| Date | TIme | |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, Feb. 7 | 7:30 PM | Buy Tickets |
Apollo Chamber Players
American Story: Empower
Sponsored by DatumSure and Terri & Thomas Kosten, Program Partner is The Frederick Douglass Family Initiative
The program includes an intergenerational collaboration with the Evergreen Quartet, a student ensemble from Kinder HSPVA, who will premiere an adapted version of the work. This underscores education and mentorship as vital extensions of Apollo’s mission and the democratization of artistic expression.
The concert also reflects the ancestral echoes of Felix Mendelssohn, whose lineage traces to his grandfather, Moses Mendelssohn, a key figure in the Jewish Enlightenment whose ideals helped shape the values of America’s founders and moral leaders.
PROGRAM:
And Still We Cross (2026)*
Daniel Bernard Roumain (b. 1971)
Version for string quartet
WORLD PREMIERE
Sorrow Song & Jubilee (2014)**
Libby Larsen (b. 1950)
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Intermission
And Still We Cross (2025)**
Daniel Bernard Roumain (b. 1971)
Version for string quartet, vocal quartet (SATB) & narrator
Words/Text by Kenneth B. Morris, Jr.
*Commissioned by Apollo Chamber Players and Kinder HSPVA for the Evergreen Quartet
**Commissioned by Apollo Chamber Players
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 at 7:30 PM
MATCHBOX 4
RUNTIME:
1 hour 40 minutes with no intermission
7:30 PM Concert
followed by a Reception in the Lobby
TICKETS:
General Admission Seating
$40 Regular
$10 Student/First Responder
Please note that each tickets are subject to a $5 service fee at checkout.
This performance is recommended for ages 7 and up.
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS
Matthew J. Detrick, Founder, Executive & Artistic Director
CORE ARTISTS
Matthew J. Detrick, violin
Anabel Ramirez, violin
Aria Cheregosha, viola
Matthew Dudzik, cello
GUESTS
Kenneth Morris, Jr., narrator & speaker
Daniel Bernard Roumain, composer
Penelope Campbell, soprano
Natalie Broussard, alto
Wayne Ashley, tenor
Keaton Brown, baritone
Marlo Saucedo, visual/word artist
EVERGREEN QUARTET
part of the Kinder HSPVA/AFA Chamber Music Partnership
Naoto Osako, violin
Claire Loggenberg, violin
Drayden Johnson, viola
Rashaud Lawrence, cello
Program Partner: Frederick Douglass Family Initiative
Commission Underwriters: DatumSure & HSPVA Friends
Major Support: Tom & Terri Kosten
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