Stop, Look and Listen! Family Concert: The Precarious

Da Camera of Houston and The Menil Collection present another Stop, Look and Listen! Family Concert.

Saturday, March 12 the Da Camera Young Artists present music that reflects the essence of the exhibition The Precarious. The performance embraces collage as an art form that embodies the joy and vulnerability of depending on others.

FEATURING:

Da Camera Young Artists and special guests
Bethany Baxter, soprano; Jackson Guillen, violin; Ingrid Hunter, violin; Jill Valentine, viola; Sonya Matoussova, cello; Danielle Chan, percussion and special guests Eliza Ching, piano; Craig Hauschildt, percussion and Brandon Bell, percussion

SCHEDULED PROGRAM:

Charles Ives: In the Mornin’, At the River, The Things Our Fathers Loved
Bethany Baxter, soprano; Eliza Ching, piano

Alfred Schnittke: Andante from String Quartet No. 3
Jackson Guillen, violin; Ingrid Hunter, violin; Jill Valentine, viola; Sonya Matoussova, cello

Thomas Rex Beverly: Drip
Brandon Bell, Danielle Chan, Craig Hauschildt, djembes

Matthew Burtner:Microplastic PET
Bethany Baxter, soprano; Danielle Chan, percussion

Matthew Burtner:Mists
Brandon Bell, Danielle Chan, Craig Hauschildt, stones

Stop, Look and Listen! is a series of free chamber music and jazz concerts presented in one of Houston’s most inspiring and stimulating environments, the world-renowned Menil Collection.

These museum concerts feature unconventional, interactive concert formats and fun, adventurous musical selections. The programs often celebrate specific artworks on display in the museum.

Pictured: from “The Precarious,” Gene Charlton, Untitled, Collage on academy board.