by musiqaadmin | Nov 28, 2016 | News
There is a new contemporary music ensemble in town, and it aspires to introduce a whole new sound and level of musicianship to Houston. Loop38 — a 17-person collective of passionate, virtuosic musicians co-founded and by conductor Jerry Hou and pianist Yvonne Chen —...
by musiqaadmin | Nov 21, 2016 | News
Musiqa has recently welcomed Edward Coles and Ky Cooksey, both class of 2018 Rice MBA candidates, to the board of directors as Rice Business board fellows. The Rice Business board fellows will be mentored by board president, Barbara Ostdiek, Senior Associate...
by musiqaadmin | Oct 24, 2016 | News
Winner of eight awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Musiqa returns to The Hobby Center’s Discovery Series with “Around the World with Musiqa.” The longest running education program in the series and now in its 12th season, “Around the...
by musiqaadmin | Oct 23, 2016 | News
Death is no laughing matter for most. But for former DaCamera Young Artist, Mark Buller, it can be a source of inspiration and creativity when composing new music. “Last Summer I wrote a song cycle for a friend, soprano Julia Fox” states Buller. “The...
by musiqaadmin | Oct 21, 2016 | News
Musiqa artistic board member Pierre Jalbert’s new orchestral work In Terra receives its world premiere with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Larry Rachleff at Carnegie Hall on October 28. Jalbert, a professor of composition and theory at Rice...
by musiqaadmin | Oct 12, 2016 | News
KINETIC, the conductorless chamber orchestra, premieres a new work by Karim Al-Zand, “Luctus Profugis,” at its October 16th concert “Illuminations” at MATCH. “Luctus Profugis”, which translates to “Grief for the Displaced,” is a...
by musiqaadmin | Sep 27, 2016 | News
“I naturally only compose because I think the world lacks something in the music, and now I am going to make that lack because I lack it… So in this way, I always work with new ideas, ideas of my own. And then hopefully it will one day become ideas for...
