Our exciting ninth season brings you exceptional contemporary music presented alongside other modern art-forms.   We are proud to present five world premieres, including new works by Stewart Wallace, Kurt Stallman and Rob Smith on our Downtown Series, and new works by Ben Patterson and Bill Ryan on our free Contemporary Arts Museum programs.  Our collaborators include Dance of Asia, Aurora Picture Show, Be Johnny and the Alley Theatre.  Our Downtown Series includes composer introductions, audience talk-backs and on-stage receptions.   No prior experience necessary!  No matter what your musical background or familiarity with modern music, we want our concerts to be transformative experiences.  Please join us!

--Artistic Director Anthony Brandt

2010-11 SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE!

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Zheng Chao, soprano

“ She Told Me This. . .”

October 16, 2010

7:30pm at the Hobby Center for the Performing Art, Zilkha Hall

800 Bagby, Houston TX 77002

New horizons are explored in our season opener, which features the world premiere of Stewart Wallace’s She Told Me This…, with a libretto by Amy Tan, plus works inspired by nano technology by Todd Frazier and Anthony Brandt, Lei Liang’s  Gobi Gloria and a new ballet created by Dance of Asia America to music of Lou Harrison.  Conducted by San Francisco Assistant Conductor Sara Jobin, with guest mezzo-soprano Zheng Cao.  Co-sponsored by the Asia Society and the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Techno.

Watch a YouTube video of clips from the original Opera here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M4rmrDMcjU

7:00 p.m.  Pre-concert screening of a ten-minute film about Stewart Wallace and Amy Tan’s collaboration, from the upcoming PBS documentary.

This link includes video interviews with Stewart Wallace and Amy Tan: http://sfopera.com/o/265.asp

"Real and Imagined”

January 8, 2011

7:30pm at the Hobby Center for the Performing Art, Zilkha Hall

800 Bagby, Houston TX 77002

Musiqa and Aurora Picture Show present an inspiring night of music and film.  The program includes Pierre Jalbert’s Visual Abstract, performed live to a film by Jean Detheux, Theo Loevendie’s Six Turkish Folk Songs and more.  Conducted by Brett Mitchell.

“The Art of Conversation”

March 26, 2011

7:30pm at the Hobby Center for the Performing Art, Zilkha Hall

800 Bagby, Houston, TX 77002

Musiqa presents a unique blend of music and theater: The Grammy-nominated Enso String Quartet performs world premieres by Kurt Stallmann and Rob Smith, as well as Karim Al-Zand’s The Art of Conversation and Marcus Maroney’s Three Pieces for String Quartet, interwoven with one-act plays by Michael Hollinger.  Produced with the support of the Alley Theatre.