Date
Oct 5, 2024
Event Type
Concerts
Ticket Price
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Show Description
Presented by Apollo Chamber Players
A Hobby Center Arts Partner Performance
“Our democracy is a precious ideal that requires all of us, as Americans, to actively engage with it to keep it strong and true and shining.” -George Takei
The relationship between democracy and liberty is complex and ever-evolving. Apollo’s season opener explores this nation’s noble quest to ‘secure the blessings of liberty’ for its citizenry – and where we have fallen tragically short. Legendary actor and activist George Takei joins Apollo to tell the story of his family’s forced internment during World War II, as Japanese Americans had their most basic freedoms stripped away in one of democracy’s darkest chapters.
The program also features the world premiere of a newly adapted commissioned work by John Corigliano, one of America’s most celebrated living composers. His One Sweet Morning reflects a post-9/11 aspiration for peace, while Afghan composer Homayoun Sakhi offers a global perspective on the promises and perils of self-government and the eternal quest for liberty.
Finally, Adolphus Hailstork’s spiritual-inspired Deep River meditates on the injustice of the Black American experience and the hope for redemption in this world and the next.
Program
John Corigliano: One Sweet Morning, WORLD PREMIERE, Commission for string quintet and voice
Adolphus Hailstork: Deep River: Rhapsody for String Quartet (2021)
Homayoun Sakhi: WORLD PREMIERE, String Quartet No. 1: Tolo (Sunrise) (2024)
Marty Regan: WORLD PREMIERE, The Book of Names with narration by George Takei
Apollo Chamber Players
Matthew J. Detrick, Founder, Artistic & Executive Director, violin
Anabel Ramirez-Detrick, violin
Aria Cheregosha, viola
Matthew Dudzik, cello
Guests
George Takei, actor, author & activist
John Corigliano, composer
John Holiday, countertenor
Marty Regan, composer
Ella Sharpe, double bass
Sixto Wagan, panel moderator
Program Partner: Japan-America Society of Houston. One Sweet Morning underwritten by Michael Managan in celebration of the life of Carolyn Smith Managan. The Book of Names major support by Michael Managan, Rhonda Sweeney and Thomas & Terese Kosten
Performance Schedule
- Audio Description
- Open Captions
- ASL
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About This Hobby Center Arts Partner
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). Recipient of Chamber Music America’s prestigious Residency Partnership award, the ensemble has performed for sold-out audiences at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, in Havana, Cuba, and it is featured frequently on American Public Media’s nationally-syndicated program Performance Today.
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. The ensemble’s catalog of records has been featured on hundreds of radio and media stations worldwide, including Sirius XM, The BBC, and WQXR-NYC. The organization’s debut feature film, MoonShot: The Remarkable Journey of Apollo Chamber Players, has won international accolades, including Best Documentary and Best Documentary Soundtrack at the Seattle, Vancouver, Screen ATX (Austin, TX) and Houston film festivals. It is now available on Amazon Prime and Tubi.
A passionate advocate of globally-inspired contemporary music and art, Apollo counts an expanding catalogue of over 60 commissioned works and 7 critically acclaimed commercial albums. The ensemble’s diverse roster of leading and emerging composers includes Jennifer Higdon, John Corigliano, Libby Larsen, Pamela Z, Jerod Tate, Brian Raphael Nabors, Vanessa Võ, and Tracy Silverman.
Apollo’s community partners include schools and universities, at-risk youth centers, refugee, sensory, and veterans service organizations, and public libraries. The ensemble’s vanguard Library Voyage project, an initiative to perform in all Harris County/Houston Public Libraries, is the first of its kind in the nation. Apollo was founded in 2008 by violinist and music entrepreneur Matthew J. Detrick and violinist Timothy Peters.
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