Choose artist...
Home   >   Projects   >   MoonStrike   >   Artist Bio


Discography

Apollo Chamber Players

Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano | B. Martinů

Houston, TX based Apollo Chamber Players "performs with rhythmic flair and virtuosity" (The Strad) and has "found fruitful territory" (Houston Chronicle) through innovative, globally-inspired programming and multicultural new music commissions. Recent winner of Chamber Music America's prestigious Residency Partnership award, the quartet has performed for sold-out audiences at Carnegie Hall twice in the past five years, and it holds the distinction of being the first American chamber ensemble to record and perform in Cuba since the embargo relaxation. Apollo is featured frequently on American Public Media's nationally-syndicated program Performance Today.

Apollo is a passionate advocate of contemporary music. In 2014, the organization launched a bold project to commission 20 new multicultural works by the end of the decade. Now approaching its conclusion, 20×2020 features a roster of the world's leading composers including Grammy-winners Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen and Christopher Theofanidis. The group has collaborated with renowned ensembles and artists including Houston Ballet and Houston Chamber Choir, Grammy winner and Academy Award contributor Vanessa Vo, James Dunham, Ismail Lumanovski, and Emmy-winning Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, among others.

Apollo's studio albums have garnered international acclaim, reaching millions of listeners around the world. Apollo's debut album, European Folkscapes, earned ‘Album of the Week' honors by WQXR; Blurred Boundaries has been lauded as "truly lovely music played exceptionally well by an adventurous and gifted ensemble" (Audiophile Audition); Ancestral Voices described as "infectious… intimate… provocative.... fun" (Gramophone); and Within Earth as "relentless, starkly exhilarating music" (New York Music Daily).

Apollo reaches further into the community by partnering with schools, universities, at-risk youth centers, refugee and veterans service organizations, hospitals, airports, and public libraries, providing performances, educational programs, and entrepreneurship lectures that impact a wider, underserved audience. Learn more at www.apollochamberplayers.org.