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
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.
Drawing Parallels with Houston Contemporary Dance Matriarch Marlana Doyle
“I mean, I’m exhausted most of the time,” laughs Marlana Doyle, founder and executive/artistic director of Houston Contemporary Dance Company (HCDC), who is also president and CEO of the Institute of Contemporary Dance (ICD).
Embracing Connection: Diverse Arts Experiences at the Asia Society Texas Center
What does the Asia Society do? That requires a lengthy answer.
Texas Studio-Harrison Guy: Signals for Freedom
Harrison Guy is Houston’s renaissance man, working in many streams of creativity, activism and influence.
Houston Ballet Takes a Trip to Hell to Deliver a ‘COVID Blessing’
On March 10, Houston Ballet will launch the first in a series of short dance films by Artistic Director Stanton Welch.
Responding to the Natural World: Hockney and Van Gogh at the MFAH
Perspective: In art, the term usually means the technique of depicting our three dimensional world on a two dimensional surface.
Forms of Inheritance: Anna Mayer Goes Meta at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Thick black smoke clouds engulf the large canvas mural that dominates the entrance of artist Anna Mayer’s solo exhibition, Forms of Inheritance, on view through May 8 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC).
Embracing Possibilities: Houston’s Stages Conquers Digital Realms at the Gordy
Of all the best-laid plans of mice and women that went awry in 2020, one I regret missing was a conversation with Stages artistic director Kenn McLaughlin.
The Music Plays On: Texas Orchestras Pivot in 2021
The Fort Worth Symphony will spotlight Antonín Dvořák’s melodious but unfamiliar Serenade in E major on Jan. 8-10. The same weekend, Dallas Symphony performances of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony in A-flat--a supersized version of the composer’s Quartet No. 10--will show how intense a string ensemble can be. The Houston Symphony will partner with onetime prodigy, now mature artist Midori in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on Jan. 15-17.
MFAH Expands with New Building
recently-unveiled Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and a way of contemplating the Kinder’s impact on the landscape of the museum campus, the city of Houston and even the international art world.
A Season for Singing Together: Houston Chamber Choir Launches New Season on the Digital Stage
For the Houston Chamber Choir (HCC), and the choral community at large, it has been an exceptionally challenging year.