Jazz Festival: Saxophone Summit
UH Moores Opera House 3271 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, TX, United StatesThe concert features the Moores School Jazz Orchestra with guest artists David Caceres, Warren Sneed, and Woody Witt, saxophones.
The concert features the Moores School Jazz Orchestra with guest artists David Caceres, Warren Sneed, and Woody Witt, saxophones.
What We Left Unfinished exhibition on view in Blaffer Art Museum: January 18-March 14, 2020 Held with each exhibition, an artist, curator, scholar, or expert shares their perspective with the audience. Tours are followed by a complimentary lunch.
AURA, in collaboration with author Brendan Stephans, presents “Haunted.” Through a unique hybrid of music and theatre, AURA depicts a short story by Stephen’s that explores a group of friends and their different responses to a shared experience. Featuring chamber music by Hernan Campa, Kyle Rivera, and others.
Concert Chorale, ManCorps, and Soundscape, with conductors Betsy Cook Weber and Jeb Mueller, present the school’s annual “Songs of Love and Passion” concert!
The Piano + series performs thought-provoking, jazzy and emotionally-charged works by Crumb and Daugherty, both inspired by Bartók and also features a world premiere of “Upshot” by UH faculty member, Blake Wilkins. UH faculty members Timothy Hester, Tali Morgulis, Andrew Staupe, Brian Suits, Alec Warren, Blake Wilkins will perform.
When a prominent black man is arrested for buying crack, his lawyer says he was framed, set up by a racist white cop. It is left to a racially mixed jury to decide who is telling the truth. Over three brutal, often explosive days of harrowing deliberation, the jury struggles toward a verdict. Tensions boil …
April 3, 4, 6 at 7:30 p.m. April 5 at 2 p.m. Music by Kevin Puts Libretto by Mark Campbell Based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd Sung in the original English with projected text over the stage This murderous thriller by Pulitzer Prize winners Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell …
The Piano + series concludes with a performance of Schubert’s great song cycle, Die schone Mullerin, sung by Houston’s treasure and world-renowned baritone, Timothy Jones. UH faculty members Timothy Jones & Timothy Hester will perform.
The Houston Ballet Academy will perform a mixed repertoire with the Moores School Ballet Orchestra, including masterworks by Tchaikovsky, Minkus, and Britten.
Verona burns under the summer heat, fueled by the incendiary hatred between two families. Blind hate results in outbursts of deadly violence. The Prince decrees: if a Montague or Capulet again disrupts the peace, death will be the punishment. Against this violent world, Shakespeare sets “Romeo & Juliet,” a miraculous story of love that heals …
April 23 at 7:30 p.m. (dress rehearsal, discounted tickets $8) April 24 at 12 p.m. April 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m. April 26 at 1:30 p.m. The School of Theatre & Dance presents Ensemble Dance Works, an annual spring showcase featuring original dance works by faculty and professional guest artists, performed by our pre-professional dance …
This live in-person and virtually live-streamed performance by the Moores School Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Director of Orchestras, Franz Anton Krager will kick off the new Fall 2020 Season with a Classical mix of symphonies by two Classical greats, Franz Joseph Haydn & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The Haydn Symphony No 73 in D Major “La …
The Moores School of Music presents AURA: One on One, a video series featuring performances of exciting solo works by members of AURA Contemporary Ensemble. The music to be performed has been written by some of today’s most innovative composers, who will be interviewed by the performers at the end of each video. A new …
Moores Opera Center is pleased to present a virtual conversation with Composer Kevin Puts and Librettist Mark Campbell on Friday, Oct 9, at 6:00pm. The master class is free to the public and will be streamed live via Zoom. The conversation will be hosted by Moores Opera Center’s Artistic Director Buck Ross, and the duo …
Dominique McCormick, soprano, and Keith Weber, pianist and guest Jeffrey Ragsdale, tenor, invite you to an evening at a Parisian Salon. During this virtual recital, explore the beginnings of impressionism in music and hear the exploratory harmonies and compositional techniques of Marital Caillebotte, the younger brother of the famous impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte. Spend an …
October 16, 17 at 8pm. October 18 at 2pm. A marriage, a romance, a fortune and government policy all rest on one man’s honor. This play examines blackmail and political corruption with wit and timeless sophistication that only Oscar Wilde can provide. Set in London, this scintillating drawing-room comedy will take you on a whirlwind …
October 30, 31 at 8pm. November 1 at 2pm. After a seemingly never-ending summer, this quick-witted club of “Baby Mamas” is thrilled to be celebrating freedom after dropping their little ones off on the first day of preschool. Queen Bee Heather has invited Charlotte and Lydia to her Pinterest-perfect home in suburbia for their annual …
The UH School of Theatre and Dance is proud to present Freefall by Charles Smith directed by UH alumni K.P. Powell! Two brothers from the South Side of Chicago struggle to define their relationship, torn apart by their pasts as an ex-con and the policeman who threw him in jail. They are drawn together as …
Join organ faculty member Daryl Robinson, current students, and alumni to learn more about the UH organ program and the amazing opportunities available to organists in the city of Houston! This virtual event, hosted on Zoom, will give you a chance to tour our facilities, chat with current and recent students, and hear performances by …
This live in-person and virtually live-streamed recital will present two of the most important Sonatas in the piano repertoire: Barber’s Piano Sonata Op. 26, and Beethoven’s mighty ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106. The program will begin with two works by Johann Jakob Froberger, who was pivotal in influencing the fugal music of Johann …
This Live In-Person performance by the Moores School Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Director of Orchestras, Franz Anton Krager. This orchestra concert will include the Overture in C Major, Op 101 by Felix Mendelssohn, and the Symphony No 1 in B-Flat Major “Spring” Op 38 by Robert Schumann. The performance will take place in …
The UH School of Theatre and Dance is proud to present by senior playwright Patrina Randolph! A post office in Houston's Third Ward, 2020. Supervisor M. Bell’s recent promotion threatens to drive a wedge between her and her postal carrier friends and subordinates, CCA Wendy Reed and CCA Murdock. Tensions explode when packages begin to …
The Moores School presents its first virtual annual Concerto Competition. The first round of the competition will yield a Division winner in Strings, Piano, Winds/Brass/Percussion, and Voice. Each Division winner will advance to the final round. The Virtual Final Round of the competition will be broadcast beginning on Sunday, December 13 at 4:00 PM through …
The Texas Music Festival presents orchestrally inspired chamber music, performed by Orchestral Audition Institute Faculty. Performers include Kirsten Yon, violin; Wayne Brooks, Suzanne Lefevre, viola; Anthony Kitai, cello; Paul Ellison, Eric Larson, double bass. This event will be presented live and in person. Live events will be performed without intermission and seating will be assigned …
The Texas Music Festival presents its all-star high school jazz orchestra, directed by Noe Marmolejo. This event will be presented live and in person. Live events will be performed without intermission and seating will be assigned by ushers upon arrival to ensure proper social distancing between parties during the performance. Extra cleaning and sanitization measures …