The winner of 6 Tony Awards®, the Grammy® Award and the Olivier Award for Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.
Join the Moores School of Music, University of Houston, for a celebration of a century – the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s legendary Rhapsody in Blue! Featuring a jazz orchestra of MSM students, faculty, and alumni conducted by David Bertman, with Tali Morgulis as piano soloist, this performance will be an evening filled with jazz favorites.
In Praise of Virtue features soprano Hannah DePriest and countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen in two rarely heard solo cantatas: J. S. Bach’s beautifully reflective Ich bin vergnügt (BWV 84) and G. F. Handel’s glittering Splenda l’alba in oriente (HWV 166). Excerpts from Johann Adolph Hasse’s Marc-Antonio e Cleopatra set this noble love story with luscious melodies and spectacular virtuosity, in arias and duets for both soloists.
The Houston Latin American Philharmonic presents its annual Viva Latin America to open with honors the Hispanic Heritage Month. The guest artists for this gala concert are Maria Conchita Alonso and Carlos Cueva. The program includes Acariciame, Tomame o Dejame, O ella o Yo, Noche de Copas, Historia de u Amor, Piel Canela, Como Fue, and much more.
Jazz singer Raquel Cepeda and pianist Marvio Ciribelli bring Brazil to Houston with “Brazil Samba Jazz.”