Sarah Rothenberg Artistic Director

Stop, Look and Listen! | Fragility

Stop, Look and Listen! | Fragility
  • Saturday, November 14, 3:00 PM | FREE
  • The Menil Collection’s Menil Drawing Institute
  • 1533 Sul Ross St, Houston TX 77006

DACAMERA and The Menil Collection present a performance by DACAMERA Young Artists in conjunction with the exhibition Fragility at the Menil Drawing Institute.

DACAMERA Young Artists Rebecca Benjamin, clarinet; Kenny Ford, bassoon; Miranda Hollingsworth, violin; Yoon Jun Kim, percussion; Luke Lee, violin; Fiona Tsang, cello; with alumni artist, Anne Pinkerton, oboe

John Cage: But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of “papiers froisses” or tearing up paper to make “papiers dechires?” Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests
Theo Chandler: Iteration Etudes
Reena Esmail: Nadiya
Viktor Ullman: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46
Mark Applebaum: Taquinoid from Straitjacket

Stop, Look and Listen! is a series of free chamber music and jazz concerts presented in one of Houston’s most inspiring and stimulating environments, the world-renowned Menil Collection. Admission to the Menil is always free.

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