Robert Johnson, French horn Nancy Weems, piano The Moores School of Music presents “Quintessential Quintets,” a faculty chamber concert featuring Mozart’s Horn Quintet in E-flat Major and Schumann’s Piano Quintet.
Cone Man Running Productions presents a Boiling Point Players production One Act Double Feature World Premieres Studio 101 (1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX 77007) April 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10 $20 General $15 Student/Teacher/Senior "Barren" by Karen Heimbaugh Parallel universes run amok as a mysterious being helps destroy a familiar designation of family. …
Dynamic and Diverse Emerging Playwrights are Showcased in the 4th Annual NIE Intercultural Play Reading Series Next Iteration Ensemble presents playwrights Sofia Alvarez, Madhuri Shekar, and Susan Soon He Stanton at the MATCH on April 4-6, 2018 in a series of staged readings directed by Dianne K. Webb. Next Iteration Ensemble (NIE) announces its roster …
Celebrate National Poetry Month with gay poet Jim Boone, a 2012 nominee for US Poet Laureate. Boone, known as the Poem Hunter, writes in free verse style that has a rhythm, but not a fixed meter. And poetry just makes everything sweeter. (See what we did there? We rhymed. Like a poe…nevermind.) https://www.facebook.com/events/323075695014766/
Best known for The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood is the closest thing we have to a literary living legend. But what people don’t often know is that Atwood is a lively conversationalist with a wicked sense of humor, so leave your bookish expectations at the door. Atwood is also fiercely political, so expect this evening …
Music by William Bolcom Libretto by Mark Campbell Based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber Sung in the original English with projected text over the stage. An invitation to a sophisticated Manhattan dinner party proves to be a recipe for disaster. Based on the comedy-drama that spawned an all-star classic film, …
Once upon a time, a young American woman returned to her native Russia to brush up on the language. Underneath a glamorous Post-Soviet Moscow she discovers an enchanted motherland teeming with evil stepmothers, wicked witches and ravenous bears. Showtimes: April 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 at 8 p.m. April 6, 7, 13, 14 …
CounterCurrent is a free festival of performance, installation, and ideas presented by the University of Houston and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. CounterCurrent includes audio and visual installations, live performances, talks, and participatory events from all around the world. Expand your horizons with this one. https://www.facebook.com/events/1869049803222546/
Ten Tiny Dances®: Nightlife brings together artists, dancers, and club scene icons from Houston and beyond for a night of performances that reflect on the ways in which the cultural knowledge unique to individual club cultures is transmitted and archived through dance, gesture, fashion, and music. Ranging from Texas-style vogue and drag to New Orleans …
Jennif(f)er Tamayo’s LA QUEERADORA installation sits at the intersection of digital cultural production and embodied cultural performance. It asks: How do material bodies, whose lives hold an archive of cultural knowledge and experience, compete with a manufactured and digitally porous production of identity? In Tamayo’s work, the racial project of U.S. Latinidad, as an often …
Long String Instrument composer and performer, Ellen Fullman, explores the acoustics of large resonant spaces with her compositions and collaborative improvisations. Fullman will literally “play” the iconic atrium of the Philip Johnson-designed Hines College of Architecture and Design building at the University of Houston, an action first performed in 1994. The title, The Watch, references …
The practice of “sitting on a man” was one of the many disruptive durational protest practices used by women in Southeastern Nigeria, it was a traditional exercise of their collective power and it became a vital tool throughout the period of British colonial rule. In Sitting on a Man’s Head, the space of restoration and …
Stanton Welch, artistic director Claudio Munoz, ballet master Franz Anton Krager, conductor In conjunction with the Houston Ballet II and Houston Ballet Academy, the Moores School of Music presents a “Fridays at Moores” performance by the Ballet Orchestra. $15 adult/$12 alumni, senior, staff/$10 student
TOAST takes audiences on a raucous and mind-bending journey through Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell! This original, collectively-realized work brings together eight members of Catastrophic’s acting company with groundbreaking director Brian Jucha, a key collaborator of Catastrophic’s predecessor company, Infernal Bridegroom Productions. TOAST completes a trilogy that started with 1997’s LAST RITES and 2002’s WE …
SUSTENTO: from La Performera to La Mujer Maravilla is a lecture-performance by the transdisciplinary artist, Awilda Rodríguez Lora also known as La Performera. Stories, movements, and songs are strategies used by La Performera to invite the audience to reflect on the concept of sustento (sustenance) as a complex and vital idea for survival in creative …
Japanese poet Ryunosuke Satoro once wrote about the importance of unity, “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” This inspirational quote became the basis for “Better Together” – an upcoming performance by METdance that focuses on the unity and energy of dance. The event is slated for 8 p.m. on Friday, April …
In this lecture-demonstration, Garrop takes the audience through a step-by-step process of how she composes instrumental music, demystifying a process that for many remains challenging to understand. For CounterCurrent19, Garrop will focus on the compositional process she utilized for her woodwind arrangement, Bohemian Café. The presentation features videos of Prague street performers from whom she …
Autumn Knight and Robert Pruitt, Texas natives who began their artist careers in Houston, will historicize contemporary art-making practices in Houston by discussing its black and artist-of-color communities. In 2016, Knight and Pruitt moved from Houston to New York to participate in an artist residency. The distance from Houston provided the artists with space to …
All ages; light bites and cash bar. Drop in to Axelrad, Houston’s favorite neighborhood beer garden, and celebrate the closing of CounterCurrent19 with happy hour cocktails, light bites, and live music. This year we’ve partnered with Axelrad and our friends at Decatur Bar to present a CounterCurrent signature cocktail crafted by master mixologist Leslie Krockenberger. …
The Moores School of Music’s AURA Contemporary Ensemble presents the music of guest composer Stacy Garrop with “Postcards,” a collaborative, multidisciplinary performance featuring Dan Gelok on saxophone, Tali Morgulis on piano and Psophonia Dance Company. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. About the …
Enjoy a wonderful night of horn solos and the exciting sound of eight horns playing together in beautiful harmony. The recital will feature works by Strauss, Mozart, Bach and both the "Titanic" and "Robin Hood" movie themes for horn octet. Image/Photos by Clark
The Moores School of Music's Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble present "Everything Miles," a celebration of the music of Miles Davis.
David Bertman, Cameron Kubos, directors The Moores School of Music presents a performance by the Wind Ensemble.
David Bertman, Cameron Kubos, directors The Moores School of Music presents a concert by the MegaBand and Chamber Winds.
Moores School of Music students present an evening of Baroque trio sonatas and other chamber music at the Student Chamber Music Showcase.
Betsy Cook Weber, Jeb Mueller, Charles Hausmann, directors At the annual “Red Carnation Concert,” the University Choruses celebrate and honor the contributions of those students who will be departing the choruses.
Lambda’s next soiree is in coordination with the Alley Theatre. The free reception starts at 6 and then everyone slips on into the theater to see Crimes of the Heart. Get your discounted tickets for the show by using the discount code ActOUTpartner when purchasing. https://www.facebook.com/events/1561016127334355/
This popular showcase highlights some of the best new work from our B.F.A. playwrights, as well as pieces selected from our international 10-minute play contest. Showtimes: April 26, 27 at 7:30 p.m. April 27, 28 at 1:30 p.m.
The School of Theatre & Dance presents our annual spring showcase featuring original dance works by faculty and guest artists performed by our pre-professional dance company, the UH Dance Ensemble. Take a sneak peek at the professional dancers of the future.
The Houston Tidelanders Chorus presents two “Good Time” shows in Clear Lake on Saturday, April 27 at 1:30pm and 6:30pm at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Life Center, 18220 Upper Bay Rd, Houston, TX 77058. The chorus sings four-part barbershop harmonies under the direction of Ben May and Kody Pisney. The singers will bring their lush …
Alec Warren, director The Moores School of Music presents a performance by the Percussion Ensemble II, featuring works by Ridley, Sejourne, Becker and Trevino.
Da Camera of Houston joins forces with renowned American composers and musicians for “Ashberyana: A Musical Celebration of Poet John Ashbery," a concert that celebrates Ashbery's legacy with works that reflect his playfulness, wit and humor. John Ashbery (1927–2017), recognized as one of the greatest 20th-century American poets, developed close ties to Da Camera and …
