The 29th season opens in October with a world premiere by composer Daniel Knaggs called The Joyful Mysteries, followed by the whimsical “City of Stars – Hollywood Hits from Garland to Gaga” October 28 at Miller Outdoor Theater. This concert is free and open to the public.

One is the loneliest number. Seven is lucky. Thirteen is to be avoided. But 29? Despite its rather inconspicuous status, the precursor to 30 seems to hold the magic for Houston Chamber Choir, now moving into its season of the same count.

“I should start by saying I’m humbled and proud we’ve reached 29 seasons,” Simpson says of his Grammy-winning choir. “So we tried to do a playful trope on that number. I called on a friend who works in math for some advice and insight. I decided our season offers something unique and it’s not derivative. We strive to bring our audience something unique, enduring, enriching…”

A chamber choir collaborating with a deeply thoughtful songwriter whose music exists in some space between folk and indie rock. It’s a pairing that looks peculiar on paper but makes perfect sense the more one knows about each group.

Nathaniel Dett is hardly a household name. Neither is Harry T. Burleigh, nor Undine Smith Moore. Anthony Trecek-King is doing what he can to change that.

When considering music by Black composers, our first thought is to turn to spirituals, work songs, and gospel music.

What they are trying to do in the city for choral music was a new way for me to plug into an old charge, and it fulfilled that aspect of my life.

A celebration, and an elegy, for the natural world, this extraordinary work is an appeal for greater awareness, urgency, and action.

A perfect clasp of hands across the sea has occurred in the collaboration of the Houston Chamber Choir with the British composer, singer, and educator Bob Chilcott in his Circlesong

Hear the Future gives audience members a chance to show their support and appreciation for the outstanding work being done by music educators and their talented singers.

The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of Robert Simpson, presents “On this Day Earth Shall Ring – Christmas at the Villa” Saturday, Dec. 10 and Sunday, Dec. 11.

In 1942, the BBC created “Desert Island Discs,” a weekly radio program that asks notable figures from all walks of British life to select a handful of items, mostly recordings, they’d want in hand if stranded in such a remote locale — music, in other words, they couldn’t live without.

The choir is coming home for the holidays as it returns after a two-year absence to the Chapel of the Villa de Matel in Houston's East End for its annual Christmas concerts.

"Desert Island Playlist" recognizes that there are certain pieces that touch us so deeply that we would not want to be without them even if stranded on a desert island.

Houston Chamber Choir founder and artistic director Robert Simpson’s other job, supervising the music at Christ Church Cathedral downtown, has given him some insight into the unique ways songs can back up — and sometimes change — what people believe.

This Land Is Your Land will address the struggles, politics and successes that combine to create the American story this Saturday at Miller Outdoor Theatre.

The Houston Chamber Choir will dramatically bring the voice of American history to the stage of Miller Outdoor Theatre.

The Grammy Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, led by Robert Simpson, is back at Miller Outdoor Theatre for the first time since 2019 presenting "This Land Is Your Land" as the second performance of its 2022-2023 season.

Historian Jon Meacham and singer/songwriter Tim McGraw remind us in their book, Songs of America, that the history of the United States— its struggles, politics, and successes —is embedded in our nation's folksongs.

The Houston Chamber Choir will bring the voice of American history to the stage.