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/Houston Chamber Choir

The Houston Chamber Choir (www.houstonchamberchoir.org) is a professional chorus based in Houston, Texas. The ensemble regularly presents a five concert series of diverse, innovative choral programming throughout the Houston region. They have 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, and toured internationally from Mexico to Wales.

History
Founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Robert Simpson, the Houston Chamber Choir has performed and collaborated with some of the world's leading artists, including Kim Kashkashian, Paul Hillier, María Guinand, Christopher Theofanidis, Daryl Robinson, Marguerite Brooks, Manfred Cordes, Daniel J. Knaggs, Elena Sharkova, Anton Armstrong, Jocelyn Hagen, Dave Brubeck, David Ashley White, Peter Phillips, Dominick DiOrio, Christian McBride, and Cynthia Clawson.

Recordings
The choir has produced four recordings, with its latest efforts Soft Blink of Amber Light (MSR, 2015) and Rothko Chapel: Morton Feldman, Erik Satie, John Cage (ECM, 2015) met with international acclaim.

Commissions
Beyond the known and celebrated choral works, the Houston Chamber Choir is also a champion of contemporary choral music, having expanded the repertoire with nearly a dozencommissions of new works. All but one of the compositions from Soft Blink of Amber Light are works commissioned and premiered by the ensemble.

Awards and Accolades
In 2015 the choir was winner of The American Prize for Choral Performance.

The Rothko Chapel project, recorded in partnership with Da Camera of Houston Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg, was a US Billboard Top 10, UK Top 20 Classical Album and named one of the Best Classical Recordings of 2015 by The Chicago Tribune.