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DACAMERA Announces 2024/25 Season of Chamber Music and Jazz Concerts
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 4, 2024

DACAMERA's 2024/25 season in Houston features world premieres by Roscoe Mitchell with Emi Ferguson, performances by the Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, and the ensemble Ruckus, highlighting chamber music and jazz.

DACAMERA Announces Singers for Matthew Aucoin + Peter Sellars' MUSIC FOR NEW BODIES
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2023

DACAMERA has announced the singers for the world premiere of 'Music for New Bodies' by Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars.

DACAMERA Announces Ambitious, Diverse New 2023-24 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2023

​​​​​​​DACAMERA, the Houston-based producer and presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, gace announced its 2023-24 season. Highlighting the season are two world premieres, presented as part of UNSILENT SPRING, a two-day interdisciplinary exploration of our evolving human responses to the environment.

DACAMERA Presents TRUE LIFE: A CELEBRATION OF POET ï»Â¿ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI, February 27
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 9, 2023

On Monday, February 27 (7:30 pm), DACAMERA, a leading presenter and producer of chamber music, jazz and interdisciplinary work, and Inprint, a nonprofit literary organization, will join forces at The Menil Collection in Houston to host a heartfelt evening of poetry and music honoring the life and work of Adam Zagajewski (1945 – 2021), internationally renowned Polish poet and visiting member of the Houston community for nearly two decades.

DACAMERA Announces 2022-23 Season and Return Of Houston SUMMERJAZZ
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2022

Highlights of the upcoming season include Osvaldo Golijov's genre-defying Falling Out of Time, performed by members of the Silk Road Ensemble; the world premiere of Houston native jazz drummer and composer Kendrick Scott's Unearthed, inspired by the Sugar Land 95; and the Texas debut of Paris's Ensemble Intercontemporain, founded by composer Pierre Boulez and conducted by Matthias Pintscher.

DACAMERA Announces 22/23 Season, Highlighted By WP Of Kendrick Scott's UNEARTHED
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2022

DACAMERA, the Houston-based presenting and producing organization, announces programming for its 2022/2023 season, encompassing both jazz and chamber music.

Vibraphonist Joel Ross to Appear at DACAMERA With Harpist Brandee Younger and GOOD VIBES
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 3, 2022

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, announces vibraphonist Joel Ross on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center. Joined by harpist Brandee Younger, Ross and his band Good Vibes will perform an assortment of songs from his two Blue Note recordings Kingmaker and Who Are You? Ross is one of the standout artists in the recent resurgence of groundbreaking jazz musicians coming out of Chicago. In 2019, Ross released his Blue Note debut KingMaker to universal critical acclaim and topped the DownBeat Critics Poll Rising Star category for vibraphone.

DACAMERA to Host NATHALIE JOACHIM and the SPEKTRAL QUARTET
by Marissa Tomeo - Mar 3, 2022

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, will present Nathalie Joachim and the Spektral Quartet on Monday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at the Menil Collection at 7:30 p.m.. Flautist and vocalist Joachim is joined by the Spektral Quartet for two performances of Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), a celebration of some of Haiti’s most iconic female artists and an exploration of Haitian heritage.

DACAMERA Presents Elias String Quartet In Beethoven's Complete String Quartets This March and April
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2022

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, presents the world-renowned Elias String Quartet in Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, a series of six concerts taking place at The Menil Collection and Zilka Hall between March 28 and April 8.

Davóne Tines Is Bass Soloist In WP Of Tyshawn Sorey's DACAMERA/Rothko Chapel Commission
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2022

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Houston's Rothko Chapel, DACAMERA and Park Avenue Armory have commissioned boundary-breaking composer Tyshawn Sorey to create a new work inspired by the Chapel. In turn, Sorey drew inspiration from Morton Feldman's 20th-century masterpiece, Rothko Chapel, which premiered there in 1972.

DACAMERA Announces The World Premiere Of Tyshawn Sorey's MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT (AFTERLIFE)
by Stephi Wild - Jan 20, 2022

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, announces the world premiere of American composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey's Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) on Saturday, February 19 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 20 at 3 p.m.

DACAMERA Will Present Tyshawn Sorey's MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT (AFTERLIFE) in February
by Stephi Wild - Dec 21, 2021

With the unique ability to experience colors sonically (i.e. synesthesia), Sorey largely drew inspiration from the fourteen canvases created for the Chapel by 20th-century painter Mark Rothko, who also influenced the building's design. Embodying harmony, meditation and art, Monochromatic Life (Afterlife) strives to portray what it means not only to hear music, but also to experience it.

DACAMERA Announces Tyshawn Sorey Commission with Rothko Chapel, Premiering February 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 3, 2021

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Houston’s Rothko Chapel, DACAMERA and Rothko Chapel have commissioned boundary-breaking composer Tyshawn Sorey to create a new work inspired by the Chapel. In turn, Sorey drew inspiration from Morton Feldman’s 20th-century masterpiece, Rothko Chapel, which premiered there in 1972.

DACAMERA Announces Return To Concert Halls For 2021/2022 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 29, 2021

DACAMERA  announces a return to in-person concerts and recitals for its 2021/2022 season.

DACAMERA To Rebroadcast Select Streams From Popular Virtual Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2021

Starting on April 23, DACAMERA will be rebroadcasting select streams of the organizations' most popular and distinctive virtual programming presented over the past year.

DACAMERA Continues Spring Series With Mieczysław Weinberg's Piano Quintet, Op. 18
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 13, 2021

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, announces its virtual programming lineup for January through March. Continuing in the same format as DACAMERA's Fall 2020 programming, which the The New Yorker described as “an online season that stands apart from the virtual crowd,' the Spring season will include streamed concerts, two performances highlighting its longstanding collaboration with the world-famous Menil Collection, premiere broadcast streams of archival concerts with new introductions and more. All virtual concerts are free with registration at dacamera.com. 

DACAMERA and Kaufman Music Center Announce World Premiere Streams In February
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2021

February brings another hearty month of world premiere streaming concerts from DACAMERA and Kaufman Music Center. From Orli Shaham and the Daedalus Quartet to Sullivan Fortner and the teen composers of Luna Composition Lab, there are riches aplenty to help us through the winter months.

DACAMERA Continues Spring Series With Jazz Pianist Sullivan Fortner In Recital
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 28, 2021

DACAMERA continues its spring series of virtual programming with pianist Sullivan Fortner in recital, available beginning Friday, February 19, 2021, at 7 p.m.

DACAMERA Announces Virtual Programming For January-March
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 12, 2021

DACAMERA, a Houston-based presenter of chamber music and jazz concerts, announces its virtual programming lineup for January through March.

DACAMERA Shares Archival Performance Of Tyshawn Sorey's PERLE NOIRE
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 13, 2020

DACAMERA continues its virtual series of streamed archival concerts with the release of Tyshawn Sorey's Perle Noire.