The New York Times

Review: At Rothko Chapel, a Composer Is Haunted by a Hero

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Tyshawn Sorey’s “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife),” for the 50th anniversary of the Houston space, closely echoes Morton Feldman’s ...
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Saving abstraction Morton Feldman, the de Menils, and the Rothko Chapel Ryan Dohoney

Saving Abstraction takes up the conflicted history of Morton Feldman's most important collaboration--his work with Dominique and John de Menil on music for the Rothko Chapel in Houston. These ...
BroadwayWorld

Davóne Tines Is Bass Soloist In WP Of Tyshawn Sorey's DACAMERA/Rothko Chapel Commission

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Houston's Rothko Chapel, DACAMERA and Park Avenue Armory have commissioned boundary-breaking composer Tyshawn Sorey to create a new work inspired by the Chapel. In ...
Houston Chronicle

Da Camera brings musician, MacArthur fellow as a guiding light at Rothko Chapel

Tyshawn Sorey drifts through the interior of the Rothko Chapel. Sorey is a drummer as well as a composer, but his feet don’t move with anything resembling a percussive beat. Rather, his measured steps ...
The New York Times

50 Years Later, the Rothko Chapel Meets a New Musical Match

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tyshawn Sorey’s “Monochromatic Light (Afterlife),” written for the chapel’s anniversary, is a tribute to the first music performed in the space. By ...
Houston Public Media

At the Rothko Chapel, Tyshawn Sorey explores sound — and silence

Fifty years ago, composer Morton Feldman wrote music to commemorate the opening of the Rothko Chapel in Houston. A half-century later, composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist and MacArthur "genius" ...
Houston Chronicle

The storied past and ever-evolving future of Houston's Rothko Chapel

The Rothko Chapel in Houston is small but mighty, serving as an art-filled non-denominational sanctuary and a center for the community to discuss ways to make the world a better place. This Houston ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston's Rothko Chapel celebrates 50 years. Here’s why it matters.

If the 18-month closure of the Rothko Chapel for renovations felt like a long time, consider its construction. That process spanned seven fitful years, leading to the grand opening of the Rothko ...
Oregonian

Spider webs make violin strings sing; preview of Morton Feldman's 'Rothko Chapel': Arts roundup

Charlotte would be proud. A Japanese researcher has spun thousands of strands of spider silk into a set of violin strings. The strings are said to have a "soft and profound timbre" compared to ...
The Washington Post

Rothko Chapel to celebrate 50 years of peace and quiet with a landmark commission by Tyshawn Sorey

One of the quietest places I’ve ever been is right in the middle of one of the loudest places I’ve ever lived. The Rothko Chapel is an octagonal, nondenominational sanctuary of sorts that also serves ...
WUNC

At the Rothko Chapel, Tyshawn Sorey explores sound — and silence

Composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey leads a rehearsal of his Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Rothko Chapel in Houston on Feb. 18. Fifty years ago, composer Morton ...