by Emma Wine | Jan 9, 2019 | Blog, News
We had a few nagging questions for Karim Al-Zand, a member of Musiqa’s Artistic Board whose piece “Six Bagatelles” will be premiered at Traces of Blue. How does one become a composer? What is his piece going to be like, especially since it’s...
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 Emma Wine | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Although our Speed-Composing Challenges have resulted in two wild world premieres, for our latest episode of Inner Chamber, I sat down with not a composer, but an artist. It came to me in a flash of divine inspiration: ever since I met Geraldina for the first time to...
by Emma Wine | Nov 30, 2018 | News
When I met Geraldina Interiano Wise for the first time at her studio just a few blocks from Musiqa’s Silver Street office, the first thing I noticed was her hands. They were constantly in motion — graceful, sweeping gestures and small, twitching movements. Her fingers...
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...
