Mystery Sonatas and a Celebratory 50th Anniversary Season Ahead for Houston Early Music
What makes Heinrich's Biber's Mystery Sonatas so strikingly unique?
Sherry Cheng
Texas String Divas
For classically-trained string players, the traditional route to making a living as a professional musician is fairly narrow: win a job in a major orchestra, find a full-time teaching position, or gig like there is no tomorrow.
KINETIC: Painting an English Landscape
Thoughtful, incisive programming has been KINETIC's strong suit since its inception in 2015.
Shaping the Future: ROCO Connects Through Commissioning
The numbers are in: 76 world premieres (33 for the full chamber orchestra and 43 for its flexible chamber ensembles), 36 composers commissioned—these are astounding numbers from the Houston-based River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO), now in its perpetually forward-looking 13th season.
Da Camera’s Beethoven For All: All for Beethoven
In 1988, for the first time in Houston, the entire cycle of Beethoven string quartets was presented by the renowned Julliard String Quartet to launch Da Camera's inaugural season, six concerts at the one-year-old Wortham Center Cullen Theater.
Wonder & Adventure: Bach Society Houston Charts New Adventures
Rick Erickson, director of Bach Society Houston (BSH), has had a lifelong love affair with Bach.
Onward: HGOco Finds Its Groove with Carleen Graham
Carleen Graham has a big job. One year after taking the helm as director of HGOco, Houston Grand Opera's community collaboration and education arm, Graham has found her groove.
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 the audience at Matchbox 4 during (M)iyamoto is Black Enough’s Oct 14th performance, presented by Aperio, Music of the Americas.
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, coupled with the personal losses suffered by many musicians during Hurricane Harvey-- Aperio's season opening concert, an all-Philip Glass affair, took place at Zilkha Hall Saturday night (Sept. 9).
New Horizons: Apollo Chamber Players Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Apollo Chamber Players plays a Harvey Relief Concert on Sept. 8 at the Match in partnership with Musiqa and Jazz Forever.
Pioneers and Visionaries: Houston Chamber Choir’s 22nd Season
Each season, Simpson invites a prominent guest conductor to work with the choir on an area of his or her expertise.
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 what has driven its success for the last 15 years, and he is eager to double down on it.