STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN! Jan. 28 free “Musical Safari” family event at Menil Collection features Da Camera young artists

Da Camera of Houston and The Menil Collection present a free Stop, Look and Listen! event, A Musical Safari, featuring the Da Camera Young Artists on Saturday, January 28 at 3:00 PM in The Menil Collection’s main building. Combine a visit to the museum (where admission is always free) with interactive and informative concerts. The Menil Collection is located at 1515 Sul Ross, with free parking in the lot on West Alabama between Mandell and Mulberry. The recommended age for this event is 5 and up.

At this Stop, Look and Listen! event, musicians from Da Camera’s Young Artist Program perform A Musical Safari, an interactive concert for children that features performances on many different instruments. The musicians present a broad range of music while younger audience members “hunt” for woodwinds, strings and percussion throughout the concert. The event features the woodwind quintet WindSync, a string trio and a piano/vocal/percussion trio.

This year, Da Camera is proud to introduce the third class of Da Camera Young Artists. The Young Artists work with Da Camera throughout the year, conceiving adventurous community concerts and educational programs. Da Camera selected this elite group of young professional instrumentalists and composers through a rigorous, competitive audition process. Da Camera’s Young Artists have been challenged to create new strategies for sharing music in traditional concerts and in schools. Da Camera Young Artists hold degrees from our nation’s top music conservatories and represent the highest quality collection of young, creative musical talent Houston has to offer.

Part of Da Camera’s Beyond the Concert Hall program of educational events, Stop, Look and Listen is a free concert. For more information, call 713-524-5050 or go to www.dacamera.com.

Da Camera of Houston’s concerts feature small ensembles performing chamber music, jazz, early music and contemporary music. A vital institution in the world of chamber music, Da Camera is a source of innovative programming, notably Artistic and General Director Sarah Rothenberg’s programs connecting chamber music with literature and the visual arts. Da Camera is a nationally acclaimed for thought-provoking chamber music programming, as well as a jazz series with a unique balance between renowned performers and emerging artists.