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
Musiqa presents
MUSIQALAB
May 1, 2024 | 5:30 pm
The Hobby Center
MusiqaLab fosters the composers of tomorrow in Houston schools by partnering young artists with our world-class composers and musicians. We invite you to celebrate our collaboration with James Madison High School in two concerts this season.
Musiqa and the MFAH present
MUSIQA MIXER
June 20 | 6:30 pm
MFAH
Musiqa continues to explore connections between contemporary art forms of all sorts in this free series at the MFAH. Join us for concerts of rarely-performed works: parking and admission on Thursdays is always free.