A new dance work by Los-Angeles based choreographer Marina Magalhães, Womb explores themes of darkness, womb space, and the intrinsic relationship between body-spirit-land and represents the first activation of Magalhaes’s nationally award-winning project, Body as a Crossroads, that visualizes the possibilities of dance-making as change-making. The project is created in collaboration with dancers Bianca Medina (New York) and Tatiana Zamir (Los Angeles); and visual artists Anthony Suber (Houston) and Francis Almendárez (Houston).Read more

School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play is a contemporary play written by Jocelyn Bioh. The production focuses on Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school in 1986, who has her sights set on the Miss Global Universe pageant. But the arrival of Ericka, a new student with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of the pageant recruiter—and Paulina’s hive-minded friends. This buoyant and biting comedy explores the universal similarities (and glaring differences) facing teenage girls across the globe.Read more

Musiqa’s 20th Anniversary Double Feature presents works by the composers who have led Musiqa throughout the years, along with Musiqa Miniatures – a series of short pieces originally commissioned to celebrate our 10th anniversary – and the live premiere of Stars by Trevor Weston, a gorgeous new work celebrating the poetry of Robert Hayden, commissioned with support from Chamber Music America and featuring Musiqa resident artist Karol Bennett. Read more

The Houston Underwater Film Festival (HUFF) aims to promote underwater filmmaking and appreciation of the beauty and diversity of all things underwater as well as encouraging the art of underwater videography. Underwater videographers from around the world have submitted entries in five categories: Short Video, Environmental, Art House Flicks, Made in Texas, and Feature Length. The top three films in each category, as selected by audience vote, will be announced at the Awards Banquet on Sunday, April 3 at 5 pm in the Gallery at MATCH. All are welcome to attend. The HUFF is sponsored by the Houston Underwater Photographic Society (HUPS).Read more

STILL LIFE WITH AVALANCHE
Electrifying American ensemble works with guest composer & electric guitar virtuoso D.J. Sparr.
Works by Mazzoli, Snider, Lanman, Pärt, & Sparr.  

The spirit of punk rock, heavy metal, and classical chamber music combine to explosive effect on Aperio’s next program, Still Life With Avalanche, featuring recent works by American composers D.J. Sparr, Missy Mazzoli, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Anthony Joseph Lanman.Read more

THE PONCE PROJECT's Third Season: Beyond Europe 

Members of the celebrated Axiom Quartet --Dominika Dancewicz (violin), Katie Carrington (viola) and Patrick Moore (cello) -- join forces with pianist John Noel in the closing concert of The Ponce Project Third Season: Beyond Europe. Program includes two of the best and most beautiful compositions by two of the most revered composers from LatinAmerica: José Rolón Cuarteto Romántico & Manuel M. Ponce Trío Romántico.Read more

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes..." (Act 4, Scene 1 Macbeth). Set in a re-imagined 11th Century Scotland right after an unsuccessful uprising against King Duncan, our titular character, Macbeth, finds herself in the company of three spirits who prophesy that she shall be King hereafter. Will she allow fate to take its course in its own due time, or will she act on the visions and force it into reality? A fictional retelling of historical events, Shakespeare’s Macbeth weaves a tale of witchcraft, regicide, and the punishment of death with no legacy.Read more