Apollo Chamber Players

Chamber Music America’s 2025 Ensemble of the Year, Houston-based APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS is a “dynamic ensemble creating programs in response to current events” (NPR) that “recasts music for a diverse and multi-ethnic generation” (Strings Magazine).  Apollo has performed for sold-out audiences at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, and it is featured frequently on APM’s Performance Today. Commissioning 60 new works and releasing 7 commercial album the past decade, Apollo’s roster of composers and collaborators includes Jennifer Higdon, John Corigliano, Jerod Tate, Adolphus Hailstork, and actor George Takei, among others. 

Released on the Grammy-winning label Azica Records, Apollo's With Malice Toward None album reached No. 1 on Amazon’s ‘Hot New Release’ chart. 

The ensemble enriches the cultural landscape of Houston through community projects like Library Voyage. Apollo was founded in 2008 by violinist and entrepreneur Matthew J. Detrick.