HOUSTON CHAMBER CHOIR PRESENTS 2022 GALA “THIS MAGIC MOMENT” ON SUNDAY, MAR. 27 CELEBRATING 25+ YEARS

WHAT: The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir presents its 2022 gala “This Magic Moment: Celebrating Over 25 Years of Choral Excellence” to honor the remarkable accomplishments of founder and artistic director Robert Simpson and Marianna Parnas-Simpson for their service to the Houston arts community.

Party-goers will enjoy a magic-themed evening including card tricks, illusion and mind-reading games, in addition to beautiful music provided by the professional musicians of the Houston Chamber Choir. The event is black tie optional. The event will be especially meaningful since it is the first time for Houston Chamber Choir patrons to gather for an in-person gala since 2019.

WHO: Robert Simpson and Marianna Parnas-Simpson have changed the landscape of choral music in Houston, while receiving national and international recognition. Parnas-Simpson, founding  member of the Houston Chamber Choir, is also founder and artistic director of the award-winning Treble Choir of Houston at Christ Church Cathedral and choir director at Parker Elementary School, the oldest magnet school for the arts in the Houston Independent School District. The Treble Choir of Houston and the Houston Chamber Choir just released a new album on Signum Classics, Circlesong, by British composer Bob Chilcott.

WHEN: Sunday, Mar. 27, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

WHERE: The Petroleum Club, 1201 Louisiana St., Houston, 77002

COST: Tickets start at $250, and tables are $3,000 and up. An exclusive VIP champagne reception will be held from 5:30 – 6 p.m. for major sponsors.

Visit https://houstonchamberchoir.org/2022-gala to purchase tickets. If you cannot attend the gala, there is an option to donate to support the Choir.

MORE: There is complimentary valet parking at the Petroleum Club.

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About Houston Chamber Choir

Led by Founder and Artistic Director Robert Simpson, the Houston Chamber Choir is a Grammy® Award-winning ensemble of 24 professional musicians selected from the finest choral artists in our region. “One of the jewels of the city’s cultural scene” (Houston Chronicle), the Houston Chamber Choir has brought Houston an array of choral works for 26 years ranging from early music and Baroque masterpieces, including the city’s first period instrument performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass, to the rarely heard Third Sacred Concert by Duke Ellington, and performances and premieres of works by today’s leading composers, many with Houston ties — David Ashley White, Christopher Theofanidis, Dominick DiOrio, J. Todd Frazier, Mark Buller, Karim Al-Zand, Pierre Jalbert, Marcus Maroney, and Daniel Knaggs.

The Houston Chamber Choir’s awards include Chorus America’s Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the American Prize. They were one of 24 international ensembles selected to appear at the 2020 World Symposium on Choral Music in New Zealand. The Houston Chamber Choir has appeared at national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, the American Guild of Organists, and Chorus America. Tours have taken them to Mexico, Wales, and the Northeastern United States where they performed at Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City, and Yale University at the invitation of the Institute of Sacred Music.

The Houston Chamber Choir's recording of the complete choral works of French composer Maurice Duruflé was awarded the 2019 Grammy® Award for Best Choral Performance. In January 2022, Signum Classics will release its newest recording of compositions by acclaimed British composer Bob Chilcott. For this recording, the Houston Chamber Choir is joined by the Treble Choir of Houston directed by Marianna Parnas-Simpson. The title work, Circlesong, is a 13-movement composition for two choirs, two pianos, and percussion based on First Nation poetry of North America.

About the Houston Chamber Choir Digital Stage

The Houston Chamber Choir Digital Stage brings choral music straight to your fingertips – anytime and anywhere. Enjoy yearlong access to all our concerts, dynamic original programming, favorites from the archive, and our podcast, With One Accord. The Digital Stage is accessible from the web and can easily be viewed on computers using most web browsers. It is also available on iOS and Android phones via the Houston Chamber Choir Digital Stage App.

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