2023 Czech Heritage Month concert featuring the Apollo Chamber Players with special guests Lauren Spaulding, viola, and Norman Fischer, Professor of Cello at The Shepherd School of Music, Rice University.
THURSDAY, October 17 | 7-8:30 PM
CZECH CENTER MUSEUM HOUSTON, 4920 SAN JACINTO ST.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
In honor of Czech Heritage Month, we celebrate the bicentennial of Bedrich Smetana’s birth with chamber music by this beloved Bohemian composer. Program features his fiery first string quartet and masterful Piano Trio.
Performance is Thursday, October 17, 7:00 p.m. at the Czech Center Museum Houston. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required due to limited seating. Complimentary valet parking is available on-site.
RSVPs begin October 1, 2024.
TIME AND LOCATION
Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 7:00 PM
Czech Center Museum Houston
4920 San Jacinto St.
Houston, Texas, 77004
If you have any further questions, please email social@czechcenter.org
MEET THE ARTISTS
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS: Anabel Ramirez Detrick & Matthew J. Detrick, violins, Aria Cheregosha, viola; Matthew Dudzik, cello
Houston-based APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS “performs with rhythmic flair and virtuosity” (The Strad) and “recasts music for a diverse and multi-ethnic generation” (Strings Magazine) through globally-inspired programming and multicultural new music commissions. Recipient of Chamber Music America’s prestigious Residency Partnership award, the ensemble has performed for sold-out audiences at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center and is featured frequently on American Public Media’s nationally syndicated program Performance Today.
