In their inaugural collaboration, Loop38 and Aperio present Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, celebrating the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking 1976 premiere. Hailed as a defining work of American minimalism, Music for 18 Musicians helped bring minimalist music into the cultural spotlight. Its 1978 recording was a commercial and cultural breakthrough, propelling minimalism beyond the New York scene and to listeners around the world. 

Fifty years later, the work remains vital and visionary. This performance offers a rare opportunity to experience Music for 18 Musicians live in Houston. Join us in honoring a masterpiece that continues to shape the sound of contemporary music today.Read more

Musiqa and Kinetic Ensemble partner to present the world premiere of Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand’s The Strangers’ Case. The GRAMMY® award-winning, Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman joins the ensemble for this song cycle for tenor and string orchestra that gathers poems and other turn-of-the-century accounts by immigrants to the United States and, in so doing, reminds us of our shared history, fraught as it is with contradiction, filled with both selfless generosity and selfish indifference.Read more

From soothing lullabies and hymns of hope to beloved folk songs and musical theater, Houston’s premiere multicultural choir presents Through the Eyes of a Child, exploring the deep connection between music and cherished memories of youth.Read more