Houston Matters
Apollo Chamber Players Perform ‘A Sephardic Chanukah’
Posted on · Vocalist Isabelle Ganz and the Apollo Chamber Players play a selection from their upcoming holiday performance.
Tag: classical music
Houston Matters
Full Show: Day Care Deaths, And Harris County’s Opioid Lawsuit (Dec. 13, 2018)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: We preview tonight's HISD board meeting. Then, an investigative report examines deaths at Texas day cares. Plus, we check in on Harris County’s lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic. And the Apollo Chamber Players perform some holiday music in studio.
Chamber Music
Musical Death And Darkness With The Axiom Quartet
Posted on · Previewing the quartet's season-opening concert "Black, Death, and Metal."
Houston Matters
How Do You Perform Music That Doesn’t Look Like Music?
Posted on · In a new series of performances, Houston collective Loop38 interprets visual art as music.
Houston Matters
Full Show: HISD Leadership Changes, and Former Astronaut Scott Kelly (Oct. 12, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn why some HISD board members pushed for a new interim superintendent. Then, former astronaut Scott Kelly talks about spending a year in space. Plus, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And the classical ensemble Loop38 translates visual art into music.
Arts & Culture
Local Music Students to Perform at Carnegie Hall
Posted on · A Houston music school is giving students a chance of a lifetime. The International Music Academy is bringing 72 young musicians to Carnegie Hall for a concert this weekend.
Classical Music
WindSync And Austin-Based Drummer Collaborate For Houston Concert
Posted on · The wind quintet and drummer/composer Ivan Trevino perform crossover music in concert this weekend.
News
WATCH: Musicians of Color Showcase Diversity in Classical Music
Posted on · The Colour of Music festival highlights classical musicians of African ancestry, such as opera singer Laquita Mitchell and violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport.
News
Houston Symphony Strives for Diversity in a Majority White, Low-Turnover Industry
Posted on · Major orchestras in America have mostly white musicians, according an industry-wide study. We take a look at how the Symphony is trying to redirect a pattern set by barriers within the industry.
News
Houston Symphony Challenges Status Quo, Includes More Female Conductors
Posted on · Twenty percent of America’s conductors are female, according to an industry-wide survey.
Encore Houston
Encore Houston, Episode 76: Mercury
Posted on · Mercury performs works by Mozart and Haydn.
Arts & Culture
Festival Showcasing Black Classical Musicians Comes to University of Houston
Posted on · The Charleston-based “Colour of Music Festival” travels to only three cities in the country, and this year Houston is one of them.
News
Full Show: Lizzie Pannill Fletcher Candidate Interview, and Life On A Boys Ranch (Sept.11, 2018)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Democratic Congressional hopeful Lizzie Pannill Fletcher answers listener questions. Former Congressman Bill Sarpalius talks about growing up on a boys ranch. And a festival celebrates black composers.
Arts & Culture
Houston Music Highlight – Axiom Quartet Releases Debut Album And Tours China
Posted on · The Houston string quartet shares tracks from its genre-crossing debut album and describes its first international tour.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1551: Inventing the Piano
Posted on · Episode: 1551 In which Gary Larson tells us the piano was invented earlier than we thought. Today, a lesson in invention from the Far Side.