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A Little Day Music | Holiday Jazz Favorites

A Little Day Music | Holiday Jazz Favorites

  • Wednesday | December 4 | 12:00 pm
  • Grand Foyer, Wortham Theater Center

This month’s free lunchtime concert features a special holiday performance by DACAMERA Young Artists.

Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards

Terri Lyne Carrington’s New Standards

  • Friday | December 6 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Drummer and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington and her bandmates delve into the Grammy-winning New Standards Vol. 01, shining a powerful light on music from great women composers.

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.

Time’s Echo with author Jeremy Eichler

Time’s Echo with author Jeremy Eichler

  • Wednesday, December 11 | 7:30 pm
  • The Menil Collection
  • Reservations are no longer available for this event. The remaining seats are first-come, first-served.

Jeremy Eichler, the author of Time’s Echo: Music, Memory and the Second World War comes to Houston for an evening of music and conversation. Pianist Sarah Rothenberg and DACAMERA Young Artists perform, and Rothenberg leads a discussion with Jeremy Eichler.

Vanisha Gould Quartet

Vanisha Gould Quartet

  • Sunday | January 12 | 2 sets: 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
  • Save the date!
  • 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.

DACAMERA Young Artists: Gaugin in the World

DACAMERA Young Artists: Gaugin in the World

  • Thursday | January 23 | 6:30 pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Lower Level, Kinder Building
  • 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston TX 77005

DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s exhibition Gaugin in the World.

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 – recently nominated for two 2025 Grammy Awards – to make her first jazz series appearance!

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.

New York Philharmonic String Quartet

New York Philharmonic String Quartet

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

The members of the New York Philharmonic String Quartet are principal musicians from the esteemed orchestra. Music of Haydn, Florence Price and Dvořák.

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.

Thomas Ades In Conversation at The Menil

Thomas Ades In Conversation at The Menil

  • Monday, February 10, 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection
  • 1533 Sul Ross ST, Houston TX 77006

DACAMERA and The Menil Collection present distinguished British composer Thomas Adès in conversation with DACAMERA Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg about his work and sources of inspiration, joined by visual artist Tacita Dean.

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.

DACAMERA Young Artists: The Stuart Collection

DACAMERA Young Artists: The Stuart Collection

  • Thursday | February 21 | 6:30 pm
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Lower Level, Kinder Building
  • 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston TX 77005

DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the Museum of Fine Arts, The Stuart Collection.

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenorMen

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenorMen

  • Monday | February 24 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

With this moving program, countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen opens up new paths for his voice type, with music of Korngold, Schumann, Florence Price, Jake Heggie and more.

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.

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.

Amina Scott Quartet

Amina Scott Quartet

  • Sunday | March 23 | 2 sets: 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
  • Save the date!
  • 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.

Jason Moran Presents “Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings”

Jason Moran Presents “Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings”

  • Friday | March 28 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Experience the timeless genius of Duke Ellington’s music, brilliantly re-imagined by pianist Jason Moran, in this extraordinary celebration of the composer’s enduring legacy, 125 years after his birth.

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.

Stop, Look and Listen! | Menil Neighborhood Day

Stop, Look and Listen! | Menil Neighborhood Day

  • Stop, Look and Listen!
  • Saturday, April 5, 3:00 PM
  • Menil Collection

The DACAMERA Young Artists present a special concert in collaboration with the Menil Collection, celebrating Menil Neighborhood Day.

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.

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.

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.

New Jazz Underground

New Jazz Underground

  • Sunday | May 18 | 2 sets: 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
  • Save the date!
  • 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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