THE HUNT, THE HAUNTED, THE GODDESS, AND THE MAGNIFICAT: THE SPLENDID VISIONS OF ARS LYRICA HOUSTON
Matthew Dirst, Artistic Director of Ars Lyrica Houston, is a wizard at thematic programming.
Sherry Cheng
Fresh Notes: Grassroots Opera Companies Take Off in Houston
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.
Music in Every Neighborhood: Monarch Chamber Players expands its Mission
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 Season of Discovery and Wonder at Harmonia Stellarum Houston
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.
Twists of Fate: Myths, Drama, and Phenomenal Voices in Ars Lyrica Houston’s New Season
Mythological tales abound in Ars Lyrica Houston’s 2025-26 season, and no wonder.
That ROCO Feeling: A Season of the Senses
A ROCO concert can hit all the senses at once.
Triumph in Tragedy: Ars Lyrica Houston’s Luminous Theodora
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.
Texas Studio: Listening Intently with Yvonne Chen
Houston-based pianist Yvonne Chen seems to be doing everything everywhere all at once.
Farima Fooladi Paints as an Act of Preservation
Swimming pools, tennis courts, a bridge, an arch, her daughter’s toy blocks are all recurring images in Iranian-born artist Farima Faloodi’s paintings and installations.
Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston
Houston’s conductorless string ensemble Kinetic is celebrating its tenth anniversary this season.
Land, memory, language, and ancestry: ‘Native America: In Translation’ at the Blanton
“I was thinking about young Native artists and what would be inspirational and important for them as a road map,” said Wendy Red Star, curator of Native America: In Translation.
Stars Align for Harmonia Stellarum Houston
Hidden in the mountains north of Lake Como, the beautiful Chiesa dei Santi Eusebio e Vittore in the town of Peglio sits forgotten in time and space.