Musica de Camara (Spanish for Chamber music) is a non-profit organization, based in New York, devoted to presenting classical music concerts in and around New York City venues including schools. It has supported more than 125 Hispanic and non-Hispanic classical music musicians since its founding in 1979 by Eva de la O, herself a soprano.
Director edit
Eva de la O grew up in New York and Puerto Rico and studied at the Juilliard School in Manhattan. She founded Musica de Camara in 1979, wanting in part, to help educate people on Puerto Rican classical music. De la O, who has performed on Broadway[1] is a singer, and teacher of soprano and founded Musica de Camara to showcase Puerto Rican, Caribbean as well as non-Hispanic classical musicians. Her Chamber Music (as it is known in English) was launched at the nearby Museo del Barrio. De la O has worked with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.[2][3][4][5][6]
Awards edit
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Borimix/SEA
- Comité Noviembre[7]
References edit
- ^ "HOMENAJE: A Tribute to Eva de la O - Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños". Centro PR Hunter College NY.
- ^ Ross, Alex (3 April 1993). "Classical Music in Review" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Rockwell, John (8 May 1977). "Latin Art Song Heart of Recital By Eva de la O" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Page, Tim (27 July 1986). "Music Notes; Featuring the Music of Puerto Rico" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Sean, Byron Mark. "Musica de Camara 34th Anniversary Concert in Review". New York Concert Review, Inc.
- ^ "Comite Noviembre 28th Anniversary - Mes de la Herencia Puertorriqueña" (PDF). www.comitenoviembre.org. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Puga, Kristina (28 November 2012). "A Puerto Rican soprano honored for providing stages for Latinos in classical music". NBC Latino.