Monarch Chamber Players is a collective of Houston-based professional musicians committed to taking classical chamber music out of the concert hall and into accessible community spaces. We bring our music directly to your neighborhood by performing at any venue you can think of, including parks, churches, farms, gas stations, and our most popular stage, your own front porch! Comprised of musicians who have performed around the world with top professional orchestras and hold degrees from music conservatories around the country, the musician roster consists of winds, strings, and percussion.
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Languages: English
Gig length: 40 - 120 minutes
Unions: AFM
You can expect a fun, diverse chamber music performance comprising of classical, seasonal, and/or familiar tunes. Whether you are looking for strings, winds, or both, we have the flexibility in personnel and programming to provide a wide variety of groups varying in size, instrumentation, and genres.
We are all about engaging with the audience- feel free to chat with us before or after the show and ask any questions you might have.
Monarch Chamber Players is a collective of Houston-based professional musicians committed to taking classical chamber music out of the concert hall and into accessible community spaces. Founded in October 2020, Monarch safely presented over 80 socially-distanced concerts as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We bring our music directly to your neighborhood by performing at any venue you can think of, including parks, churches, farms, gas stations, and our most popular stage, your own front porch! Our concerts provide a space for friends, neighbors, and communities to connect with each other and with the musicians, as well as an informal setting to become more intimately familiar with classical music. Comprised of musicians who have performed around the world with top professional orchestras and hold degrees from music conservatories around the country, the musician roster consists of winds, strings, and percussion.
Monarch Chamber Players is a fiscally-sponsored project of Fresh Arts, a nonprofit arts service organization, and funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
Monarch Chamber Players has its own sound equipment, as well as music stands and a large tent for outdoor events. Please let us know if we will have access to electricity (especially if the gig is outdoors)!
Out set lists can include, but are not limited to.....
Classical
Wind Quintets:
Three Shanties - Malcolm Arnold
Wind Quintet - Claude Arrieu
Summer Music - Samuel Barber
Pastorale - Amy Beach
Quintet - Theodor Blumer
Trois Morceaux Pour Piano - Lili Boulanger arr. Russell Rybicki
Aries Tropicales - Paquito D’Rivera
Trois Pieces Breves for Woodwind Quintet - Jaques Ibert
Danzon No. 2 arr. Russell Rybicki - Arturo Marquez
Quintet No. 3 - David Maslanka
Libertango Astor Piazzolla
Suite from Romeo and Juliet - Sergei Prokofiev arr. Russell Rybicki
The Birds - Ottorino Resphigi arr. Toby Miller
In the Wake - Jake Sandridge (world premiere)
Jazz Suite no. 2, Waltz no. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich
Miniatures - William Grant Still
Summerland - William Grant Still
Winds and Strings:
Inventions for clarinet and cello - Johann Sebastian Bach
Theme and Variations for String Quartet and Flute - Amy Beach
Trio Op. 87 for flute, clarinet, and cello - Ludwig van Beethoven
Duo WoO 27 no. 1 in C Major for clarinet and cello - Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade no. 1 for Nonet - Johannes Brahms arr. Alan Boustead
Symphony no. 3 for Dectet - Johannes Brahms arr. Russell Rybicki
Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Off Pist for clarinet and cello - Svante Henryson
Quartet for Clarinet, Horn, Cello, and Side Drum - Bohuslav Martinu
Oboe Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Studies No. 4 for clarinet and cello - Cyrille Rose, arranged by Matteo Sepúlveda Ríos
Pregón de Danza for clarinet and cello - Georgina Sánchez-Torres
Assobio a Jato for flute and cello - Heitor Villalobos
With Percussion:
Aries Tropicales for Wind Quintet and Percussion - Paquito D’Rivera
Dixieland Duos (varied instrumentation) - Pee Wee Ervin
Tamburin Chinois for Xylophone and Wind Quintet - Fritz Kreisler arr. Pedro Fernandez
Jus’ Walkin’ and Talkin’ for bassoon and vibraphone - Michael Isaacson
Danzon no. 2 for Wind Quintet and Percussion - Arturo Marquez arr. Russell Rybicki
Quartet for Clarinet, Horn, Cello, and Side Drum - Bohuslav Martinu
Libertango - Astor Piazzola
Rhythmic Roots for solo percussion - Pablo Rieppi
Canção Simples de Tambor for Solo Snare Drum - Carlos Stassi
Le Tombeau de Mireille for Oboe and Tambourine - Henri Tomasi
Sonata for Horn and Improvised Percussion - Alec Wilder
With Soprano:
Three Irish Songs for Soprano and Flute - John Corigliano
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Heitor Villalobos
Reed Trio:
Variations on “La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni - Ludwig van Beethoven
Divertissement - Jean Francaix
Cinq Piéces en Trio - Jaques Ibert
Divertimento no. 4 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trios by George Frederic Handel, Joseph Hadyn, Thomas Morley, Robert Schumann
Additional Wind Repertoire:
“Six Metamorphoses after Ovid“ for solo oboe - Benjamin Britten
“Trio Sonata no. 5” for flute trio - Joseph Boismortier
“Rubispheres” for flute, clarinet, and bassoon- Valerie Coleman
“Concerto Grosso no. 8” for flute, oboe, and bassoon - Archangelo Corelli
“Passacaglia” for solo flute - Erno Dohnanyi
Divertimento II for Oboe and Bassoon - Bill Douglas
“Duo for Flute and Oboe” - Alberto Ginastera
“Wind Quartet” for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon - Karl Goepfart
Bassoon Set for solo bassoon - Adolphus Hailstork
“London Trios” for flute, oboe, and bassoon - Joseph Haydn
“Les confidences D'un Joueur de Clarinette” for clarinet and horn - Charles Koechlin
“Homeland” for solo flute - Allison Loggins-Hull
“Duos” for Flute and Clarinet - Robert Muczynski
“Nine New York City Miniatures” for solo oboe - Gary Powell Nash
“Papillons” for wind quartet - Robert Schumann
Six Etudes Pour Hautbois - Gilles Silvestrini
Popular Tunes:
Take on Me - a-ha
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen and Rupert Austin, arr. Russell Rybicki
Medley - George M. Cohan
Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman
Medley - Stephen Foster
Married Life from Up - Michael Giacchino
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Over the Rainbow - David Johnstone
Easy Winners - Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
Sunflower Slow Drag - Scott Joplin
Baby Shark - Kim Min-seok
The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
Themes from Harry Potter - John Williams
Holiday Music
Patriotic:
America the Beautiful
Armed Forces Salute - arr. Amy Gabbitas
Danny Boy - Traditional, arr. Marsha Schweitzer
George M. Cohan Medley
My Country ’Tis of Thee
Semper Fidelis - John Phillip Sousa
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Phillip Sousa
Star Spangled Banner
Washington Post March - John Phillip Sousa
December Holidays:
12 Days of Christmas - arr. Bill Holcombe
Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovych
Christmas Carols (Joy to the World, Silent Night, etc.)
Charlie Brown Christmas (Linus and Lucy, Christmastime is Here) - Vince Guaraldi
Chestnuts (arr. Russell Rybicki)
Hanukkah Songs (Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah, Dreidel Song, etc.)
The Nutcracker Suite - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch - Albert Hague
All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey (arr. Russell Rybicki)
Themes from The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
Valentine’s Day:
Fly Me To the Moon, New York New York, Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Married Life from Up - Michael Giacchino
All You Need is Love - The Beatles
Romeo and Juliet (with Shakespeare narration) - Sergei Prokofiev arr. David Sale and Russell Rybicki
Halloween:
Toccata and Fugue in D-minor - Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Hank Landrum
El Amor Brujo - Manuel de Falla
Nightmare Before Christmas Medley - Danny Elfman
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg arr. Russell Rybicki
Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod
Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saens
Jazz Suite no. 2, Waltz no. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich
Themes from Harry Potter - John Williams
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
The Nutcracker- performed in full with video!
Classical Ensemble
