Musiqa announces winners of national and local competitions for emerging composers
In an effort to increase professional opportunities for emerging composers, Musiqa has selected two early career composers to write new works for its LOFT concert series at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The Musiqa Artistic Board has chosen Nicky Sohn, a...
Musiqa announces winners of national and local competitions for emerging composers
In an effort to increase professional opportunities for emerging composers, Musiqa has selected three early career composers from diverse backgrounds to write new works for its LOFT concert series at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The Musiqa Artistic Board has...
Musiqa nurtures creative talent, expanding commissioning programs
Thanks to the support of the Composer Circle’s donors, Musiqa has expanded its outreach and support of emerging voices in contemporary music with the creation of the inaugural Emerging Composer Commission. This nationwide competition awards a commission to emerging...
Karol Bennett receives the Father Eugene Merlet Award for Community Service
We are very proud to announce that our Resident Artist, Karol Bennett, is the winner of the Father Eugène Merlet Award for Community Service from the Pro Musicis Foundation, for her tireless dedication to Musiqa's education. On May 9, 2019, Karol performed and...
Questions+Artists: David T. Little
At Musiqa, we're always on the lookout for composers who challenge the status quo. David T. Little's raw power for saxophone quartet will be performed on our final concert of 2019 at CAMH, and when I first heard it, I was on the edge of my seat for the entire piece....
Questions+Artists: LJ White
LJ White's "Big Fish" for two saxophones effortlessly evokes a story, but it is also abstract enough that each listener's vision of the piece's journey is completely unique. Its title may conjure a vision of a school of fish in a pond, scrambling to catch mayflies on...
Questions+Artists: Bill Morrison
My expertise as Artistic Administrator at Musiqa lies in the field of… well, music. When it came time to interview an acclaimed director and filmmaker, I was stumped at how to approach an interview without even a modicum of film knowledge. I figured since I wouldn’t...
Questions + Artists: Karim Al-Zand
We had a few nagging questions for Karim Al-Zand, a member of Musiqa's Artistic Board whose piece "Six Bagatelles" will be premiered at Traces of Blue. How does one become a composer? What is his piece going to be like, especially since it's based on abstract art? And...
Performance Preview: “Six Bagatelles” by Karim Al-Zand
Musiqa will premiere Six Bagatelles as a part of the in the upcoming concert, Traces of Blue, at the MATCH on January 12, 2019. Program Note Six Bagatelles is inspired by the work of abstract artist Robert Motherwell (1915–1991). The six short pieces which make up...
Inner Chamber Ep. 3: Improv Art and Guitar
Although our Speed-Composing Challenges have resulted in two wild world premieres, for our latest episode of Inner Chamber, I sat down with not a composer, but an artist. It came to me in a flash of divine inspiration: ever since I met Geraldina for the first time to...