Arts Community
Da Camera
1427 Branard Street
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Da Camera of Houston, founded in 1987, was created in response to concerns about the dwindling audience for classical music in America with the intention to produce a series of thematically programmed concerts designed to attract new listeners to the concert hall. By bringing together leading American and international musicians, specifically selected for each program, Da Camera concerts offer a broad range of repertoire and musical styles while ensuring a product of outstanding musical excellence. Members of the Houston Symphony and faculty of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, University of Houston’s Moores School and others are often included in Da Camera programs, expanding the opportunities for locally based musicians of national acclaim and enriching our community by enhancing the musical life of artists who choose to live here.Under the artistic leadership of Sarah Rothenberg since 1994, Da Camera maintains its commitment to this high caliber of musicianship brought together to perform in its Houston-based subscription series at the Wortham Theater Center and The Menil Collection; its extensive education and outreach activities; and its regional, national and international touring initiatives.
Da Camera’s approach to programming concerts of musical substance that offer a wide range of repertoire and styles as well as relate music to other art forms and relevant topics is succeeding in building new concert audiences. This strategy is supported by a personalized approach to constituency development that includes a strong commitment to education and outreach activities. National and international attention toward Da Camera productions on tour enhances local awareness and pride in the organization while generating important earned revenues from performance fees. This integrated approach to organizational development has propelled Da Camera of Houston’s stature as an essential Houston institution of national and international importance.
