- Friday | February 14 | 7:30 PM
- Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
- 800 Bagby St. Houston TX 77002
- 713-524-5050 | boxoffice@dacamera.com
Program
Telemann: Fantasia for solo flute, re-imagined for full ensemble
George Lewis: Artificial Life
Roscoe Mitchell: The Metropolis Trilogy (world premiere; DACAMERA co-commission)
Musicians
Emi Ferguson (baroque and modern flutes); Immanuel Wilkins Quartet (Immanuel Wilkins, saxophone; Micah Thomas, piano; Thomas Morgan, bass; Kweku Sumbry, percussion); Ruckus (Doug Balliett, baroque bass and viola da gamba; Elliot Figg, harpsichord and keyboard; Paul Holmes Morton, theorbo and baroque guitar; Clay Zeller-Townson, baroque bassoon)
The daring flutist Emi Ferguson and shape-shifting baroque band Ruckus are back! Joined by visionary jazz saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and his quartet, these experts in the art of improvisation combine forces for an exhilarating mix of musical styles, including a major new work.
The world premiere of iconic innovator Roscoe Mitchell’s Metropolis Trilogy, produced by New York’s Metropolis Ensemble and co-commissioned by DACAMERA, will be surrounded by a dazzling constellation of works from the baroque era and beyond. Revel in an inspired take on Bach’s contemporary, Georg Philipp Telemann; MacArthur-winning composer George Lewis’s open-ended work for mixed instrumental ensemble; and the world premiere of Metropolis Trilogy, composed especially for tonight’s musicians.
“an alto saxophonist whose playing is at once dazzlingly solid and perfectly lithe” — The New York Times on Immanuel Wilkins
“the world’s only period-instrument rock band”
— San Francisco Classical Voice on Ruckus
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- Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
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Imani Winds; Michelle Cann, piano
- Friday | January 17 | 7:30 PM
- Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
The 2024 Grammy Award-winning wind quintet joined by the recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, pianist Michelle Cann for a captivating mix of timeless and contemporary, including music of Poulenc and American composer Viet Cuong.
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.
OUR VALUES
Connection
We value and nurture rich and often unexpected connections among musical genres, art forms, and ideas; between people and places; between the past and the present.
Exploration
We believe that openness to new experiences and enthusiasm for learning are vital to human experience. At the vanguard of arts organizations, we continually evolve our ways of presenting to combine an unusual mix of in-depth exploration and accessibility.
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DACAMERA has become synonymous with quality; the common denominator of our diverse activities, on stage and in the community, is excellence.
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