SOLI Chamber Ensemble has been giving voice to 20th- and 21st-century contemporary chamber music since 1994, mesmerizing audiences for nearly three decades with their engaging performances, ensuring the future of new music through educational initiatives, and continually renewing their commitment to the music of living composers through performances and commissions. Winner of the 2013 Chamber Music America and ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award and a 2020 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant, SOLI continues to champion new works, new contexts, and new audiences for the music of our time.

SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Woven

Monday, January 16, 2023 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (CST)
San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX, United States

$25 patio, $15 lawn

SOLI Chamber Ensemble: Rooted

Monday, September 26, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (CDT)
San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX, United States
Christopher VuHoly Mess
Kati AgócsThirst and Quenching (for solo violin)
Hee Yun KimR.I.P. 2020 (for soprano & clarinet)
Benjamin HorneI Remember You
Ludmila YurinaIrrlicht (for solo cello)
Angélica NegrónColumpio (for toy piano & electronics)
Andrew M RodriguezDark Water

$25 patio, $15 lawn

SOLI Chamber Ensemble: For the End of Time – A New Beginning [LIVE]

Sunday, May 16, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Olivier Messiaen – Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Aaron Jay Kernis – Elegy for those we lost

Free (Free)

SOLI Presents: Electrified Air (on-demand)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
D. J. Sparr – Vim-Hocket, Calm for electric violin & electric guitar
Anthony Joseph Lanman – Hammer and Nail for electric guitar & piano (world premiere)
Armando Bayolo – Selections from Little Black Book for electric guitar
Jay Mobley – Pepto-Bismol Pink for clarinet & electric guitar
D. J. Sparr – A Bell Outside a Bell Inside a Bell for clarinet, violin, cello, & piano (world premiere)
Olivia Kieffer – A Singing Planet for electric guitar (world premiere)
Marc Mellits – Troică for violin, electric guitar, & piano
Ryan Brown – Our Friend Adam for bass clarinet, electric guitar, violin, cello, & piano

Free (Free)

SOLI Presents: Contemporary Classical Open Mic Night 4 [LIVE]

Sunday, February 28, 2021 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online event
Closet crooners, budding impresarios, & weekend-warrior musicians unite for a concert of contemporary classical works. Apply by 2/14 to join as a performer, or tune in on the 28th just to listen.

Free (Free)