![]() ![]() Robert Simpson, founder and artistic director of the Houston Chamber Choir, is shown at Christ Church in Houston. Melissa Phillip/Staff Photographer Show More Show Less 3 of3 Robert Simpson, founder and artistic director of the Houston Chamber Choir, is shown at Christ Church Cathedral in Houston. Melissa Phillip/Staff Photographer Show More Show Less 2 of3 ![]() ![]() Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate But discussions never eked past the “We should. They’d talked several times over the years about some sort of musical collaboration. So the two knew each other as musicians connected by family. Simpson founded the Houston Chamber Choir more than a quarter century ago, an ensemble that grew from humble beginnings to international renown. The gentle quality of his voice and guitar playing gets the group filed under folk, but the range of musical expression over two decades - from the bare bones “Southern Anthem” to the lushly layered “Walking Far From Home” - has been broad. Beam’s Iron & Wine is a difficult act to categorize. Simpson’s son, Rob, is married to Sarah Beam, Sam’s sister, who sings on several Iron & Wine recordings. ![]() And I think, ‘Oh, that’s my sister’s father-in-law.’ So we got to talking afterward.” “This super-tall man stands up,” Beam says. Robert Simpson and the Houston Chamber Choir won a Grammy for their recording “Duruflé: Complete Choral Works.” He snapped to attention when a familiar name was called. ![]()
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