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
editEva 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] On May 4, 2019, she died from lung cancer and was subsequently honored at Música de Cámara's 39th founding anniversary on May 17 at El Teatro of El Museo del Barrio.[7]
Awards
edit- National Endowment for the Arts
- Borimix/SEA
- Comité Noviembre[8]
References
edit- ^ "HOMENAJE: A Tribute to Eva de la O - Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños". Centro PR Hunter College NY.
- ^ Ross, Alex (April 3, 1993). "Classical Music in Review". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Rockwell, John (May 8, 1977). "Latin Art Song Heart of Recital By Eva de la O". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Page, Tim (July 27, 1986). "Music Notes; Featuring the Music of Puerto Rico". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Sean, Byron Mark (June 9, 2014). "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 September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "Musica de Camara Remembers Its Founder Eva de La O And More In East Harlem". Harlem World Magazine. May 10, 2019.
- ^ Puga, Kristina (November 28, 2012). "A Puerto Rican soprano honored for providing stages for Latinos in classical music". NBC Latino.