Music Fit for a Queen or Two—Ars Lyrica’s Regal Offering
April 12, 2018
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Music Fit for a Queen or Two—Ars Lyrica’s Regal Offering

Matthew Dirst, artistic director of Ars Lyrica Houston, has an unerring ability to put together…

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Mystery Sonatas and a Celebratory 50th Anniversary Season Ahead for Houston Early Music
April 6, 2018
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Houston

Mystery Sonatas and a Celebratory 50th Anniversary Season Ahead for Houston Early Music

Texas String Divas
February 14, 2018
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Texas String Divas

For classically-trained string players, the traditional route to making a living as a professional musician…

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KINETIC: Painting an English Landscape
January 24, 2018
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Houston

KINETIC: Painting an English Landscape

Thoughtful, incisive programming has been KINETIC's strong suit since its inception in 2015.

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Shaping the Future: ROCO Connects Through Commissioning
January 15, 2018
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Shaping the Future: ROCO Connects Through Commissioning

The numbers are in: 76 world premieres (33 for the full chamber orchestra and 43…

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Da Camera’s Beethoven For All: All for Beethoven
January 6, 2018
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Houston

Da Camera’s Beethoven For All: All for Beethoven

In 1988, for the first time in Houston, the entire cycle of Beethoven string quartets…

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Wonder & Adventure: Bach Society Houston Charts New Adventures
November 14, 2017
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Wonder & Adventure: Bach Society Houston Charts New Adventures

Rick Erickson, director of Bach Society Houston (BSH), has had a lifelong love affair with…

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Onward: HGOco Finds Its Groove with Carleen Graham
October 23, 2017
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Houston

Onward: HGOco Finds Its Groove with Carleen Graham

Carleen Graham has a big job. One year after taking the helm as director of…

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Aperio presents (M)iyamoto is Black Enough—the Poetry of Revolution
October 18, 2017
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Aperio presents (M)iyamoto is Black Enough—the Poetry of Revolution

The words, and the music that gave it voltage, burned, leaving a searing mark on…

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A Heroic Launch: Glass Opens Aperio’s Big Season
September 11, 2017
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Houston

A Heroic Launch: Glass Opens Aperio’s Big Season

Against significant odds--flood damage at the Hobby Center and other Theater District performing arts venues,…

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New Horizons: Apollo Chamber Players Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
September 4, 2017
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Houston

New Horizons: Apollo Chamber Players Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

Apollo Chamber Players plays a Harvey Relief Concert on Sept. 8 at the Match in…

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Pioneers and Visionaries: Houston Chamber Choir’s 22nd Season
July 24, 2017
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Houston

Pioneers and Visionaries: Houston Chamber Choir’s 22nd Season

Each season, Simpson invites a prominent guest conductor to work with the choir on an…

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Collaborative Spirit Defines Musiqa’s 2017-2018 Season
July 17, 2017
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Houston

Collaborative Spirit Defines Musiqa’s 2017-2018 Season

Tony Brandt, co-founder and artistic director of Houston's leading new music ensemble Musiqa, knows exactly…

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Texas New Music Ensemble Focuses on Lone Star Composers
June 9, 2017
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Texas New Music Ensemble Focuses on Lone Star Composers

Texas composers have a champion in Chad Robinson, founder and artistic director of Texas New…

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Year of the Woman: Ars Lyrica’s Upcoming Season Celebrates Artful Women
May 31, 2017
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Year of the Woman: Ars Lyrica’s Upcoming Season Celebrates Artful Women

It's the first time Matthew Dirst, Founder and Artistic Director of Houston's leading early music…

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Victoria Bach Festival: A New Era
May 11, 2017
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Victoria Bach Festival: A New Era

For one week each June, the picturesque South Texas city of Victoria, population 65,000, rolls…

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Texas Early Music Project Bridges Past and Present
April 26, 2017
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Austin

Texas Early Music Project Bridges Past and Present

Iberian monophony, Notre Dame polyphony, Medieval mystery plays, Renaissance madrigals, Baroque operas, French virelai, Spanish…

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Fire & Water: HGO Triumphs with <em>Götterdämmerung</em>
April 24, 2017
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Houston

Fire & Water: HGO Triumphs with Götterdämmerung

Houston Grand Opera has done it! The realization of Richard Wagner's epic Ring Cycle, the…

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Pop Culture Invasion: ROCOmoji for the Win
April 6, 2017
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Houston

Pop Culture Invasion: ROCOmoji for the Win

Savvy concert goers can count on ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) to keep up with…

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Sing Me Another: Gabriel Kahane at Aperio
April 3, 2017
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Houston

Sing Me Another: Gabriel Kahane at Aperio

Color into Sound: Loop38 at Turrell Skyspace
March 27, 2017
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Color into Sound: Loop38 at Turrell Skyspace

When soft twilight yields to clear night, the Turrell Skyspace at Rice University is illuminated…

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Breaking Boundaries: Apollo Chamber Players in Cuba
March 2, 2017
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Breaking Boundaries: Apollo Chamber Players in Cuba

Amid the hearty shouts of “Cuba Libre” punctuating the final exuberant moments of Arthur Gottschalk's…

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