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Monarch Chamber Players

We are Monarch Chamber Players—a vibrant group of Houston-based professional musicians bringing classical music beyond the concert hall and into the heart of our communities. 

Monarch Chamber Players opens its 26-27 season with New Beginnings, a concert that memorializes stories, celebrates friendship and new journeys. Featuring music by Nicky Sohn, Paul Wiancko, Michi Wiancko, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 🦋 Program:&nbsp;Nicky Sohn, ButterflyPaul Wiancko, American Haiku&nbsp;Michi Wiancko, Lullaby for the TransientWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Quintet&nbsp;

New Beginnings- St. Stephen’s United Methodist

Monarch Chamber Players opens its 26-27 season with New Beginnings, a concert that memorializes stories, celebrates friendship and new journeys. Featuring music by Nicky Sohn, Paul Wiancko, Michi Wiancko, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 🦋 Program:&nbsp;Nicky Sohn, ButterflyPaul Wiancko, American Haiku&nbsp;Michi Wiancko, Lullaby for the TransientWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Quintet&nbsp;

New Beginnings- Archway Gallery

Close the season with us at Houston Christian University&#39;s Belin Chapel and Recital Hall in the Morris Cultural Arts Center. This exciting season finale features new arrangements of Mendelssohn&rsquo;s Octet and Schoenberg&rsquo;s Verkl&auml;rte Nacht for woodwinds by Marsha Schweitzer. Every donation helps us keep high-quality, accessible chamber music thriving in neighborhoods across Houston. Join us, invite a friend, and be part of a community that gathers around sound, story, and shared roots. 🎶

Roots and Reunion: MCP Season Closer at HCU

Close the season with us at Sojourn Montrose as Monarch Chamber Players brings chamber music into a warm, shared space. This exciting season finale features new arrangements of Mendelssohn&rsquo;s Octet and Schoenberg&rsquo;s Verkl&auml;rte Nacht for woodwinds by Marsha Schweitzer. Every donation helps us keep high-quality, accessible chamber music thriving in neighborhoods across Houston. Join us, invite a friend, and be part of a community that gathers around sound, story, and shared roots. 🎶

Roots and Reunion: MCP Season Closer at Sojourn Montrose

Paris and Beyond: French influence across Europe and the Americas<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">French musical style - known for its elegance, color, and spirit of experimentation - has shaped composers far beyond France. From the shimmering sound world of Debussy to the rhythmic vitality of Piazzolla, Bart&oacute;k, and Gershwin, this program traces how French musical ideas traveled across Europe and the Americas, inspiring diverse voices and vibrant new sounds.<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; 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font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Performers:<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; 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color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Katie Hart, oboe<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Samuel Park, violin<br style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(97, 97, 97); font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: 0.51px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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Paris & Beyond: Monarch Chamber Players at Thoreau Unitarian

Monarch Chamber Players est&aacute; cerrando el a&ntilde;o con m&uacute;sica, alegr&iacute;a y comunidad. Tu apoyo ayuda a dar vida a nuestra temporada de primavera de 2026, desde conciertos festivos en vecindarios y actuaciones en museos hasta nuestro emocionante final de temporada con el Octeto de Mendelssohn y Verkl&auml;rte Nacht. Cada donaci&oacute;n va directamente a la compensaci&oacute;n de los m&uacute;sicos y nos ayuda a compartir m&uacute;sica de c&aacute;mara en vivo con audiencias en Houston y m&aacute;s all&aacute;. Haz tu donaci&oacute;n antes del 1 de enero para ser parte de esta campa&ntilde;a de fin de a&ntilde;o y ayudarnos a llevar la m&uacute;sica adelante. C&oacute;mo puedes ayudar a impulsar nuestra misi&oacute;n:<ol fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donar: Cada d&oacute;lar cuenta. Contribuye ahora para ayudarnos a alcanzar nuestra meta.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Compartir: Comparte nuestra campa&ntilde;a con tus amigos, familiares y en redes sociales. Tu apoyo puede amplificar nuestro impacto.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Voluntariado: Tu tiempo y habilidades tambi&eacute;n pueden marcar la diferencia.</li></ol>Gracias por apoyar nuestra misi&oacute;n, tu apoyo es invaluable.

Monarch Chamber Players está cerrando el año con música, alegría y comunidad. Tu apoyo ayuda a dar vida a nuestra temporada de primavera de 2026, desde conciertos festivos en vecindarios y actuaciones en museos hasta nuestro emocionante final de temporada con el Octeto de Mendelssohn y Verklärte Nacht. Cada donación va directamente a la compensación de los músicos y nos ayuda a compartir música de cámara en vivo con audiencias en Houston y más allá. Haz tu donación antes del 1 de enero para ser parte de esta campaña de fin de año y ayudarnos a llevar la música adelante.Cómo puedes ayudar a impulsar nuestra misión:Donar: Cada dólar cuenta. Contribuye ahora para ayudarnos a alcanzar nuestra meta.Compartir: Comparte nuestra campaña con tus amigos, familiares y en redes sociales. Tu apoyo puede amplificar nuestro impacto.Voluntariado: Tu tiempo y habilidades también pueden marcar la diferencia.Gracias por apoyar nuestra misión, tu apoyo es invaluable.

Monarch Chamber Players is providing music, joy, and community to neighborhoods around Houston all year long. Your support helps bring our 2026-2027 season to life, from festive neighborhood concerts and museum performances to exciting classical programs all year long. Every donation goes directly to musician compensation and helps us share live chamber music with audiences across Houston and beyond.&nbsp; How you can help power our mission:<ol fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Volunteer: Your time and skills can make an impact too.</li></ol>Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

Monarch Chamber Players is providing music, joy, and community to neighborhoods around Houston all year long. Your support helps bring our 2026-2027 season to life, from festive neighborhood concerts and museum performances to exciting classical programs all year long. Every donation goes directly to musician compensation and helps us share live chamber music with audiences across Houston and beyond. How you can help power our mission:Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.Volunteer: Your time and skills can make an impact too.Thank you for supporting our mission, your support is invaluable.

Hidden Gems at Kinsmen Lutheran Church&nbsp;features an all-female program of colorful works for flute, oboe, bassoon and piano, featuring the vibrant music of Madeleine Dring, Reena Esmail, and Alyssa Morris✨

Hidden Gems- Kinsmen Lutheran Church

Hidden Gems at First Congregational Church presents an all-female program of colorful works for flute, oboe, bassoon and piano, featuring the vibrant music of Madeleine Dring, Reena Esmail, and Alyssa Morris.&nbsp; Your registration helps us plan seating and keep our concerts free and open to everyone. Bring a neighbor, invite a friend, and discover classical music in a relaxed setting where curiosity is encouraged 🌟.

Hidden Gems- First Congregational Church

Something Jazzy at Lone Star College&ndash;University Park&nbsp;will present fun and jazzy music by Claude Bolling, Astor Piazzolla, and Alyssa Morris written for an atypical jazz ensemble with violin, oboe, bass, piano, and drums.&nbsp; Your registration helps us plan the space, keep the concert free, and continue our mission of taking classical music beyond the concert hall.

Something Jazzy- Lone Star College University Park

Join Monarch Chamber Players for &ldquo;Something Jazzy&rdquo; at St. Stephen&#39;s United Methodist Church 🎷. This concert will present fun and jazzy music by Claude Bolling, Astor Piazzolla, and Alyssa Morris written for an atypical jazz ensemble with violin, oboe, bass, piano, and drums. Your registration helps us plan this free community concert and continue our mission of taking high-quality classical music beyond the concert hall. Bring a friend, meet your neighbors, and enjoy live music that feels right at home 🎶.

Something Jazzy- St. Stephen's United Methodist Church

Of Light &ndash; City Church Houston brings a virtuosic and alluring program featuring the harp on Ravel&rsquo;s beloved Introduction and Allegro, alongside Jennifer Higdon&rsquo;s The Sound of Light,&nbsp;and Clarice Assad&rsquo;s Book of Spells.&nbsp;🎵

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