by musiqaadmin | Mar 1, 2017 | News
Musiqa will perform Lonesome Roads by composer Dan Visconti, as a part of American Trios!, March 11, the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston. Program Note Lonesome Roads was inspired by memories of long, cross-country car trips and the rumbling, uneven grooves...
by musiqaadmin | Jan 3, 2017 | News
Musiqa will perform The White Album by composer Mark Kilstofte, as a part of The White Album, January 7, at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall. Program Notes I began to assemble the poems of The White Album years ago during a residency at Copland...
by musiqaadmin | Jan 2, 2017 | News
Musiqa will perform Piano Trio No. 2 by Musiqa composer Pierre Jalbert, as a part of The White Album, January 7, the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall. Program Note My second piano trio was written for the Morgenstern Trio (from Germany) for the...
by musiqaadmin | Jan 2, 2017 | News
Musiqa will perform Natura Morta by New England-based composer David Rakowski, as a part of The White Album, January 7, the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall. Program Note Natura Morta (2015) was the first piece I wrote after a long and trying bout...
by musiqaadmin | Dec 30, 2016 | News
Musiqa will perform Wet Ink by composer Laura Schwendinger, as a part of The White Album, January 7, the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall. Program Note Wet Ink was commissioned by the Bennington Chamber Music Conference, when I was a faculty composer...
by musiqaadmin | Dec 29, 2016 | News
Musiqa’s Arts 4 All Fall Benefit took place November 15 at Esperson Gallery, downtown Houston. Hosted by gallery owner and director Tammy Dowe, the event celebrated Musiqa’s commitment to creating new audiences for contemporary classical music, and...
by musiqaadmin | Nov 29, 2016 | News
“Play,” a 47-minute orchestral work by American composer Andrew Norman, is the winner of the prestigious 2017 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. The award is accompanied by a prize of $100,000. In three movements, “Play” explores the...
