2023-2024
UNCHAINED
August 18-19, 2023
MATCH
Badie Khaleghian: “Tahrir the Pure”, “Half-told Stories”, “Electric Sky Blue”
Caroline Owens, piano
Kyle Sharkey, painting
with NobleMotion Dance
MADE IN HOUSTON: Volume 1
September 23, 2023
Cactus Music
Nicky Sohn: “Burning”
Jacob Schafer, violin
Astrid Nakamura, violin
Nicholas Lindell, viola
Chris Ellis, cello
NEW VOICES
October 14, 2023
MATCH
Paul Novak: “entwining”
Eric Estrada Valadez: “Del silencio brota un árbol”
Oswald Huỳnh: “This Room and Everything in It”
Kyle Rivera: “Anaglyph”
Ayokunle Falomo: “of that language which alone I understand”
Tyler Martin, flute
Maiko Sasaki, clarinet
Jacob Schafer, violin
Chris Ellis, cello
Chelsea de Souza, piano
Ayokunle Falomo, poetry
UNDERGROUND SOUNDS
November 9-12, 2023
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
Pierre Jalbert: “Voices from the Underground”
Jacob Schafer, violin
Chris Ellis, cello
Nicholas Bissen, alto saxophone
Sophie Volpe, trombone
Terry McKinney, percussion
FIGHTING: Ukranian War Photographers
November 18, 2023
FotoFest
Bohdana Frolyak: “Partita-Meditation for two violins”
Valentin Silvestrov: “Postludium for solo violin”
Theo Chandler: “Sung from Ruins”
Nanki Chugh, violin
Jacob Schafer, violin
Yelena Dyachek, soprano
MUSIQALAB
December 7, 2023
Madison High School
New works by Madison High School Students
Jesse Brewster: “Teardrop of the Heart”
Alan Bonilla: “Rebirth Overture (A Fallen Kingdom)”
Adrian Arbona: “The Release, Realization and Acceptance”
Jacqueline Soto: “Fox”
Gabriela Castelan: “The Tree”
Jaime Campos: “Wind”
Dannon Clark: “Alluring Melancholia (for Angela)”
Umar Makanjuola: “Life”
Beautiful Prevost: “Pocket Hole”
Christian Serrano: “Fleeting Memory”
Emanuel Gonzalez: “The Renaissance Joke with Chaos”
Joel Campos: “Rule One”
Kameron Jackson: “Butterflies Home”
Leo A. Adoghe: “The Eye”
Kenia Torres: “Distant”
Nanki Chugh, violin
Jackson Guillen, violin
Christina D’Antonio, viola
Caio Diniz, cello
MEETING of MINDS
January 19-20, 2024
MATCH
Anthony Brandt: “Meeting of Minds”
Karim Al-Zand: “Cabinet of Curiosities”
Badie Khaleghian: “Study No. 1: The Art of Collaboration”
Marcus Maroney: “The Telling”
Astrid Nakamura, violin
Nanki Chugh, violin
Molly Wise, viola
Christopher Ellis, cello
Harlequin Duo:
Nicholas Davies, clarinet
Wesley Ducote, piano
with NobleMotion Dance
and the Brain-Machine Interface Systems Laboratory
OVERTURE 2024
February 22, 2024
Dudley Recital Hall
Eric Estrada Valadez: “Overture 2024: Former Present Today”
Jackson Guillen, violin
Maiko Sasaki, clarinet
Xayvion Davidson, bassoon
Russell Haehl, trumpet
Ryan Rongone, trombone
Samantha St. John, bass
Craig Hauschildt, percussion
Eiki Isomura, conductor
MUSIQA on SCREEN
March 2, 2024
DeLuxe Theater
Johannes Krittler: “Two Pieces for Clarinet and Video”
Han Lash: “Leaves, Space”
Marcus Maroney: “The Book of the Heavenly Cow”
Maiko Sasaki, clarinet & bass clarinet
Stanley Chyi, oboe & english horn
Mann-Wen Lo, violin
Hope Cowan. harp
Samantha St. John, bass
Craig Hauschildt, percussion
Marcus Maroney, conductor
Timothy Jones, narrator
MUSIQALAB
May 1, 2024
The Hobby Center
New works by Madison High School Students
Kenia Torres: “Red’s Journey”
Umar Makanjuola: “Cold Embrace”
Alan Bonilla Santos: “Melodic Madness”
Dannon Clark: “Periphery”
Emmanuel Espitia: “Is There a Right Answer?”
Joel Campos: “The Gloom Fading Away”
Emanuel Gonzalez: “The Boy, the Mind and the Legos”
Kameron Jackson: “Nature Wing”
Gabriela Castelan: “Cautious”
Jesse Brewster: “Will It Ever Feel the Way It Used To”
Christian Serrano: “Tidal Drop”
Beautiful Prevost: “I’m Human”
Leo A. Adoghe: “Don’t Be Perfect”
Adrian Arbona: “A Father’s Love”
Nanki Chugh, violin
Astrid Nakamura, violin
Tonya Burton, viola
Caio Diniz, cello
MUSIQA MIXER: Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West
June 20
MFAH
Reena Esmail: “Nadiya”
Reza Vali: “Folk Songs Set No. 9, I-VIII”
Asha Srinivasan: “Dviraag”
Tyler Martin: flute, piccolo, alto flute, bass flute
Caio Diniz: cello, glasses, tom-tom