Our mission is to inspire individuals and enrich communities through diverse and inventive musical experiences.
UPCOMING EVENTS
DACAMERA YOUNG ARTISTS: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Tuesday, April 16 | 7 PM
Czech Center Museum Houston
DACAMERA Young Artists play late Beethoven as part of a book club discussion of Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Details on this and other free events here.
UNSILENT SPRING | Music and Our Changing Planet
Etienne Charles Earth Tones
Friday, Apr. 19 | 8:00 PM
Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Pre-concert conversation with Etienne Charles and Music for New Bodies creators Matthew Aucoin at 7:00 PM
In this world premiere, the enterprising jazz trumpeter-composer unveils his newest multimedia creation. Employing sounds, stories, images and film from the Maldives islands, the Louisiana wetlands and Galveston, Charles incorporates musical styles and musicians from at-risk coastal communities
UNSILENT SPRING | Music and Our Changing Planet
Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars: Music for New Bodies
Saturday, Apr. 20 | 8:00 PM
Brockman Hall for Opera, Shepherd School of Music
Music for New Bodies is inspired by the visionary poetry of Jorie Graham, addressing some of the most urgent questions of our time. A 360-degree portrait of the moment we are living in, a piece that brings together questions of environmental responsibility, scientific progress and the ethics of humanity’s questionable quest to surpass the human.
Post-concert conversation with Matthew Aucoin, Peter Sellars and Joseph Campana, poet and director of the Center for Environmental Studies at Rice, moderated by Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg
