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Houston Chamber Choir is a professional choral ensemble based in Houston, Texas, founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Robert Simpson. The ensemble has collaborated with leading artists of our day, including Dave Brubeck, Peter Schickele (a.k.a. P.D.Q. Bach), Bill McGlaughlin, Joseph Flummerfelt, Peter Phillips (conductor), Reinbert de Leeuw and Jamie Bernstein. A champion of contemporary music, the choir has commissioned new works from Christopher Theofanidis, David Ashley White, Dominick DiOrio, and Jocelyn Hagen. Houston Chamber Choir has toured internationally from Mexico to Wales and appeared nationally at conventions held by The American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, and most recently at Trinity Wall Street in New York and Yale University.

Recordings
The choir’s recording of 19th and 20th century Russian secular choral music, Ravishingly Russian, was greeted with glowing reviews: “Ravishing is right” (Gramophone) and “The singing is top-of-the-line” (American Record Guide). In 2012, the ensemble released the world premiere recording of Psalmi ad Vesperas by late 17th century Italian composer Giovanni Paolo Colonna, and was hailed by Fanfare Magazine as “one recording that Baroque music lovers will need in their collection.”


 * Ravishingly Russian (2010)
 * Psalmi ad Vesperas 1694 (2012)