Sherry Cheng

As Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg pulled together the repertoire and artists for DACAMERA of Houston’s 2026-27 season, she came across composer Gabriella Smith’s notes on her work for string quartet Carrot Revolution, in which she envisioned the piece as a celebration of the spirit of fresh observation and of “new ways of looking at old things.”

The Harmonia Stellarum concert experience is completely unique.

A truly unique performing arts organization has arrived on Houston’s vibrant classical music scene, a group dedicated to illuminating the sacred through music.

Matthew Dirst, Artistic Director of Ars Lyrica Houston, is a wizard at thematic programming.

It should surprise no one that in Houston, the fourth largest city in the country, the art of opera is thriving on the Wortham Theater Center stage downtown as well as in urban breweries and suburban performing arts spaces.

The sign outside the Northwest Houston church where the Monarch Chamber Players opened their sixth season read, “We bring the concert hall to your neighborhood.”

A conversation with Mario Aschauer, Founder and Artistic Director of Harmonia Stellarum Houston (HSH), often involves plunging down rabbit holes and winding through meandering paths before the subject emerges with newfound depth and clarity.

Mythological tales abound in Ars Lyrica Houston’s 2025-26 season, and no wonder.

A ROCO concert can hit all the senses at once.

Handel’s Theodora was the least-performed oratorio during the composer’s lifetime, yet he considered it one of his most important and finest creations.