To complement the thriving live music scene, Houston enjoys a wealth of more traditional fair. The riches include chamber music, orchestra performances, and symphonies. Tune into the music listings for all the details.
Events this week
Through a unique collaboration of musicians, dancers, and poets, The Rumi Concert brings to life the ecstatic poetry of the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi.
The concert features Coleman Barks, author of numerous Rumi translations and a student ofSufism since 1977. Barks is accompanied by world...
May 22, 2012
Members: $20; Nonmembers: $30; Seniors/students with IDs: $25
Join Houston Young People for the Arts for a one-of-a-kind happy hour uniting Houston Urbanites with the performing and visual arts. If you're looking to get more involved with the Houston arts scene, this is the place to do it!
Complimentary drinks, light bites & valet, music by DJ Derek Jones, plus the chance to win prizes from...
May 23, 2012
Free but RSVP Required
Events in the next month
Professional artists must be able to write clearly and persuasively about their work. Yet too many see writing as a frustrating, anxiety provoking, or simply baffling.
Tacey A. Rosolowski, Ph.D. will demystify writing by breaking it down into distinct skills and inspire workshop participants by showing how their writing can grow along with...
May 30, 2012
$5 member rate/$15 non-member rate in advance; $10/$20 at the door
Nameless Sound Presents
John Butcher / Thomas Lehn / Gino Robair
2 Nights, 2 Different Concerts!
Wednesday, May 30th at Studio 101: with the Nameless Sound Ensemble
Thursday, May 31st at 14 Pews: trio performance
John Butcher (London): tenor and soprano saxophones
Thomas Lehn (Cologne): analogue synthesizer
Gino Robair...
May 30, 2012
$13 general / $10 students / under 18, free!
Busan Metropolitan Traditional Music Orchestra performs both traditional Korean music and contemporary work by some of the country’s leading composers.
Traditional pieces include Haegeum sanjo, a work for stringed instrument and single drum noted for its masterful variety of rhythms and melodies, and Samulnori,...
May 31, 2012
Asia Society members $10; nonmembers $20; seniors/students with ID $15
Nameless Sound Presents
John Butcher / Thomas Lehn / Gino Robair
2 Nights, 2 Different Concerts!
Wednesday, May 30th at Studio 101: with the Nameless Sound Ensemble
Thursday, May 31st at 14 Pews: trio performance
John Butcher (London): tenor and soprano saxophones
Thomas Lehn (Cologne): analogue synthesizer
Gino...
May 31, 2012
$13 general / $10 students / 18 and under: free!
Have you heard?! Google now has a local marketing team here in Houston! We’ll be hosting a free workshop with them to enlighten us about Google for Nonprofits! That's right, folks. You get to talk to someone from Google...in person.
They will be coming out on June 6th from 6:00 - 7:30 PM to talk to us about using Google's...
Jun 6, 2012
Free but please RSVP!
This exciting collaboration with the New York Baroque Dance Company (Catherine Turocy, Artistic Director) brings to Houston a fully-staged program of some of Monteverdi’s most imaginative scores. These works take us from heaven to hell and back again, with musical imagery that still surprises, even after four hundred years!
Jun 8, 2012
$31.25-$41.25; $21.25 with Student ID
Misha Penton & Divergence Vocal Theater Present:
Klytemnestra - The Original Subversive Female
A new chamber opera by Dominick Diorio. Libretto by Misha Penton
She is Seductress. She is Confidante. She is Chaos.
The woman who single-handedly annihilated the most powerful war hero of her time and destabilized a...
Jun 10, 2012
Free with general museum admission
As Yani Rose Keo, a Cambodian refugee, sits on a plane bound for Houston, she is haunted by the empty seats around her. Joined on the plane by a Nepalese farmer, a Nigerian orphan, and a lost boy from the Sudan, she vows to help refugees like herself as they begin their new lives in America.
New Arrivals is one of eight chamber operas...
Jun 22, 2012 (All day) - Jun 23, 2012 (All day)
Free admission with reservations for up to four people.
