Voice of Brubeck: Themes and Explorations presenting major orchestral and choral works of jazz icon Dave Brubeck

Tickets are now on sale for the Voice of Brubeck: Themes and Explorations, presenting major orchestral and vocal works of jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck, set for Friday, March 21 at the Moores Opera House on the University of Houston (UH) campus. Presented by Lago Vista Community Concerts Foundation, in partnership with UH, this is the second installment in the Voice of Brubeck series, following the sold-out, inaugural concert last June with the Houston Chamber Choir, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, and the Paul English Quartet.

The Voice of Brubeck: Themes and Explorations brings back jazz artist Chris Brubeck, along with The Moores School of Music Symphony Orchestra (dir. Franz Anton Krager), soloists Simone Gundy (The Voice), Horace Alexander Young, and the Paul English Quartet. As with the inaugural edition, the UH program will be professionally recorded and released later this year on Navona Records.

Volume Two will feature some of Dave Brubeck’s freshly arranged sacred vocal music, a few of his jazz masterpieces, and a five-movement orchestral tour-de-force, Theme and Explorations, commissioned by Andre Previn for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The March 21 concert creates a unique opportunity for the listener to experience Brubeck’s versatile and complex musical narrative unrestrained by stylistic boundaries.