Da Camera will present the Houston premiere of artistic director SarahRothenberg’s latest multi-media production “The Blue Rider: Kandinsky and Music"January 29, 2011.

Shepherd School of Music's Pierre Jalbert has been tapped to write his StringQuartet #5 for the esteemed Emerson String Quartet (shown here). The premierescheduled for April 28, 2011.

The rolodex of organizations goes from Aperio (chamber music of the Americas)and Ars Lyrica (early music) to Virtuosi (youth chamber orchestra) and YoungAudiences (presenting music and more in our schools). Pictured here, ArsLyrica's Matthew Dirst.

Also on Da Camera's schedule: West African jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke willperform Feb. 5, 2011.

Israeli jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen plans a Dec. 4 appearance

Red Jazz cafe