Beauty Transcends Death: Dido and Aeneas at Ars Lyrica Houston
English Baroque composer Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, his only true opera, is an indisputable masterpiece and one of the most beloved operas in the repertoire.
Sherry Cheng
ROCO at 18: A Season to be Grateful
ROCO is everywhere. In its 18th season, this industry-changing chamber orchestra from Houston has reached well beyond the walls of the traditional concert space, laying down a vibrant and diverse soundtrack for an entire city.
Texas Studio: Sarah Fox’s Bad Bunny Gets Real
“My work starts with a character,” says San Antonio artist Sarah Fox.
Fortune Favors the Bold: Powerhouse Women Lead Houston Grand Opera’s New Season
Describing herself as “relentlessly optimistic,” Khori Dastoor officially took over the reins as Houston Grand Opera (HGO)’s General Director and CEO in January 2022, becoming the first woman to lead the prestigious company in its 67-year history.
Topography: Billy Hassell at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Egrets and pelicans, bobcat and wild turkey, dolphins and gar, migrating geese and monarch butterflies–creatures great and small from the East Texas and Gulf Coast regions will populate Hassell’s canvases and color lithographs at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) in Beaumont when the museum presents Billy Hassell: Topography (March 26-June 19).
Crossing the Scratch on the Earth: Wendy Red Star at San Antonio Museum of Art
This force, rooted in Red Star’s deep connection to Crow culture and identity, is foundational to all of Red Star’s works. When the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) presents Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth (Feb.11-May 8), it will be the first solo exhibition of a Native American artist for the museum.
Texas Studio: Bennie Flores Ansell
The idea of migration has been with Flores Ansell all her life. “I am evidence of a migration.”
Traversing Geographies: Rethinking the Story of American Impressionism at San Antonio Museum of Art
On view at San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) from June 11-Sept. 5, the expansive exhibition America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution, co-organized by the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Tennessee, and SAMA, brings together 62 works from a wide range of public and private collections.
Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Three: Axiom, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble
I caught up with musicians from nine distinctive ensembles in Houston to reflect on the past year and look to the future. In Part Three, I visited with the Axiom Quartet, Houston Brass Quintet and Texas New Music Ensemble.
Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part Two: Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, Carya String Quartet
In Part Two, I visited with Loop38, Apollo Chamber Players, and Carya String Quartet.
Houston’s Small Ensembles, Expansive Vistas Part One: Monarch Chamber Players, WindSync, and KINETIC
Houston is home to numerous chamber music ensembles that have thrived alongside each other, carving out their own niches with unique visions of how to present music and connect with audiences.
Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experiences at the Asia Society Texas Center
What does the Asia Society do? That requires a lengthy answer.