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The Menil Collection

Da Camera of Houston: Stop, Look and Listen!

Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 – Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018

03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
US/Central

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Da Camera Young Artists perform a concert inspired by Guyana-born British artist Frank Bowling’s monumental painting Middle Passage (1970), which has been in the Menil’s permanent collection since the early 1970s but has not been displayed at the museum until now.

Ravel: Chansons Madecasses (Madagascar songs)
Florence Price: Andante moderato from G Major String Quartet
Debussy: Golliwogg’s Cakewalk
Allison Loggins-Hull: Homeland
Stravinsky: Piano-Rag-Music
William Grant Still: Africa (I. Land of Peace)
Carlos Oliver Simon, Jr.: Elegy: A Cry from the Grave

Douglas DeVries, flute; Camille Jasensky, soprano; Michael Lenahan, piano; Jacob Schafer, violin; Madison Vest, violin; Christoph Wagner, cello; Sergein Yap, viola and special guest Hanna Che, piano

Stop, Look and Listen! is a series of free chamber music and jazz concerts presented in one of Houston’s most inspiring and stimulating environments, the world-renowned Menil Collection. These museum concerts feature unconventional, interactive concert formats and fun, adventurous musical selections. The programs are often designed to celebrate specific art works on display in the museum.

This program is free and open to all. Seating is limited.

HOURS & ADMISSION

  • Wednesday - Sunday, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Closed Monday and Tuesday.
    Closed major holidays including Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
  • Free Hours: Always free!

Directions & Parking

  • Free Parking
  • Street Parking
  • The Menil Collection parking lot is located on West Alabama between Mandell and Mulberry. Street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood.

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