our story
Chamber Music America’s 2025 Ensemble of the Year, Houston-based APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS is a “dynamic ensemble creating programs in response to current events” (NPR) that “recasts music for a diverse and multi-ethnic generation” (Strings Magazine). Apollo has performed for sold-out audiences at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, in Havana, Cuba, and is featured frequently on American Public Media's Performance Today.
Over the past decade, Apollo has commissioned more than 65 new works and released 8 commercial albums. Its roster of composers and collaborators includes Jennifer Higdon, John Corigliano, Jerod Tate, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Tracy Silverman, Pamela Z, Adolphus Hailstork, Vanessa Vo, Hector Del Curto, and actor George Takei, among others.
Released on the Grammy-winning label Azica Records, Apollo's With Malice Toward None album reached No. 1 on Amazon’s ‘Hot New Release’ chart in 2021. The organization’s debut feature film, MoonShot: The Remarkable Journey of Apollo Chamber Players, won international accolades, including Best Documentary at the Seattle, Vancouver, Houston and Screen ATX International film festivals. It is now available on Amazon Prime and Tubi.
The ensemble enriches Houston's cultural landscape through community partnerships with schools and universities, at-risk youth and sensory-friendly centers, and refugee and veterans service organizations. Apollo's vanguard Library Voyage project, which offered free programs at all Harris County / Houston Public Libraries, was the first of its kind in the nation. Apollo was founded in 2008 by violinist and entrepreneur Matthew J. Detrick and violinist Timothy Peters.
Over the past decade, Apollo has commissioned more than 65 new works and released 8 commercial albums. Its roster of composers and collaborators includes Jennifer Higdon, John Corigliano, Jerod Tate, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Tracy Silverman, Pamela Z, Adolphus Hailstork, Vanessa Vo, Hector Del Curto, and actor George Takei, among others.
Released on the Grammy-winning label Azica Records, Apollo's With Malice Toward None album reached No. 1 on Amazon’s ‘Hot New Release’ chart in 2021. The organization’s debut feature film, MoonShot: The Remarkable Journey of Apollo Chamber Players, won international accolades, including Best Documentary at the Seattle, Vancouver, Houston and Screen ATX International film festivals. It is now available on Amazon Prime and Tubi.
The ensemble enriches Houston's cultural landscape through community partnerships with schools and universities, at-risk youth and sensory-friendly centers, and refugee and veterans service organizations. Apollo's vanguard Library Voyage project, which offered free programs at all Harris County / Houston Public Libraries, was the first of its kind in the nation. Apollo was founded in 2008 by violinist and entrepreneur Matthew J. Detrick and violinist Timothy Peters.
...taking one bold step after another...
- ARTS + CULTURE TEXAS
mission
to connect communities and cultures through
globally inspired music
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to create cultural harmony through musical exploration
APOLLO AIMS TO: ▫️ Engage the global community of Houston with music inspired by specific cultural/ethnic/indigenous traditions. ▫️ Foster cultural awareness and broaden – in numbers and diversity – a global audience of chamber and classical music lovers. ▫️ Create new music through original arrangements and commissioning projects; provide context for Western classical works through these arrangements & commissions, inspired by cultural and/or folkloric elements. ▫️ Incorporate programs and commissions in the curation of educational programs that will reach countless students and children of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds. ▫️ Highlight the synergy and connections between different art forms by collaborating with local, regional and national arts organizations |
We are:
▫️ Bold ▫️Multicultural ▫️ Innovative ▫️ Collaborative ▫️ Inclusive |
