TMCO wins 2nd Place in The American Prize - Orchestral Performance Community Orchestra division 2019-2020

TMCO wins 2nd Place in The American Prize - Orchestral Performance Community Orchestra division 2019-2020

We are excited to announce that the TMCO has won 2nd place in The American Prize for Orchestral Performance Community Orchestra division 2019-2020.

A note from our Artistic Director, Libi Lebel:

Congratulations to my dears at the Texas Medical Center Orchestra on winning 2nd Place in the American Prize- Orchestral Performance Community Orchestra division 2019-2020, I am so proud of us!!

These past few months have been challenging and mentally exhausting to us all. We have been on such an emotional rollercoaster with all the events in our country that hearing this news today came at the perfect timing and has truly lifted my spirit.

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[TMC News] Oscar-nominated song lifts Texas Medical Center Orchestra onto global stage

[TMC News] Oscar-nominated song lifts Texas Medical Center Orchestra onto global stage

The Texas Medical Center Orchestra, led by Libi Lebel, finished its 20th season with a spectacular project—performing the Oscar-nominated song, “I’m Standing With You,” on a global music video featuring singers and instrumentalists from six continents and footage from cities around the world. The project is raising money for the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Watch the video and read the back story here.

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[Houston Chronicle] Houston doctors part of collaboration that raises $7 million+ for COVID relief

Texas Medical Center Orchestra may not have been able to celebrate the culmination of its 20th-anniversary season as planned, but it received a finale far more meaningful than founder and artistic director Libi Lebel could have imagined.

In light of the devastating cancellations in the arts caused by the coronavirus, the orchestra was invited to participate in a virtual performance of Diane Warren’s Oscar-nominated hit “I’m Standing With You.” Through the project, the heartwarming song from the faith-based film “Breakthrough,” which shares a message that inspires gratitude, unity and healing, gained new life as the COVID-19 relief anthem.

The global collaboration, which features more than 170 musical artists from six continents, was led by the iconic songwriter alongside director Gev Miron and composer Sharon Farber, who arranged the work for a full orchestra. Since its premiere on May 22, the music video has accumulated nearly 53,000 views on YouTube and has raised more than $7 million in support of the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization, with Google offering a 2:1 match on donations up to $5 million. Read more in the Houston Chronicle Preview section.