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Composer Tyshawn Sorey (2024 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Music) leads a talk about his compositions.
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer returns to Houston with a new work composed for Sarah Rothenberg.
The 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer returns to Houston with a new work composed for Sarah Rothenberg.
This month’s free lunchtime concert celebrates Women’s History Month.
Get ready for a day of FREE family fun and unforgettable adventures! Whether you’re a theater buff, a music lover, or just looking for a great way to spend the day, we’ve got something for everyone, including performances and interactive activities with DACAMERA Young Artists at Wortham Center.
On her adventurous debut recording, Where The Wild Seed Grows, the exceptionally talented New Orleans-based bass player Amina Scott draws inspiration from pioneering novelist Octavia Butler.
On her adventurous debut recording, Where The Wild Seed Grows, the exceptionally talented New Orleans-based bass player Amina Scott draws inspiration from pioneering novelist Octavia Butler.
Experience the timeless genius of Duke Ellington’s music, brilliantly re-imagined by pianist Jason Moran, in this extraordinary celebration of the composer’s enduring legacy, 125 years after his birth.
Hailed as “entrancing” (BBC Music Magazine) and “artists in the deepest sense of the word” (CutCommon), Merz Trio – winners of the Naumburg, Concert Artists Guild, Fischoff and Chesapeake Competitions – are known for their inventive programming. Join them as they search for song in night’s darkness, with music from Hildegard von Bingen to Brahms and Schumann.
This month’s free lunchtime concert celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month.
The DACAMERA Young Artists present a special concert in collaboration with the Menil Collection, celebrating Menil Neighborhood Day.
One of the most lyrical and intimate voices of contemporary jazz piano, Brad Mehldau has forged a unique path, which embodies the essence of jazz exploration, classical romanticism and pop allure. From jazz to R&B, and pop/rock and hip-hop/neo-soul to classical, nine-time GRAMMY-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader Christian McBride is a luminary with one hand ever reaching for new heights. In all of his playing, drummer/composer Marcus Gilmore integrates a unique style where he is musically expanding rhythm, while supporting the diverse array of the finest musicians in the world with whom he plays.
At the invitation of DACAMERA and The Menil Collection, jazz vocalist and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant will be in residence at the museum in April, with a particular focus on the exhibition of work by abstract painter Joe Overstreet. Join Cécile McLorin Salvant, DACAMERA Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg and The Menil Collection’s Associate Curator of Modern Art Natalie Dupêcher for this art and music salon of conversation and informal performance.
Meta4 returns to DACAMERA with a dynamic program of vivid musical contrasts: Kaija Saariaho’s second quartet, Terra Memoria; composed “for those departed”; Shostakovich’s riveting Quartet No. 4 and Ravel’s colorful quartet– eagerly embraced by listeners since its first performance in 1904.
This month’s free lunchtime concert is Young Artists Choice.
Through an inimitable voice that The New York Times touts as “a smooth, dark alto possessed of qualities you might associate with barrel-aged bourbon or butter-soft leather,” acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright’s singing is a soaring reflection of the cultural fabric of America.
New Jazz Underground is a defining voice in jazz and beyond. The New York-based trio gained recognition through viral videos showcasing their chemistry, musicality, and raw ambition.
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