# Apollo Chamber Players

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'''Apollo Chamber Players''' is an American string quartet based in Houston, Texas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/business/security-line-blues-maybe-some-cool-jazz-will-help.html |title=Security Line Blues? Maybe Some Cool Jazz Will Help|last=Zipkin |first=Amy |date=May 1, 2017 |website=The New York Times |access-date= October 19, 2021 }}</ref> The ensemble, composed of Violinist and Founder Matthew Detrick, Violinist Anabel Ramirez Detrick, Violist Whitney Bullock and Cellist Matthew Dudzik,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/theater/article/Apollo-Chamber-Players-MoonStrike-brings-14462133.php#photo-18313248 |title=Apollo Chamber Players' MoonStrike brings American Indian lunar legends to life |last=Knox |first=Lawrence |date=September 26, 2019 |website=Houston Chronicle |access-date= October 27, 2021 }}</ref> are known for their distinctive, globally-inspired programming<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/slow-dissolve-what-lies-beyond-classicalpopular-music-divide# |title=Slow Dissolve: What Lies Beyond the Classical/Popular Music Divide? |last=Elliot |first=Tamzin |date=September 19, 2021 |website=San Francisco Classical Voice |access-date= October 19, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/Ensemble-explores-cultural-mixing-in-music-5764731.php?t=5ab5b7b0054135ed9f&t=5ab5b7b005 |title=Ensemble explores cultural mixing in music |last=Eatock |first=Colin |date=September 8, 2014 |website=Houston Chronicle |access-date= October 16, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/things-to-do-listen-to-apollo-chamber-players-mix-president-lincoln-and-beethoven-this-weekend-11867089 |title=Apollo Chamber Players Opens Season 'With Malice Toward None' |last=Byrd |first=Sam |date=September 7, 2021 |website=Houston Press |access-date= October 16, 2021 }}</ref> and have garnered international recognition for unique performances and a diverse catalog of commissioned works.  In January 2017, they became the first American [chamber music](/source/chamber_music) group to perform and record in the nation of [Cuba](/source/Cuba) since 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsandculturetx.com/breaking-boundaries-apollo-chamber-players-in-cuba/ |title=BREAKING BOUNDARIES: APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS IN CUBA |last=Cheng |first=Sherry |date=March 2, 2017 |website=Arts and Culture Texas |access-date= October 16, 2021 }}</ref> The group has been featured on national broadcast radio on several occasions as part of [American Public Media](/source/American_Public_Media)'s ''Performance Today'' program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Houston's Apollo Chamber Players |url=https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2017/09/02/houstons-apollo-chamber-players |website=YourClassical.org/PerformanceToday |accessdate=October 16, 2021}}</ref>

The ensemble's fifth studio album ''With Malice Toward None'' has been met with critical acclaim. James Manheim of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) writes that the project is "a well-performed set of entirely novel chamber music".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Manheim|first1=James|title=With Malice Toward None Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/with-malice-toward-none-mw0003554615|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}</ref> Jon Sobel of Blogcritics calls the album a "varied yet thematically contiguous fusion of international traditions and modern innovation".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sobel|first1=Jon|title=Music Reviews: Sky's Acetylene And Apollo Chamber Players- With Malice Toward None|url=https://blogcritics.org/music-reviews-david-fulmer-skys-acetylene-apollo-chamber-players-with-malice-toward-none/|website=[blogcritics.org](/source/blogcritics.org) |accessdate=October 16, 2021}}</ref>

==Commissions==
Composers commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players include [Libby Larsen](/source/Libby_Larsen), [Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate](/source/Jerod_Impichchaachaaha'_Tate), [Kimo Williams](/source/Kimo_Williams), [N. Ravikiran](/source/N._Ravikiran), [Pamela Z](/source/Pamela_Z), Javier Farias, Vũ Nhật Tân, J.E. Hernández, [Vanessa Vo](/source/Vanessa_Vo), [Jovino Santos Neto](/source/Jovino_Santos_Neto), Malek Jandali, [Christopher Theofanidis](/source/Christopher_Theofanidis) and [Jennifer Higdon](/source/Jennifer_Higdon) among many others.<ref>{{cite web |title=20X2020 Compositions |url=https://www.apollochamberplayers.org/20x2020/#compositions |access-date=October 26, 2021 |website=ApolloChamberPlayers.org |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726214316/https://www.apollochamberplayers.org/20x2020/#compositions |url-status=dead }}</ref>  From 2014 to 2020 the ensemble commissioned new music as part of its 20x2020 project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsandculturetx.com/apollo-chamber-players-concludes-20x2020/ |title=APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS CONCLUDES 20×2020 |last=Brown |first=Steve |date=May 15, 2019 |website=Arts and Culture Texas |access-date= October 26, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/classical/houston-s-apollo-chamber-players-reflect-15740503 |title=Houston’s Apollo Chamber Players reflect cultural reckoning in new season |last=Gray |first=Chris |date=November 20, 2020 |website=Houston Chronicle |access-date= October 16, 2021 }}</ref>

==Recordings==
* ''European Folkscapes'' (Navona Records, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/apollo-chamber-players-mn0003678271/discography |title=Apollo Chamber Players Discography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=October 19, 2021 }}</ref>
* ''Blurred Boundaries'' (Navona Records, 2016)
* ''Ancestral Voices'' (Navona Records, 2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/ancestral-voices |title=Review: Ancestral Voices |last=Vittes |first=Laurence |date=March 2018 |website=Gramophone |access-date=October 16, 2021 }}</ref>
* ''Within Earth'' (Navona Records, 2019)
* ''With Malice Toward None'' (Azica Records, 2021)
* ''MoonStrike'' (Azica Records, 2022)

==References==
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Category:American string quartets
Category:Musical groups from Houston
Category:Performing arts in Texas
Category:Texas classical music
Category:Culture of Houston
Category:Musical groups with year of establishment missing

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