Welcome!

“the performance . . . could not have been more gripping.” (New York Times)

The Naumburg Award-winning, internationally acclaimed Da Capo Chamber Players embodies an exciting legacy of musical directions: openness to a wide spectrum of styles of new music plus a special dedication to working with composers. Domestic tour engagements always include special sessions with young composers.

da capo chamber players members (clockwise from top left):
Blair McMillen, Meighan Stoops, Curtis Macomber, Patricia Spencer, James Wilson

(follow links to da capo member biographical info)

• New! Read the review of da capo's recent Cleveland concert.
• Check out the New York Times review of da capo's recent Da Capo's JOAN concert
• Check out Da Capo's newest CD,  Chamber Music of Judith Shatin.
• Da Capo Japanese info (153K PDF, requires Adobe Reader).
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• Ticket information
• The da capo chamber players are in residence at
  Bard College

Did you know? You can order da capo recordings from Amazon.com! See the da capo recordings page for details.

Did you know? You can get high-resolution digital files (jpg format) of the da capo publicity photographs from this web site.

HEAR da capo repertoire!

Play full-length selections recorded live at recent da capo chamber players' performances.

da capo rave reviews

• "…the Da Capo musicians gave a hair-raising, theatrical account of Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire."
  ─The New York Times
• "performances that were consistently agile and transparent"
  ─The New York Times
• "the sweepingly outgoing musical messages and expressive deep-digging performance"
  ─The Village Voice
• "the Da Capo musicians built the climactic ending into a ferocious onslaught, bringing the underlying tragedy of the work fully to the fore"
  ─S&H International Concert Review

da capo management

For available dates and fees (only), contact

John Gingrich Management, Inc.
Tel: (212) 799-5080
Fax: (212) 874-7652
P.O. Box 1515
New York, NY 10023
e-mail gingarts@verizon.net

da capo sponsors

The concerts of the da capo chamber players are made possible in part with public funds from:

• New York State Council on the Arts.
• National Endowment for the Arts
• New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council

They are also made possible with private funds from:

• Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
• Arts International, Fund for U.S. Artists
• Trust for Mutual Understanding
• Aaron Copland Fund for Music
• Amphion Foundation
• Hulbert Charitable Trust, and
• generous individuals (more information)

The participation of composers in the da capo chamber players' programs is often made possible with grants from

• Meet the Composer