apollo chamber players
2025 ensemble of the year
FRIDAY FEB.14
Festival: A Chamber Music Marathon The festival is free and open to the public. The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University - Duncan Recital Hall. 10:00am American Festival for the Arts / Kinder High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Houston, Texas 10:30am Shepherd School of Music student ensemble, Houston, Texas 11:00am Trio Magnoliana, University of Houston Moores School Faculty Ensemble; Houston, Texas 11:30am AURA New Music, University of Houston Moores School student ensemble; Houston, Texas 12:00pm Butler School of Music at UT Austin, Student ensemble; Austin, Texas 1:00pm Telegraph Quartet, Fischoff National Chamber Music Association Winner; San Francisco, California 1:30pm Ulysses Quartet, Fischoff National Chamber Music Association Winner; Brooklyn, New York 2:00pm Apollo Chamber Players; Houston, Texas 2:30pm Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits, Katy, Texas 3:00pm Invoke, showcase ensemble; Austin, Texas 3:30pm Formosa Quartet, Ann Arbor, Michigan 4:00pm Cavatina Duo, River Forest, Illinois 4:30pm Beo String Quartet, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5:00pm TrioColores, Matzingen, Switzerland 5:30pm Aperio, Music of the Americas, Houston, Texas 6:00pm Sputter Box, Brooklyn, New York 6:30pm ArcoStrum, Monterey Park, California 7:00pm Apollo Chamber Players, in the Edythe Bates Organ Hall |
SATURDAY FEB.15
1pm CMA Awards Luncheon InterContinental Hotel Houston GET LUNCHEON TICKETS HERE Join us in honoring outstanding achievements in our field through the CMA Awards. Award recipients: Bang on a Can: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julie Wolfe Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award David Harrington, Michael Jaffee Visionary Award Roscoe Mitchell, CMA Executive Award Apollo Chamber Players, Ensemble of the Year Andrew Yee, Something Golden, for Thalea String Quartet, Commission of the Year Jasper String Quartet, Insects and Machines: Quartets of Vivian Fung, Album of the Year William Ransom, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, Community Impact / Presenter of the Year Musiqa, Meeting of Minds, Interdisciplinary Collaboration of the Year Thomas Rosenberg, Arts Advocate of the Year ------------------------------------ 2:30pm - Activating Audiences through Commissioned Work From creative curation to new programs, Houston’s chamber music leaders discuss audience engagement and invigorating change. In this session, hear inspiring success stories and gain new ideas to take home. Matthew Detrick Apollo Chamber Players Alecia Lawyer ROCO Karim Al-Zand & Wang Jie Composers Fred Child NPR - Performance Today |