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Artistic Director | Robert Simpson
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CHOIR INVITATIONAL CONCERT
Sunday, January 26, 2025
FREE Community Concert, 4:00 pm at South Main Baptist Church
The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir, under the direction of founder and artistic director Robert Simpson, presents the 25th annual Hear the Future Invitational Choral Festival on Sunday, Jan. 26 in the beautiful sanctuary of @southmainbaptistchurch!
Each year, the Houston Chamber Choir invites three outstanding school choirs from the Greater Houston area to participate in this festival. Thousands of students from the area’s finest K-12 choral programs have participated in Hear the Future over the years. This year’s community concert, celebrating 25 years, features a children’s chorus and middle and high school choirs and is free and open to the public. The event will entertain and inspire audiences as they “hear” that the future of choral music is bright!
Winner of Best Choral Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy® Awards, winner of Chorus America's 2018 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, the Houston Chamber Choir has established itself as one of the premier professional choirs in the United States, serving Houston through concerts and educational initiatives that enlighten, entertain, and educate people of all ages.
Robert Simpson and the Houston Chamber Choir joined by Houston area school choirs in the annual Hear the Future choir invitational festival
The first photograph of the Houston Chamber Choir in 1995
Robert Simpson holding the Grammy for Best Choral Performance at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards
Artistic Director Robert Simpson leading the Houston Chamber Choir in its season 29 finale, Brubeck! A Celebration, joined by the Brubeck Jazz Quartet and Houston's own Paul English.
Betsy Cook Weber conducts the choir and orchestra in Stravinsky's Mass.
Betsy Cook Weber leading the choir in the April 2024 performance titled "California Gold"
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"If you have never heard the Houston Chamber Choir perform live, then you must. They are quite simply one of the best choirs on the planet."
Patrick Hawes, composer - The Son of Man
