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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260502T140000
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URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/les-touches-central-library-h
 ouston-public-library/
SUMMARY:Les Touches @ Central Library (Houston Public Library)
DESCRIPTION:This is our third FREE appearance with the Houston Public Libra
 ry (HPL) system for the Spring 2026 season. These concerts are not only of
 fered for free to expand public access to the Greater Houston area but als
 o to demonstrate the diversity of musicians in the early music community.\
 n\n 	The Central Library is located in the Downtown Houston area\, which h
 as been reimagined to serve Houston’s culturally diverse community by of
 fering a rich array of new spaces and free educational\, business\, cultur
 al\, informational and recreational resources\, programs\, services\, and 
 activities.\n 	Parking in the underground garage on Lamar Street is FREE o
 n Saturdays\n 	Our repertoire will serve as a preview for our church conce
 rt scheduled the same month\, and it will include brief lectures about the
  history of the viol geared particularly to newcomers to early music and t
 he viola da gamba.\n 	Repertoire will focus on 3-4 part viol consort\, occ
 asionally featuring other variations in the consort such as viol duets and
  voice and viol. All vocals will be sung by Les Touches member Jocelyn Urs
 ua\, a trans woman who has been vocally training as a tenor.\n\nVisit the 
 HPL website provided in this page to register to attend for FREE!\n\n___\n
 \nAbout Les Touches\n\n 	Founded in 2011 by Pedro Funes-Whittington at the
  Jacobs School of Music and the Early Music Institute at Indiana Universit
 y\, Les Touches is a viol consort whose core repertoire includes the works
  of many of England’s most prominent early music composers such as Willi
 am Byrd and John Coprario\, as well as the works of composers whose work d
 eserves wider recognition\, such as George Jeffreys and Peter Phillips. Th
 e ensemble has performed across the United States\, working with groups su
 ch as Texas Early Music Project and the South Dakota Chorale\, and continu
 es to pursue collaboration with other musicians and ensembles. In 2014\, L
 es Touches held its inaugural season in Texas and began a partnership with
  Viols of Houston\, with whom they provide outreach programs in local scho
 ols. In 2015\, Les Touches was named one of the 10 finalists in the York Y
 oung Artist International Competition.\n 	Les Touches continues to share t
 heir passion for the viol and make its fascinating consort repertoire\, as
  an aspect of early music\, accessible to their general community in the G
 reater Houston region of Southeast Texas.\n 	Since the debut of their most
  recent revival in 2024\, they were featured in a performance/lecture pres
 entation hosted by Early Music America at the Chamber Music America 2025 C
 onference at Rice University.\n\n 	This presentation consisted of a repert
 oire of 4-part consort pieces from a range of composers from Jenkins to Co
 perario\, intertwined with brief lectures about the history of viol perfor
 mance and appearances from local grade school viol program Viols of Deer P
 ark\n\n\n 	Les Touches is currently partnered with the Houston Public Libr
 ary system — their most recent collaboration was a free performance/lect
 ure series hosted at 11 branch locations for the library’s "Summer Readi
 ng For Adults” program.\n\n 	This presentation followed a similar format
  to the CMA conference\, consisting of repertoire for 3-part consort\, voi
 ce and viol\, and violin with viol consort featuring a guest appearance fr
 om Baroque violinist Nadia Lesinska.\n 	This series was offered for free t
 o the general public of Greater Houston with financial support from the Vi
 ola da Gamba Society of America and from individual donors.\n\n\n 	Les Tou
 ches’ current revival consists of the following members:\n\n 	Pedro Fune
 s-Whittington: treble/tenor/bass viol\n 	Elisabeth Ellison: bass viol\n 	M
 att Dunn: tenor/bass viol\n 	Jocelyn Ursua: treble/tenor/bass viol\; vocal
 ist (tenor)\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Central Library (Houston Public Library)\, 500 McKinney St\, Houst
 on\, TX\, 77002\, United States
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