by Chloé Jolly | Sep 6, 2019 | News
Thanks to the support of the Composer Circle’s donors, Musiqa has expanded its outreach and support of emerging voices in contemporary music with the creation of the inaugural Emerging Composer Commission. This nationwide competition awards a commission to emerging...
by Chloé Jolly | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Musiqa will premiere Six Bagatelles as a part of the in the upcoming concert, Traces of Blue, at the MATCH on January 12, 2019. Program Note Six Bagatelles is inspired by the work of abstract artist Robert Motherwell (1915–1991). The six short pieces which make up...
by Chloé Jolly | Oct 30, 2018 | News
For Musiqa’s inaugural episode of our podcast, Inner Chamber, Artistic Administrator Emma Wine sits down with saxophonist Dan Gelok and composer Joel Love to chat about their most inspired and embarrassing musical moments, what it’s like for a composer to write for...
by Chloé Jolly | Oct 26, 2018 | News
Every Fall, Musiqa presents our popular “Around the World with Musiqa” as part of The Hobby Center for Performing Arts’ Discovery Series, a free arts education program that brings Houston area school students downtown to experience the performing...
by Chloé Jolly | Sep 28, 2018 | News
Niko Yamamoto (1995) works with integrated systems of sound and action to augment experiences of body and environment. As a composer, their work encompasses an array of performance practices, primarily of music and theatre. Impulse, feedback, and resonance are...
by Chloé Jolly | Sep 27, 2018 | News
Musiqa’s teaching artists are heading back to school in preparation for our Fall production run of “Around the World with Musiqa,” part of the Hobby Center’s Discovery Series education programs. Artistic Director Anthony Brandt tells us...