A Little Day Music: Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month
Event details
- Wednesday | April 3 | 12:00 PM
- Grand Foyer, Wortham Theater Center
- 501 Texas Ave, Houston TX 77002
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
- For groups of 10 or more, call 713-524-7601 ext. 19
Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month, DACAMERA presents Boomtown Brass, Houston’s only traditional jazz band. Steeped in the traditions of authentic 1920s hot jazz, the Boomtown sound begins with the classic New Orleans jazz style, travels north to include Chicago’s “dixieland” style, visits the early 1930s “gypsy jazz” guitar style, and finally adds in a touch of New Orleans second line for good measure.
A Little Day Music is a series of free concerts presented at noon on the first Wednesday of the month in the Grand Foyer of the Wortham Center. Each concert is designed to deliver DACAMERA’s signature programming to an audience including senior citizens, downtown professionals and students. The series features a variety of chamber music and jazz, presented in an accessible, one-hour concert format. Audiences are invited to enjoy their lunch while listening to the music.
Recommended Concerts
Ensemble Modern | Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins”
- Tuesday | April 9 | 7:30 PM
- Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
In a rare U.S. performance, their first ever in Texas, Germany’s famed Ensemble Modern performs the American premiere of a new arrangement of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s popular musical, The Seven Deadly Sins, a biting satire composed the same year Weill and Brecht’s works were banned in their native Germany.
Etienne Charles “Earth Tones”
- Friday | April 19 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
For Unsilent Spring, Etienne Charles unveils his newest multimedia creation, Earth Tones, employing sounds, stories, images and film and incorporating musical idioms from at-risk coastal communities.
Kurt Elling Quartet featuring Danilo Pérez
- Friday | May 10 | 8:00 PM
- Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center
Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, two-time Grammy winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists.