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reimagining the past … Music from the Middle Ages through the 18th Century

September 27, 2011
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This Sunday: LA DONNA MUSICALE

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Sunday, October 2, 2011
LA DONNA MUSICALE
Passionate Enemies

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5:00 p.m.
2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005

Pre-concert talk at 4:15 p.m.
Laury Gutiérrez, La Donna Musicale Director

SPECIAL NOTE ON PARKING FOR THIS EVENT!
Parking at the church is extremely limited. However ample convenient parking is available in the GREENBRIAR LOT at Rice Universtity lot across from Christ the King. Often this parking is free, and the gates may be open. Sometimes we are not able to arrange free paking, and there may be a nominal fee. Please bring one dollar or a credit card in case. 

 

The Boston ensemble is back with music by women composers at the rival German courts of Frederic the Great and the House of Hapsburg. Foes on the battlefield, the zeal for victory extended to the salon, where passions ran high and nothing was spared in their lavish quest of the arts. Music by Frederic’s sister, Wilhelmine, and Anna Bon goes up against Hapsburg-sponsored Camilla de Rossi and Maria Teresa Agnesi. Soprano Shari Alise Wilson and countertenor Gerrod Pagenkopf. Violins, viola, violone, harpsichord and viola da gamba.

Master Class with La Donna Musicale

 

There will be a masterclass presented by members of La Donna Musicale  on Monday, Oct. 3 from 10:00 AM - Noon in the Hirsch Rehearsal Hall at Shepherd School, at Rice University. The ensemble leader and gambist Laury Gutiérrez and harpsichordist Ruth McKay will play a couple of numbers and talk a little about their work researching and performing works by women composers and then will hear students performing.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT NO CHARGE. There is a charge for parking in the Rice University stadium parking lot near the concert hall.

Upcoming Concerts 

View our Complete Season Online
 
Sunday, December 11, 2011
DUFAY COLLECTIVE
To Drive the Cold Winter Away – Christmas Revelry in Renaissance England
Christ Church Cathedral, 5:00 p.m.
1117 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002
Pre-concert talk at 4:15 p.m.
Dufay Collective members
 
Friday, February 3, 2012
RICHARD EGARR, Harpsichord
The Harpsichord’s Golden Century
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 7:30 p.m.
5200 Fannin, Houston, TX 77004
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
Richard Egarr
 
HISPANIC HERITAGE SERIES
Friday, March 2, 2012
LA MORRA
Luz del Alva – Renaissance Spanish Songs of Love, War and Devotion
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 7:30 p.m.
6221 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
La Morra ensemble members
 
Friday, May 4, 2012
TRIO SETTECENTO
The Scottish Play – Scottish music of the Baroque era
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 7:30 p.m.
6221 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
John Mark Rozendaal

SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS

It’s not too late to subcribe for the whole season. You can subscribe on our website or at the door of the first concert. 

Our season subscription gives you tickets to concerts at substantial savings over the single concert price. The benefits of being a season subscriber include:

  • Save on ticket price over single ticket purchase
  • Priority seating at concerts
  • Free lost ticket replacement
  • Discount on purchase of extra tickets for your guests

Choose a season package of five tickets to all of the concerts or a mini-pass option selecting tickets to three concerts. You may purchase your subscriptions online at this time. The physical tickets will be mailed to your address prior to the first concert.

FULL SEASON (all five concerts)

  • General Admission $160
  • Senior Admission $135 

MINI-PASS (three concerts)

  • General Admission $100
  • Senior Admission $85

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Houston Early Music News

reimagining the past … Music from the Middle Ages through the 18th Century

In This Newsletter

HOUSTON EARLY MUSIC WELCOMES YOU

to the 2011-2012 season presented by Houston Early Music. We have an exciting series of five concerts, from women composers at the German courts, to the harpsichord’s golden century, to Spanish songs of war and love, to Scottish fiddling, and of course our Christmas treat of carols and foot-tapping ballads.  We offer a season subscription to all five concerts and a mini-pass subscription to three concerts of your choice. Join us this season as we “reimagine the past”.

Our Opening Concert

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Sunday, October 2, 2011
LA DONNA MUSICALE
Passionate Enemies

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5:00 p.m.
2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005

Pre-concert talk at 4:15 p.m.
Laury Gutiérrez, La Donna Musicale Director

SPECIAL NOTE ON PARKING FOR THIS EVENT!
Parking at the church is extremely limited. However ample convenient parking is available in the GREENBRIAR LOT at Rice Universtity lot across from Christ the King. Often this parking is free, and the gates may be open. Sometimes we are not able to arrange free paking, and there may be a nominal fee. Please bring one dollar or a credit card in case. 

 

The Boston ensemble is back with music by women composers at the rival German courts of Frederic the Great and the House of Hapsburg. Foes on the battlefield, the zeal for victory extended to the salon, where passions ran high and nothing was spared in their lavish quest of the arts. Music by Frederic’s sister, Wilhelmine, and Anna Bon goes up against Hapsburg-sponsored Camilla de Rossi and Maria Teresa Agnesi. Soprano Shari Alise Wilson and countertenor Gerrod Pagenkopf. Violins, viola, violone, harpsichord and viola da gamba.

Upcoming Concerts 

View our Complete Season Online
 
Sunday, December 11, 2011
DUFAY COLLECTIVE
To Drive the Cold Winter Away – Christmas Revelry in Renaissance England
Christ Church Cathedral, 5:00 p.m.
1117 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002
Pre-concert talk at 4:15 p.m.
Dufay Collective members
 
Friday, February 3, 2012
RICHARD EGARR, Harpsichord
The Harpsichord’s Golden Century
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 7:30 p.m.
5200 Fannin, Houston, TX 77004
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
Richard Egarr
 
HISPANIC HERITAGE SERIES
Friday, March 2, 2012
LA MORRA
Luz del Alva – Renaissance Spanish Songs of Love, War and Devotion
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 7:30 p.m.
6221 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
La Morra ensemble members
 
Friday, May 4, 2012
TRIO SETTECENTO
The Scottish Play – Scottish music of the Baroque era
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 7:30 p.m.
6221 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
John Mark Rozendaal

SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS

If you have already subscribed to our seasn online or through the mail, you will be receiving your tickets in a few days through the mail. It’s not too late to subcribe for the whole season. You can subscribe on our website or at the door of the first concert. 

Our season subscription gives you tickets to concerts at substantial savings over the single concert price. The benefits of being a season subscriber include:

  • Save on ticket price over single ticket purchase
  • Priority seating at concerts
  • Free lost ticket replacement
  • Discount on purchase of extra tickets for your guests

Choose a season package of five tickets to all of the concerts or a mini-pass option selecting tickets to three concerts. You may purchase your subscriptions online at this time. The physical tickets will be mailed to your address prior to the first concert.

FULL SEASON (all five concerts)

  • General Admission $160
  • Senior Admission $135 

MINI-PASS (three concerts)

  • General Admission $100
  • Senior Admission $85

SUBSCRIBE ONLINE
 

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Houston Early Music has moved to a new service provider for our email newsletter.  If you have any trouble reading or receiving this newsletter, please let us know at info@HoustonEarlyMusic.org.

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Ticket purchase covers only part of the costs of bringing early music performances to Houston. We need the support of patrons like you. Please make your tax-deductible donation to Houston Early Music

Houston Early Music is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through theHouston Arts Alliance, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Houston Early Music News

reimagining the past … Music from the Middle Ages through the 18th Century

In This Newsletter

Welcome

to the 2011-2012 season presented by Houston Early Music. We have an exciting series of five concerts, from women composers at the German courts, to the harpsichord’s golden century, to Spanish songs of war and love, to Scottish fiddling, and of course our Christmas treat of carols and foot-tapping ballads.  We offer a season subscription to all five concerts and a mini-pass subscription to three concerts of your choice. Join us this season as we “reimagine the past”.

Our Opening Concert

Like Houston Early Music Opens with LA DONNA MUSICALE "Passionate Enemies" on Facebook

 

Sunday, October 2, 2011
LA DONNA MUSICALE
Passionate Enemies

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5:00 p.m.
2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005

Pre-concert talk at 4:15 p.m.
Laury Gutiérrez, La Donna Musicale Director

The Boston ensemble is back with music by women composers at the rival German courts of Frederic the Great and the House of Hapsburg. Foes on the battlefield, the zeal for victory extended to the salon, where passions ran high and nothing was spared in their lavish quest of the arts. Music by Frederic’s sister, Wilhelmine, and Anna Bon goes up against Hapsburg-sponsored Camilla de Rossi and Maria Teresa Agnesi. Soprano Shari Alise Wilson and countertenor Gerrod Pagenkopf. Violins, viola, violone, harpsichord and viola da gamba.

Upcoming Concerts 

View our Complete Season Online
 
Sunday, December 11, 2011
DUFAY COLLECTIVE
To Drive the Cold Winter Away – Christmas Revelry in Renaissance England
Christ Church Cathedral, 5:00 p.m.
1117 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002
Pre-concert talk at 4:15 p.m.
Dufay Collective members
 
Friday, February 3, 2012
RICHARD EGARR, Harpsichord
The Harpsichord’s Golden Century
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 7:30 p.m.
5200 Fannin, Houston, TX 77004
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
Richard Egarr
 
HISPANIC HERITAGE SERIES
Friday, March 2, 2012
LA MORRA
Luz del Alva – Renaissance Spanish Songs of Love, War and Devotion
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 7:30 p.m.
6221 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
La Morra ensemble members
 
Friday, May 4, 2012
TRIO SETTECENTO
The Scottish Play – Scottish music of the Baroque era
Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 7:30 p.m.
6221 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
John Mark Rozendaal

SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS

If you have already subscribed to our seasn online or through the mail, you will be receiving your tickets in a few days through the mail. It’s not too late to subcribe for the whole season. You can subscribe on our website or at the door of the first concert. 

Our season subscription gives you tickets to concerts at substantial savings over the single concert price. The benefits of being a season subscriber include:

  • Save on ticket price over single ticket purchase
  • Priority seating at concerts
  • Free lost ticket replacement
  • Discount on purchase of extra tickets for your guests

Choose a season package of five tickets to all of the concerts or a mini-pass option selecting tickets to three concerts. You may purchase your subscriptions online at this time. The physical tickets will be mailed to your address prior to the first concert.

FULL SEASON (all five concerts)

  • General Admission $160
  • Senior Admission $135 

MINI-PASS (three concerts)

  • General Admission $100
  • Senior Admission $85

SUBSCRIBE ONLINE
 

NEW EMAIL SERVICE

Houston Early Music has moved to a new service provider for our email newsletter.  If you have any trouble reading or receiving this newsletter, please let us know atinfo@HoustonEarlyMusic.org.

You may subscribe or unsubscribe at 
http://www.houstonearlymusic.org/about/mailing-list

Please Support Houston Early Music with Your Donations

Ticket purchase covers only part of the costs of bringing early music performances to Houston. We need the support of patrons like you. Please make your tax-deductible donation to Houston Early Music

Houston Early Music is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through theHouston Arts Alliance, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Dear Friends of Houston Early Music,

Among the many compliments we keep hearing from you is that no other organization presents the groups and music that we consistently bring to Houston from all over the country and all over the world. As a patron said at our last concert, “you can’t hear this kind of music anywhere else in Houston.” Not only do we bring these groups to you at our concerts, we continue our educational outreach in the community, bringing the groups to underprivileged children as well as providing master classes to local college students. We have every right to be proud of the organization, and are hopeful that more patrons of the arts will hear of our world-class concerts and artists and spread the word, especially during these economically challenging times.

We need the financial support of local early music enthusiasts and friends of the organization in order to continue our over 40-year history of bringing exceptional music to Houston and to eventually return to six concerts per season, beginning with five concerts next season. As such, please consider making a contribution to the organization now, so that we may realize the planned five-concert season in 2011-2012, despite the expected reduction in state arts funding. Please remember that your contribution is tax deductible, and that we are a mostly volunteer-run non-profit, with our expenses being primarily artists’ fees.

The 2011-2012 season will be formally announced at our next concert on May 2nd, but here is a preview: the five concerts will include La Donna Musicale, returning to Houston with a new German program, the Dufay Collective, who will help us “Drive the Cold Winter Away,” the returning internationally acclaimed harpsichordist Richard Egarr in a new program, La Morra in a Spanish Renaissance program, and Trio Settecento with a Scottish Baroque program. As always, these concerts promise to be varied, exciting, and unique.

Thank you for your consideration of this special request. Please send checks (made out to Houston Early Music) to Houston Early Music, P.O.Box 271193, Houston, TX 77277-1193, or make your donation online through our website (http://www.houstonearlymusic.org/), to reflect your support of the organization. Thank you again.

Sincerely yours,

Magali Suárez Candler
President, Board of Directors
Houston Early Music

Suggested Giving Levels

  • President’s Circle $10,000
  • Angel $5,000
  • Benefactor $1,000
  • Sponsor $500
  • Patron $100
  • Any amount of your choice, large or small, will be gratefully accepted
]]> http://www.houstonearlymusic.org/archives/1471/feed 0 May 2: Houston Early Music’s season finale celebrates Tudor King Henry VIII http://www.houstonearlymusic.org/archives/1463 http://www.houstonearlymusic.org/archives/1463#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:13:06 +0000 Webmaster http://www.houstonearlymusic.org/?p=1463 Continue reading →]]> If you have difficulty reading this in email, please see our web site
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presenting the world’s finest period ensembles and soloists … bringing to life music from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classical periods. Experience with us early music played on original instruments, by musicians reviving performances of the past.

Houston Early Music’s season finale celebrates Tudor King Henry VIII

The Flanders Recorder Quartet will be featured at the Houston Early Music season finale concert on Monday, May 2, 2011. The concert will be held 7:30 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004.

Founded in 1987, the Flanders Recorder Quartet has performed more than 1,500 concerts on five continents. Members of the group are recorder players Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Joris Van Goethem and Paul Van Loey.

The quartet will be joined by guest vocalist Cecile Kempenaers, a leading early-music soprano in Belgium who specializes in Renaissance and Baroque music.

The mixed ensemble of recorder quartet and vocalist will bring to the stage a program celebrating a famous Tudor king. The evening’s program, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, includes contemporary music by award-winning Belgian composer Piet Swert, as well as medieval and improvised music, a scene from Shakespeare, letters from King Henry and Anne Boleyn and original verse written specifically for this project.

“This program is a fascinating telling of a familiar story,” Houston Early Music artistic director, Nancy Ellis, said. “Our season finale honors a king who was actually an accomplished musician.”

Dr. Thomas Crow, associate professor of British history St. Thomas University, will offer a pre-concert lecture at 6:45 p.m. He also serves as a program chair of the music department at the University.

Crow said Henry VIII played the lute, composed and sang. He also was supportive of the arts in his court. Prior to his reign, the court had only five permanent musicians. Henry VIII dramatically increased that number to about 58.

“The music reflects the general splendor of the court,” Crow said. “England was just feeling the effects of the Renaissance, and there was a blossoming of all the arts.”

Crow said the sequence of queens reflected the king’s personality. “He was impulsive and acted without thinking,” Crow explained.

The success of the Tudor dynasty was a hot topic in Henry VIII’s court, Crow added. “It was on everyone’s mind — whether or not the dynasty would survive.”

Exploring history through music is a Houston Early Music specialty. The group follows music from the Middle Ages through the 18th century, providing unique programming and world-class concerts performed with historical instruments and styles true to the period. Houston Early Music is one of the nation’s oldest early-music organizations.

Tickets

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Contact

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Phone 713-432-1744
email info@HoustonEarlyMusic.org
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Houston Early Music presents

Mon., Mar. 28, 2011

TRIO SONNERIE, Monica Huggett, Dir.

The Harmony of Nations

7:30PM, Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church
6221 Main Street (77030)

See Program

Trio Sonnerie will be featured at the next Houston Early Music concert on Monday, March 28, 2011. Entitled The Harmony of Nations, the performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, 6221 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030.

The concert will feature English violinist and conductor, Monica Huggett, one of the foremost Baroque violinists and founder of Trio Sonnerie. Joining Huggett are Emilia Benjamin on viola da gamba and James Johnstone on harpsichord.

The trio will bring to the stage a contrasting program, including one of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s Mystery Sonatas for virtuoso violin, as well as French music for viola da gamba, tunes from Jacobean England and a sonata for violin and harpsichord by J.S. Bach.

“We have featured the remarkable Monica Huggett before,” said Nancy Ellis, artistic director of Houston Early Music. “It is a pleasure to welcome this extraordinary violinist back to Houston. She’s a favorite with Houston Early Music audiences.”

Dr. Gregory Barnett, associate professor of musicology at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, will offer a pre-concert lecture at 6:45 p.m. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Houston Early Music.

Barnett said Huggett’s performances are exceptional. “She has an amazing bow technique,” he said. “She has the quickest and most nuanced sound.”

Barnett explained that Biber’s Mystery Sonatas are difficult to perform. “It’s been years since I’ve seen anyone take on the Mystery Sonatas,” he said. “Biber wrote the hardest music for violin. It’s very difficult and wickedly fast.”

Barnett believes Huggett will rise to the challenge. “This is just made for Monica’s bow technique. It’s so quick and so intricate. She can get all of the colors and all of the rhythms,” he said.

Barnett said the scheduled performance is indicative of Houston Early Music’s dedication to providing Houston audiences with some of today’s best musicians.

“Houston Early Music always gets top-notch performers, and that’s not easy to do,” he said. “Nancy has been able to identify excellent and current players in the early-music scene. Houston Early Music represents the best there is out there.”

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Houston Early Music Online Ticket Service

Houston Early Music is pleased to announce that you can now purchase tickets to our performances online, using major credit cards.

Contact

Houston Early Music
P.O. Box 271193 Houston TX 77277-1193
Phone 713-432-1744
email info@HoustonEarlyMusic.org
Web http://www.HoustonEarlyMusic.org

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presenting the world’s finest period ensembles and soloists … bringing to life music from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classical periods. Experience with us early music played on original instruments, by musicians reviving performances of the past.

Houston Early Music presents

Mon., Mar. 28, 2011

TRIO SONNERIE, Monica Huggett, Dir.

The Harmony of Nations

7:30PM, Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church
6221 Main Street (77030)

See Program

Trio Sonnerie, Monica Huggett’s longest running and smallest group, comes from the UK to present the choicest pick of Europe’s chamber music from the Baroque period. Biber’s astonishing “Mystery Sonatas” for virtuoso violin contrast with exquisitely refined French music for viola da gamba and sprightly tunes from Jacobean England. Of course, the Harmony of Nations wouldn’t be complete without JS Bach, here represented by a magnificent sonata for violin and harpsichord.

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presenting the world’s finest period ensembles and soloists … bringing to life music from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classical periods. Experience with us early music played on original instruments, by musicians reviving performances of the past.

You still have time to order tickets for our Christmas Concert on Dec. 13.

See detailed Program, Notes, and Artist Biographies


Mon. Dec.13, 2010

CIARAMELA
A Piper’s Noel

7:30PM, Christ Church Cathedral
1117 Texas Avenue
Houston TX 77072

6:45 p.m. pre-concert lecture by Adam Gilbert

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For our Christmas offering, we present the exciting young American ensemble in a concert of carols, hymns, lullabies and instrumental pieces from Renaissance England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany. Featuring the talents some of the foremost early musicians performing works from humble pipers’ tunes to grand Renaissance polyphony with voices, shawms, sackbut, recorders, and bagpipes.


Houston Early Music presents a Renaissance musicale that is a must-see holiday event for Houston audiences.  On Monday evening, December 13, Christ Church Cathedral will resonate with enchanting sounds and the musical imagery of early Christmas when world-acclaimed ensemble Ciaramella takes the stage.

Ciaramella’s name is derived from both the Italian shawm and a 15th-century song – When she opens her mouth, she knocks men flat – about a beautiful girl whose clothes are full of holes. This ensemble will truly do just that, as the rich and intricate counterpoint of A Piper’s Noël captivates the hearts of all who hear. The work brings forth the great tradition of combined bagpipes and shawm (early oboe), as well as early representations of modern instruments that include flute (recorder), bassoon (dulcian), trumpet (slide trumpet), and trombone (sackbut).

Adam Gilbert, co-founder of Ciaramella, says of this work, “Its inspiration is derived from the representation of angels announcing the birth of Christ. We see the bagpiper, or shepherd, so amazed at the angels that he puts down the bagpipe made of goat or sheepskin. This represents the putting away of carnal cares. These rustic instruments were used throughout the Baroque era, as heard in themes from Handel’s The Messiah.”

Ciaramella brings to life Renaissance classics with the ease of jazz musicians improvising on a theme, revealing the origins of carols we know and introducing forgotten popular gems. With the addition of four male voices, Ciaramella blends traditional dance melodies with added embellishment and improvisation, classical motets, and popular tunes. The focus is authentic music that will range from toe-tapping to cerebral to five-hundred years of jazz.

Ensemble members are Adam Gilbert, Rotem Gilbert, Debra Nagy, Doug Milliken, Greg Ingles, and Erik Schmaltz. This year they plan to record A Piper’s Noël, as well as a collection of traditional and improvised Spanish dances.  More information about this exciting group can be found atwww.ciaramella.org.

You do not want to miss this performance that begins at 7:30 p.m., with a 6:45 p.m. pre-concert lecture by Adam Gilbert.  The performance takes place at Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Ave. (77002).

Tickets

Tickets are available online at Buy Tickets and at the door: $35 for general admission, $30 for seniors, and $10 for students (with student ID.) Free admission for children under 15.

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Contact

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Phone 713-432-1744
email info@HoustonEarlyMusic.org
Web http://www.HoustonEarlyMusic.org

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