SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO SELENA & LATIN NIGHT!

Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon 11410 Hempstead Road, Houston, TX, United States

Calling all SELENA Fans!!! You're invited to an Amazing Night with a TRIBUTE TO SELENA and a LIVE Performance and Tribute Band starting at 9 pm. DJ Bagho will be spinning Latin Music also throughout the Night to keep you Dancing ... Come out and have a Blast at LATIN NIGHT this Saturday, April 6th! …

Between the Lines

First Congregational Church 10840 Beinhorn, Houston, TX, United States

Listen between the lines as the Musiqa Saxophone Quartet performs works that blur the divides between classical, jazz, and folk. The saxophone’s unmistakable timbre and expansive range have allowed the instrument to tiptoe genre lines effortlessly. Between the Lines features music— including Catherine Likhuta’s, groovy and syncopated “Hard to Argue” — that p¬ushes boundaries while …

Traces of Blue

MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Celebrated abstract painter Robert Motherwell once stated “art is an experience, not an object.” Experience an evening of dynamic works that explore color, texture, and motion in music, featuring the world premiere of a piano trio by Karim Al-Zand’s, commissioned by Musiqa. Gaze into the creative process as celebrated Houston artist Geraldina Interiano Wise creates …

Reel Forces

MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United States

Kick-off Oscars weekend with an evening of the meta, the miniscule, and the far-reaching as Musiqa celebrates experimental film and live music. “Reel Forces” examines the traces of humanity, memory, and conflict through “Beyond Zero: 1914-1918,” a moving and mesmerizing film of rare WWI archival footage by auteur-director Bill Morrison, and scored for string quartet …

Counting Up

First Congregational Church 10840 Beinhorn, Houston, TX, United States

Watch and listen as we build an ensemble one player at a time. In this mixtape of music of our time, encounter a world of works by emerging and established composers from Australia and Argentina to China and the United States. This program features a young artist ensemble, showcasing emerging talent in Houston, including a …

Mass Observation

St. Philip Presbyterian 4807 San Felipe, Houston

Scored for choir and six percussionists, “Mass Observation” by British-American composer Tarik O’Regan, receives its southwest premiere in this Houston Chamber Choir and MUSIQA collaboration. The work takes its title from the British social research organization, Mass-Observation, which aimed to record everyday life in the United Kingdom. It is a poignant meditation on the histories …

Origin Stories

Duncan Recital Hall, Rice University 6100 Main St., Houston

Even as borders are built and broken, music has the power to connect cultures. “Origin Stories” explores the mingling of cultures in a program featuring the premiere of Anthony Brandt’s “Songs from the Source: Nine African Folk Songs,” for soprano and ensemble. Musiqa travels to Cuba as Tania León retraces her Havana roots in “A …

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