Sarah Rothenberg Artistic Director

2024 - 2025 Season

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Telegraph Quartet: New Worlds

Telegraph Quartet: New Worlds

  • Tuesday | December 10 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “powerfully adept… with a combination of brilliance and subtlety,” the Telegraph Quartet was awarded the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Music of Beethoven, Weinberg and Schoenberg.

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Vanisha Gould Quartet

Vanisha Gould Quartet

  • Sunday | January 12 | 2 sets: 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
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  • Eldorado Ballroom

Inspired by artists like Billie Holiday, and Joni Mitchell, vocalist Vanisha Gould has “a tone dripping with humor, knowledge and pathos,” says Downbeat.

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Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix

Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix

  • Saturday | January 25 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

After her astonishing, high-energy DACAMERA debut at Miller Outdoor Theatre, we couldn’t wait for Lakecia Benjamin – the 2024 JJA Jazz Awards Alto Saxophonist of the Year – to make her first jazz series appearance!

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Alexandre Kantorow, piano

Alexandre Kantorow, piano

  • Tuesday | January 28 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

The winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition, the first French pianist to win the Gold Medal, also receiving the Grand Prix, makes his first Houston appearance with a thrilling program of romantic transformations.

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Thomas Adès: Musical Alchemy

Thomas Adès: Musical Alchemy

  • Tuesday | February 11 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

In this rare composer portrait, composer and pianist Adès and an ensemble of champions of his music gather to explore his works for solo piano and chamber ensemble, and two of his musical touchstones, Schubert and Janáček.

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Emi Ferguson, flute; Immanuel Wilkins Quartet and Ruckus

Emi Ferguson, flute; Immanuel Wilkins Quartet and Ruckus

  • Friday | February 14 | 7:30 PM
  • Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

The shape-shifting baroque ensemble Ruckus and captivating flutist Emi Ferguson are back, joined by one of jazz’s young leading lights, the explosively inventive saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, for music of Telemann and George Lewis, and the world premiere of Roscoe Mitchell’s Metropolis Trilogy.

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Vijay Iyer Trio

Vijay Iyer Trio

  • Saturday | March 1 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

By overwhelming consensus, pianist Vijay Iyer’s trio with Linda May Han Oh on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums has become one of the pivotal jazz bands of the twenty-first century.

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Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Tyshawn Sorey, guest composer

Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Tyshawn Sorey, guest composer

  • SPECIAL EVENT
  • Monday | March 3 | 7:30 PM
  • Tueday | March 4 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer returns to Houston with a new work composed for Sarah Rothenberg. DACAMERA subscribers will have priority access to the limited number of tickets for this special event, on sale in early 2025.

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Amina Scott Quartet

Amina Scott Quartet

  • Sunday | March 23 | 2 sets: 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
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  • Eldorado Ballroom

On her adventurous debut recording, Where The Wild Seed Grows, the exceptionally talented New Orleans-based bass player Amina Scott draws inspiration from pioneering novelist Octavia Butler.

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Merz Trio: Night Songs

Merz Trio: Night Songs

  • Monday | March 31 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

Hailed as “entrancing” (BBC Music Magazine) and “artists in the deepest sense of the word” (CutCommon), Merz Trio – winners of the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff and Chesapeake Competitions – are known for their inventive programming. Join them as they search for song in night’s darkness, with music from Hildegard von Bingen to Brahms and Schumann.

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Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Marcus Gilmore

Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Marcus Gilmore

  • Friday | April 11 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and pop allure. From jazz to R&B, and pop/rock and hip-hop/neo-soul to classical, nine-time GRAMMY-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader Christian McBride is a luminary with one hand ever reaching for new heights. In all of his playing, drummer/composer Marcus Gilmore integrates a unique style where he is musically expanding rhythm, while supporting the diverse array of the finest musicians in the world with whom he plays.

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Meta4 Quartet

Meta4 Quartet

  • Monday | April 21 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

Meta4 returns to DACAMERA with a dynamic program of vivid musical contrasts: Kaija Saariaho’s second quartet, Terra Memoria; composed “for those departed”; Shostakovich’s riveting Quartet No. 4 and Ravel’s colorful quartet– eagerly embraced by listeners since its first performance in 1904.

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Lizz Wright

Lizz Wright

  • Friday | May 9 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Through an inimitable voice that The New York Times touts as “a smooth, dark alto possessed of qualities you might associate with barrel-aged bourbon or butter-soft leather,” acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright’s singing is a soaring reflection of the cultural fabric of America.

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New Jazz Underground

New Jazz Underground

  • Sunday | May 18 | 2 sets: 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
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  • Eldorado Ballroom

New Jazz Underground is a defining voice in jazz and beyond. The trio gained recognition through viral videos showcasing their chemistry, musicality, and raw ambition.

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