Houston Chamber Choir presents Brubeck! A Celebration as inauguration of “The Voice of Brubeck”

When

June 01, 2024 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

What

The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of Robert Simpson, closes out the 2023-2024 season with Brubeck! A Celebration, the inaugural performance of “The Voice of Brubeck” project on Saturday June 1 at Stude Concert Hall at Rice University. Presented by Lago Vista Community Concerts Foundation and with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, “The Voice of Brubeck” follows the recent centennial celebration of jazz legend Dave Brubeck’s life, with a goal of showcasing the artist’s classical explorations and introducing newer generations to his timeless works.

Spearheaded by producer and Rice University professor of music composition Arthur Gottschalk, the program features the Houston Chamber Choir alongside a 19-piece orchestra with the Brubeck Brothers and Paul English Quartets. In 2006, the Houston Chamber Choir invited Dave Brubeck back to perform in Houston after a 20-year absence. Now, 18 years later, the Choir joins his sons Chris Brubeck and Dan Brubeck and noted Houston musicians Paul English and Horace Alexander Young, celebrating Dave Brubeck’s contributions to jazz and his work with new musical forms.

“The Voice of Brubeck,” to be produced and released on PARMA Recordings’ GRAMMY® Award-winning Navona Records label, will feature an underrepresented cross section of the late musical legend’s oeuvre — a diverse offering of celebrated and previously-unrecorded choral and orchestral works that Brubeck regarded as some of his finest. The ensuing commercial album by PARMA Recordings and Navona Records is expected to be released in late 2024.

“The Voice of Brubeck,”, a multi-year project, is comprised of new musical arrangements of Dave Brubeck’s compositions, public performances of those works, education workshops and lectures, touring, and recording sessions.

Tickets

$10 - $45

Where

Stude Hall at Rice University

6100 Main St. Houston, TX 77005