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 Axiom Presents: Origin Stories

About Our 2023-2024 Season

In its 11th season, the Axiom Quartet presents: Origin Stories, at the Houston Saengerbund Saengerhalle (1703 Heights Blvd). This season, the Quartet members offer windows into the music and experiences that have shaped our music making, careers, and personal perspectives. Each concert is hosted and narrated by the quartet member who designed it, in conversation with the audience and the rest of Axiom. Join us to probe the “hows” and “whys” of the backgrounds, missions, and compulsions that brought us together and shape our music-making. 

On November 5, 2023, violinist Matt Lammers will host Full Circle: Charles Ives’ quirky and lovably chaotic Quartet No. 1 “From the Salvation Army” and Samuel Barber’s one and only Quartet, home of the iconic Adagio.

 

About this Program:  “In 2021, my wife Marisa Ishikawa and I founded the Opus 1 Chamber Music School. Full Circle reopens the book on two pieces that sucked me devotedly into the incomparable world of chamber music in high school, hoping to understand their effect and share it just as compellingly with my students, the next generation of young players.” - Matt Lammers

 

On March 3, 2024, violinist Dominika Dancewicz will host Leaves of an Unwritten Diary: Krzysztof Penderecki’s third Quartet of the same name, the Houston premiere of Henryk Górecki’s second Quartet, and Grażyna Bacewicz’s lyrical yet amusing fourth Quartet.

 

About this Program: “The title of the first work on this entirely Polish program says it all. The pieces fit together in a puzzle creating my personal ‘Leaves of an Unwritten Diary’. Working with and learning from Penderecki were some of my strongest musical associations while in Poland. Górecki lived in my home town of Katowice, and I performed his music often. Bacewicz shows us how intellectual independence can overcome the limitations of a communist regime.” - Dominika Dancewicz

 

On May 26, 2024, violist Katie Carrington and cellist Patrick Moore will host Point, Punctum, and Counterpoint: Florence Price’s soulful 5 Folk Songs in Counterpoint, Caroline Shaw’s reinvention of antique inspirations Punctum, and Henri Dutilluex’s set of character pieces Ainsi La Nuit (Thus the Night).

 

About this Program: “This concert makes a point. It’s an eclectic combination of American and French modern music built on compelling counterpoint between pieces, not just within them.”  - Patrick Moore and Katie Carrington 

Individual and Season Tickets

  • Origin Story: Full Circle
    Origin Story: Full Circle
    Sun, Nov 05
    Houston
    Nov 05, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Houston, 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008, USA
    Our November 5 opening concert is a personal journey presented by Axiom violinist Matt Lammers.
  • Origin Story:  Unwritten Diary
    Origin Story:  Unwritten Diary
    Sun, Mar 03
    Houston
    Mar 03, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Houston, 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008, USA
    Our second concert is a reflection on youth and musical training in Poland by violinist Dominika Dancewicz
  • Origin Story: Point, Punctum, Counterpoint
    Origin Story: Point, Punctum, Counterpoint
    Sun, May 26
    Houston
    May 26, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Houston, 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008, USA
    Our final Origin Story presented by Katie Carrington and Patrick Moore
  • 2023-2024 Season Tickets
    2023-2024 Season Tickets
    2023-2024
    Houston
    2023-2024
    Houston, 1703 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008, USA
    All three concerts for our 2023-2024 season, "Origin Stories" at a reduced bundled price.
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