Active from 1970 | ||
Members Patricia Spencer, Blair McMillen, Curtis Macomber, Meighan Stoops, André Emelianoff, David Bowlin, James Wilson Albums Fennelly & Hibbard: Chamber Works, Private Dances Record labels Innova Recordings, Albany Records, New Albion Records, NWCRI, GM Recordings Similar Joan Tower, Lucy Shelton, Judith Shatin, Louis Karchin, Harvey Sollberger | ||
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The Da Capo Chamber Players are an American contemporary music "Pierrot ensemble," founded in 1970. Winners of the Naumburg Award in 1973, its founding members included composer/pianist Joan Tower, violinist Joel Lester (former dean of Mannes College of Music), and flutist Patricia Spencer. The current members are Curtis Macomber, violin; Jay Campbell, cello; Blair McMillen, piano; Patricia Spencer, flute; and Meighan Stoops, clarinet.
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The Da Capo Chamber Players have commissioned over 100 works from composers such as Joan Tower, John Harbison, Chinary Ung, George Perle, Shulamit Ran, Philip Glass, Mohammed Fairouz, Kyle Gann, Roberto Carnevale, Milton Babbitt, Martin Bresnick, and David Lang among others. In recent years, Da Capo has established active creative relationships with prominent Russian contemporary composers, and the ensemble regularly visits Russia for performances and master classes.
Da Capo has been in residence at Bard College since 1982, and since 2006 have been the ensemble-in-residence with the Bard Conservatory. The ensemble has released recordings on labels such as Bridge, New World, CRI, and Innova.