Caerus Ensemble founders Jeffrey Noel Lastrapes and Susanna Self

Caerus Ensemble is a flexible chamber group that performs throughout the West Texas area. We perform in concert halls, for schools, memory care units, and centers for people with disabilities, as well as more traditional concert settings.

In Greek mythology, Caerus is "the spirit of opportunity".  This spirit would only appear if 
the right conditions came together in the right way, and at the right time. This is what we aim to do 
as an ensemble and for our community.

Our mission is to provide high quality artistic, educational, 
and therapeutic musical opportunities for audiences in a wide range of venues. We aim to create musical
programs that are interactive, engaging and meaningful to our audiences, and use 
classical music to reach out to underserved areas and populations with 
educationally and artistically vibrant concert experiences. We do this with high quality artistic performances,
 and by drawing upon music therapy principles and arts integration lesson plans to 
heighten and expand the classical music concert experience.