This October, Musiqa launches its 21st season with NEW VOICES, a program of new works by emerging composers from around the country, all commissioned by Musiqa. Together Flannery Cunningham, Will Healy and Benjamin Horne represent important voices in the future of concert music, and Houston audiences will be the first to hear this slate of world premieres. In addition, Musiqa has commissioned Houston poet J. Estanislao Lopez to write and read new poetry based on the themes in these composers’ works for the occasion. NEW VOICES performers include Tyler Martin (flute), Maiko Sasaki (clarinet), Jacob Schafer (violin), Tonya Burton (viola), Chelsea de Souza (cello), David Dietz (piano) and Blake Wilkins (vibraphone).Read more

Uptown Dance Company presents Take Off, our professional company's kickoff performance of the season with three world premieres.Read more

Uptown Dance Company II, a preprofessional company presents Dance Infusion which includes five world premieres.Read more

Open Dance Project launches its 2022-23 season with Shortcuts, an evening of 5 world premiere dance theater "shorts" by ODP company members Joshua de Alba, Sonia Engman, Atticus Griffin, Lizzy McGoldrick and special guest choreographer Laura Harrell. “Our company members are a dream team of collaborators. They invent, transform, and develop movement ideas for our ensemble works all season long. Shortcuts gives us an opportunity to focus on their ideas from start to finish and to support the birth of new works by some of the very strongest new choreographers in the dance world,” says ODP Artistic Director Annie Arnoult. Younger audiences are encouraged to join us for our special Family Matinee on Saturday, October 1st at 4:30 PM with a special pre-performance “Behind the Scenes” workshop on stage with the choreographers from 4-4:30 PM.Read more

Come and see a western unique from any you have seen before! With a culturally diverse cast that screams "Representation" and crew that embodies education, Director Krystal Bolden creates a beautiful masterpiece with students from Sam Houston State University. Reina of the West is the tale of outcast women trying to survive in the old west. When the ranch is threatened by a group of men jealous of her success, Reina and her girls must prove they have what it takes to survive.

Walk the red carpet at 6:30 PM and enjoy the film screening at 7:00 PM. Join us for a brief Q&A directly following the show.Read more

Houston Masterworks Chorus presents Mass in Blue and Footprints Suite by Will Todd

Tianna Hall, soloist

The Houston Jazz Band:
Andrew Lienhard, piano
Michael Gorman, bass
Arthur Gilligan, percussion

Mass in Blue, a dynamic, curious, and enchanting fusion of jazz and sacred choral singing. Footprints Suite with Julie Sacks on piano is a jazz choral suite inspired by Mary Stevenson's poem, “Footprints in the Sand," describes a person walking on the beach with God. Often the two pairs of footprints dwindle to one; God is carrying us. The composer draws on universal elements exploring the vastness and timelessness of the universe.Read more

Movements: New & Revised consists of three different programs that feature the world premiere of “In Syndication" and reimagine past repertoire, including “The Culture,” “Autonomy,” and “We the People.”Read more

An Art-infused Open Mic featuring Non Conformity & Community!

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM... THE MIXER 

Experience the sound of DJ LoQi spinning the hottest Neo Soul, R&B music that will stimulate your mind, body, and soul as you arrive for your heART&SOUL experience.

8:00 PM... THE EXPERIENCE

"WORTHY"

This experience will feature an open mic of artists who will grace the mic to share stories about their journey and experiences acknowledging their WORTH. This mic will leave the audience inspired and covered with ashes; this mic will bring the heat.

SPOKEN WORD + MOVEMENT + SONG + VISUAL ART = Where the ARTS merge!Read more

This special Carnatic music concert is themed to celebrate the 75th. anniversary of India's independence by including compositions in many Indian language. Iconic singer, scholar, published author, activist, and winner of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, the incomparable T. M. Krishna, weaves musical magic with a virtuoso performance of songs that celebrate not only 75 years of India’s Independence, but also her diversity in languages that differ from region to region, and each language having its own distinct beauty and flavor. T. M. Krishna will be accompanied by two young stalwarts in their fields, Akkarai Subhalakshmi on the violin and Praveen Kumar Sparsh on the mridangam. Read more

6 Degrees presents SCORE, celebrating 20 years of choreographic works by Toni Leago Valle from 2002-2022, featuring signature favorites from Valle's evening-length concerts, "Tetris," "Cracked," "Baptism," and "Never Again," with a Sneak Peak of her new work, "Pop Demo." Read more