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
2024-25
Roscoe Mitchell Metropolis Trilogy ^~
DACAMERA at the Eldorado: Rising Jazz Stars series
Cécile McLorin Salvant Residency
2023-24
Etienne Charles Earth Tones ^~
Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars Music for New Bodies ^~
Tyshawn Sorey Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) recording
2022-23
Osvaldo Golijov Falling Out of Time #
Kendrick Scott Unearthed *~
2021-22
Tyshawn Sorey Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)^~
Vijay Iyer For My Father^~
Kendrick Scott Unearthed – research and development
2020-21
Seeing Color, Hearing Time: Virtual series on music and art streamed from the Menil Collection
2019-20
Bon Appetit! – Music of Ravel, Poulenc, and Lee Hoiby
Sarah Rothenberg A Woman’s Life: The Diary of Virginia Woolf*~
2018-19
Sarah Rothenberg Vienna 1900: In the Garden of Dreams*~
2017-18
Wartime Stories: music of Steve Reich and Olivier Messiaen; video: Mihai Cucu; lighting: Jennifer Tipton*~
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
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 #
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
*Original DACAMERA production
^ DACAMERA commission or co-commission
~ World premiere
# Houston 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.
DACAMERA’s Artistic Development Fund is supported by the following generous donors.
Foundations
The Brown Foundation, Inc.
The Cullen Foundation
Houston Endowment, Inc.
The Vaughn Foundation
Individuals
Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen
Kipp W. Baxter
Mary Crombie
Laura Devitt and Steve Massad
Annette and John R. Eldridge
Chet and Erin Farmer
Jeff Fort
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan
Lillie Robertson
Louisa Stude Sarofim
Laura Buss Sayavedra and
Leo Sayavedra, Jr.
Jennifer Tipton
Nina and Michael Zilkha
OUR VALUES
Connection
We value and nurture rich and often unexpected connections among musical genres, art forms, and ideas; between people and places; between the past and the present.
Exploration
We believe that openness to new experiences and enthusiasm for learning are vital to human experience. At the vanguard of arts organizations, we continually evolve our ways of presenting to combine an unusual mix of in-depth exploration and accessibility.
Excellence
DACAMERA has become synonymous with quality; the common denominator of our diverse activities, on stage and in the community, is excellence.
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