15, 2011; 7:00 pm
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Pre-concert talk for
Folk Songs Transformed: Old Into New
Saturday, May 7, 2011; 7:00 pm
Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
MENTORS IN MUSIC MASTER CLASSES
Da Camera has a long-standing tradition of offering master classes with renowned chamber music and jazz artists for local high school and university music students. The students perform and then receive invaluable coaching from these veteran artists, who often have extensive teaching experience. The following classes are open to the public. Call for details.
Vibraphonist Stefon Harris
Saturday, January 22, 10 AM
Wortham Center
Soprano Susan Narucki
Thursday , January 27, 2011
Cullen Hall, Univ. of St. Thomas
Violist Kim Kashkashian
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Cullen Hall, Univ. of St. Thomas
Violinist Geoff Nuttal
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Cullen Hall, Univ. of St. Thomas
Pianist Jeremy Denk
Monday, March 28, 2011
Cullen Hall, Univ. of St. Thomas
DA CAMERA GOES TO YOUR SCHOOL
Jazz performances featuring drummer and music educator Sam Dinkins III
Da Camera of Houston offers in-school performances by esteemed educator, bandleader and percussionist Sam Dinkins III. Introduce your students to jazz through one of Dinkins’ original one-hour programs, including “Cartoon Jazz,” “The African American Experience” and “The History of Jazz.” Sam Dinkins is an award-winning educator who has performed on Da Camera’s outreach events throughout the Houston area. For booking and pricing information, call (713) 524-7601 ext. 18 or email outreach@dacamera.com.
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SPONSORS
Da Camera of Houston’s education and outreach activities are supported by: The Boeing Company, Continental Airlines, H-E-B Tournament of Champions, Kinder Morgan Foundation, Target, Union Pacific, Waste Management, Whole Foods Market, The Williams Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Cullen Foundation, Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust, Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Houston Endowment, Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, Immanuel & Helen B. Olshan Foundation, The Powell Foundation, John T. Shea Foundation, The Simmons Foundation, The Wortham Foundation, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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