ANNUAL FUND

Your support ensures that DACAMERA’s programs, both in the concert hall and beyond, remain a vital part of Houston’s cultural landscape.

You can make a gift to DACAMERA online. Click here to visit our secure online contribution page. Thank you for your support.

For more information, please contact the Development department at (713) 524-7601.

$100 MEMBER
$250 PERFORMER

  • Recognition in program book
  • Fully tax deductible

$500 IMPROVISER

  • Recognition in program book
  • Subscribers receive complimentary self-parking passes at the Theater District Parking Garage or the Hobby Center Garage for all DACAMERA concerts in the Theater District
  • Fair Market Value: $114

$1,000 COMPOSER

  • Recognition in program book
  • Complimentary valet parking for all of DACAMERA’s downtown concerts
  • Private intermission and post-concert receptions with the artists (when available)
  • Reserved priority seating for Menil Collection concerts
  • VIP ticket purchase and exchange service
  • Fair Market Value: $144

$2,500 ENSEMBLE MEMBER

  • All the benefits of the Composer level, plus
  • Invitations to private house concerts throughout the season
  • Fair Market Value: $184

$5,000 VIRTUOSO

  • All benefits of the Ensemble and Composer levels, plus
  • Priority notice of DACAMERA special events including the Gala (ticket purchase required)
  • Fair Market Value: $184

$10,000 BENEFACTOR

  • All benefits of the Virtuoso, Ensemble and Composer levels, plus
  • Concert or event underwriter recognition
  • Fair Market Value: $184

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT FUND

The Artistic Development Fund provides the essential seed money supporting original productions, recordings, the commissioning and performance of new works, artist residencies, and new, innovative forms of concert presentation.

COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES and PRODUCTIONS made possible through Artistic Development Fund support

2014-15

Jason Moran Homecoming Residency Year 1
Jason Moran Holed Up*^
Missy Mazzoli Song from the Uproar
Sacred Visions with lighting designer Jennifer Tipton

2015-16

Sarah Rothenberg A Proust Sonata*~
The Colorado – film and live performance with music by John Luther Adams, William Brittelle, Glen Kotche, Paola Prestini and Shara Worden^~
Jason Moran Homecoming Residency Year 2
Imani Winds Passion for Bach and Coltrane
Orlando Consort The Passion of Joan of Arc

2016-17

Vijay Iyer Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi with International Contemporary Ensemble
Jason Moran In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall
Jason Moran Homecoming Residency Year 3
Bach: Art of the Fugue with Brentano Quartet
MIX at the MATCH mini-series

2017-18

Wartime Stories: music of Steve Reich and Olivier Messiaen; video: Mihai Cucu; lighting: Jennifer Tipton*~

2018-19

Sarah Rothenberg Vienna 1900: In the Garden of Dreams*~

 2019-20

Bon Appetit! – Music of Ravel, Poulenc, and Lee Hoiby
Sarah Rothenberg A Woman’s Life: The Diary of Virginia Woolf*~

2020-21

Seeing Color, Hearing Time: Virtual series on music and art streamed from the Menil Collection

2021-22

Tyshawn Sorey Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)^~
Vijay Iyer For My Father^~
Kendrick Scott Unearthed – research and development

2022-23

Osvaldo Golijov Falling Out of Time
Kendrick Scott Unearthed *~
Tyshawn Sorey Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) recording

 *Original DACAMERA production

^ DACAMERA commission or co-commission

~ World premiere

 

Please consider making a contribution to this important fund. Contact the Development Department at 713-524-7601 or email development@dacamera.com for more information.

PLANNED GIVING

Leave a legacy of music for all to enjoy by remembering DACAMERA in your estate plans. You can ensure that DACAMERA thrives well into the future by naming DACAMERA as a beneficiary in your will or retirement plans.

You can designate your future gift to provide unrestricted support or to make a lasting impact in an area of your own interest such as the DACAMERA Endowment Fund, the Artistic Development Fund or DACAMERA’s Education and Community Initiatives.

Planned gifts provide important advantages to both you and DACAMERA by decreasing your income tax, estate tax and capital gains tax burdens while giving a charitable gift. Contact your financial advisor or estate planner today.

If you have any questions, or to discuss further funding options, please contact the Development Department at 713-524-7601.

OUR SPONSORS

To learn more about the benefits of being a corporate sponsor, contact the Development department at 713-524-7601.

We offer a broad range of repertoire and musical styles in innovative concerts of outstanding musical excellence.

DACAMERA is widely acclaimed for its innovative programming, notably Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg’s unique concerts connecting music with literature and the visual arts.

We believe that openness to new experiences and enthusiasm for learning are vital to human experience.

DACAMERA has a robust Education and Community Initiatives effort, providing community concerts and extensive in-school programs.

Your support ensures that DACAMERA’s programs, both in the concert hall and beyond, remain a vital part of Houston’s cultural landscape.