The Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players stress globally-inspired programming and have commissioned a great deal of new music with this aim. The group has performed well beyond Houston, including a concert in Cuba that made the Apollo Chamber Players the first American chamber group to perform in that country since 1960. The group has collaborated with various artists, including zither player Vanessa Vo and clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski and the group is often featured on the Performance Today program on the U.S. National Public Radio network. The Apollo Chamber Players' largest commissioning endeavor has been the 20x2020 Project, begun in 2014 and features new works by major composers, including Libby Larsen, Christopher Theofanidis, and Jennifer Higdon. In 2021, the group released With Malice Toward None, featuring music by Theofanidis, Pamela Z, Sergei Aslamazian, and other composers.