Hurricane Harvey Update
Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc in Texas and Louisiana, and in Houston, many neighborhoods throughout the city suffered serious damage. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted by the hurricane. We are especially concerned for our friends at HGO, the Ballet,...
Musiqa partners to raise funds for Harvey relief
Musiqa recently joined forces with Apollo Chamber Players and Jazz Forever, Friday, September 8, to host a Harvey Relief Concert at the MATCH. The diverse program of American folk music, contemporary classical music, and jazz raised over $8,000 to be disbursed to the...
17-18 Season Preview
September 23, 2017 The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts January 13, 2018 The MATCH March 3, 2018 The MATCH April 13+14, 2018 The MATCH
Video: Anthony Brandt speaks on creativity at Aspen Ideas Festival
Tuning In: Classical Music and the Creative Mind Our social nature is a major driver of our creativity: We constantly strive to engage and surprise each other, our inventiveness giving us reasons to tune in. Drawing on The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes...
Musiqa joins 2017-18 season of Circle of Fifths
Musiqa is proud to join the 2017-18 season of Circle of Fifths, the young professionals pass to Houston arts organizations. Circle of Fifths began as a partnership between five Houston music organizations. The original five organizations Ars Lyrica Houston, Da Camera,...
Spark Spring Benefit raises record funds, launches ambitious commissioning program
Musiqa celebrated the conclusion of its 15th anniversary season at its Spark Spring Benefit, at the Historic Fires Station #2, beautifully restored home of Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly. Chaired by Judy Nyquist and honoring Mimi Kilgore, the enchanting event raised...
Album Review: “Secret Alchemy, Chamber Works by Pierre Jalbert”
Earlier this year, Aaron Copland House released Secret Alchemy an album of four chamber works by Musiqa composer and artistic board member Pierre Jalbert. San Francisco Classical Music Critic Joshua Kosman wrote the following review: "The American composer Pierre...
Musiqa releases first commercial recording with “Deep Sky Objects”
As part of its 15th anniversary season celebration, Musiqa announces the release of the world premiere recording of Sebastian Currier and Sarah Manguso’s Deep Sky Objects, a work the organization commissioned and premiered. Scored for soprano, piano quintet and...
Musiqa presents the free LOFT Concert, “Atlas, Plural, Monumental”, May 4
Musiqa, two-time winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, presents a free, informal loft concert, Atlas, Plural, Monumental at the Contemporary Arts Museum on Thursday, May 4 at 6:30 PM. The evening’s unique program, which was...
Musiqa recommends “North Pond”, a new chamber musical with music by Ben Morris
Inspired by a true story, North Pond, a new chamber musical, follows Joshua Knight, a hermit and thief who survived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, and Chelsea Marlowe, a budding reporter who tries to use his story as her big break. The story is told through...