Stop, Look and Listen! | Ruth Asawa Through Line

Event details

  • Saturday, March 23 | FREE
  • 3:00 PM
  • Menil Drawing Institute
  • 1412 West Main St, Houston TX 77006 (map)

DACAMERA and The Menil Collection present Stop, Look and Listen!

DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the exhibition Ruth Asawa Through Line, on view March 22 through July 21, 2024.

Featuring DACAMERA Young Artists: Chris Ellis, cello; Arthur Gilligan, percussion; Gavin Goodrich, composer; Ariel Lee, violin; Jonathan Mak, piano; Astrid Nakamura, violin; Hunter O’Brien, flute
Alumni artists: Kelsey Sham, harp; Sergein Yap, viola

John Cage: Suite for Toy Piano
Gavin Goodrich: We Can’t Tell if the Constellations Love Us (2024) World premiere
John Cage: Four
Lou Harrison: The Perilous Chapel

Meet the Young Artists here.

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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