Apollo Chamber Players Presents: Banned

Apollo’s 16th season begins with a musical commentary on the “reasoning” behind book
censorship and control, with nods to notable books that have been banned historically.
Genre-fusing composer and flutist Allison Loggins-Hull, Composer Fellow for the
Cleveland Orchestra, and Houston-based composer Mark Buller join Apollo for a
program all-too resonant with our social and political moment. University of Houston
professor Howard Pollack also joins to discuss the banning and censorship of American
composers during the McCarthy period.

Program
Allison Loggins-Hull
Commission for string quartet and flute inspired
by censorship in literature WORLD PREMIERE
Mark Buller
Commission for string quartet inspired
by censorship in literature WORLD PREMIERE
Virgil Thomson String Quartet No. 2
Aaron Copland Two Pieces for string quartet

Guests
Mark Buller, composer
Allison Loggins-Hull, composer and flutist
Edward Melton, Director, Harris County Public Library
Howard Pollack, panel moderator, University of Houston, Professor of Musicology