Music

An all-night vigil, fairytales and a DACAMERA performance: Houston Chamber Choir’s Big Spring Season

Steven Brown·
As he planned out the Houston Chamber Choir’s season, artistic director Robert Simpson figured on two must-haves: a return visit by guest conductor María Guinand, the Venezuelan he calls “a joy generator”; and a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, the soulful a cappella work the choir was rehearsing when the covid-19 shutdown silenced it in March 2020.
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Ars Lyrica

Steven Brown·
When the pandemic forced Ars Lyrica to cancel plans last season for its second opera staging, the group didn’t take it lying down.
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Agarita Brings an Immersive Vibe to San Antonio

Steven Brown·
Bushman and three other San Antonio musicians—pianist Daniel Anastasio, cellist Ignacio Gallego and violinist Sarah Silver Manzke—joined forces in 2018. To symbolize their group’s roots in the city, they dubbed it Agarita, taking the name from a shrub that’s native to San Antonio and the Hill Country.
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