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MUSIQA presents a free LOFT concert: Right Here, Right Now: Houston, Volume 2
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston 5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United StatesJoin us for free informal performances of modern classical music presented in the context of a contemporary art setting. Presented in collaboration with the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
MUSIQA presents Sustained by Breath and Line
MATCH 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX, United StatesMusiqa, a two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, kicks off its 15th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of "Full Circle", artistic director Anthony Brandt’s new ballet created in collaboration with the Houston Ballet Academy. Choreographer Oliver Halkowich creates a thrilling dance to Brandt’s score for saxophone quartet, which spotlights …
MUSIQA presents The White Album
Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center 800 Bagby Street, #200, Houston, TX, United StatesMusiqa, a two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents the much-anticipated world premiere of Mark Kilstofte’s "The White Album". Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, the work references The Beatles’ iconic album, and features soprano Karol Bennett and poet Erica Funkhouser. Musiqa composer Pierre Jalbert’s "Piano Trio No. 2" juxtaposes a …
Musiqa presents the LOFT concert, “Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing”
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston 5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, United StatesJoin us for a free and informal performance of modern classical music presented in connection with the exhibition “Angel Otero: Everything and Nothing”. The evening features works by (mostly) Puerto Rico-born composers. They include: the infectious rhythms of “Bong-O” and “Tres Pensamientos” by Roberto Sierra, a former student of György Ligeti; the dynamic and ritualistic …
Musiqa presents “American Trios!”
MATCH 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX, United StatesMusiqa, two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents “American Trios!” a program of four exhilarating works for three performers, by prominent American composers. On the program are John Harbison’s sparkling “Twilight Music”; Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taafe Zwilich’s “Piano Trio” a mainstay of the contemporary chamber music; “Lonesome Roads” by …
Musiqa presents “Light, Land, and Sea”
MATCH 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX, United StatesPrepare for a beautiful underwater adventure with Musiqa composer Karim Al-Zand’s “Studies in Nature”, inspired by the captivating illustrations of naturalist Ernst Haeckel. Kaija Saariaho’s “Fall” originated in a ballet, but stands on its own as a vivid exploration of harp and electronic sounds. Frank Lloyd Wright’s glass windows get a musical interpretation in Andrew …