Chris Gray
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Black composers to be celebrated at Houston Chamber Choir concert
Conductor Anthony Trecek-King will bring to life the music of Nathaniel Dett, Harry T. Burleigh, Undine Smith Moore and many more at South Main Baptist Church. → Read More
Houston homelessness takes center stage in HGO opera ‘Another City’
The production will be staged at the Ecclesia church instead of the company's usual home, the Wortham Center. → Read More
Alley Theatre’s ‘Cowboy Bob’ turns Texas bank-robbing tragedy into a musical
The play, written by Galveston native Molly Beach Murphy, tells the true story of a middle-aged female bank robber in North Texas. → Read More
Popular Musiqa on Film music-themed, short-film fest returns
The collaboration with the Houston Cinema Arts Society features a film on 'Bridgerton' composer Kris Bowers and more. → Read More
Montrose’s Women’s Home inspires new musical work at Kinetic concert
'Home' is a new piece by Shepherd School of Music doctoral candidate Nicky Sohn that will premiere Friday as part of Kinetic's Her Story concert. → Read More
HGO’s annual Giving Voice concert moves to Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church
The free Houston Grand Opera performance, a salute to Black voices and culture, will feature George Shirley, Lawrence Brownlee, Nicole Heaston and more. → Read More
Galveston’s Broadway cemeteries are a hit with tourists. But there’s more than meets the eye.
Historian Kathleen S. Maca will be giving a lecture on these cemeteries at the Bryan Museum on Feb. 23. → Read More
Ruckus brings roots-music energy to Bach’s hallowed sounds
DaCamera presents the group's Houston performance at the Hobby Center Saturday. → Read More
Vietnamese music merges with dance, poetry in ‘Mekong: SOUL’ this weekend
The collaboration between the Apollo Chamber Players and composer Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ will go on to make its official world premiere at the Kennedy Center's RiverRun Festival in April. → Read More
Houston Symphony’s Songs of the Earth fest merges East and West
Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Japanese composers, Indonesian gamelan music and other performances make cultural connections across oceans. → Read More
Galveston Mardi Gras exhibit tells story behind costumes, design dating to 1867
The gowns and costumes on display in Party By Design represent nearly a century, from the 1930s to a phoenix costume from last year's Krewe of Gambrinu → Read More
Review: ‘Chicago’ revival at Hobby shows strength of this enduring musical
John Kander and Fred Ebb's 1975 musical, as realized by the controversial Bob Fosse, is still right in tune with a society besotted by social media. → Read More
Houston’s Loop38 shows there’s need for a sinfonietta in this town
The contemporary music group, playing Saturday, has worked with the likes of Apollo Chamber Players, Kinetic Ensemble, Windsync, and several artists-in-residence at Sawyer Yards. → Read More
After two years of tumult, Shepherd School of Music is ready to hit high notes again
The deaths of opera director Miah Im and symphony orchestra conductor Larry Rachleff and the opening of the $100 million Brockman Hall spark change. → Read More
Aperio’s ‘Hot Buttered Rumba’ night celebrates samba, tango, milonga and more
The Houston chamber orchestra goes south of the border for a night of Latin music at MATCH → Read More
Alley Theatre’s ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ tells Khmer Rouge survivor’s tale
The groundbreaking play, one of the most performed in recent years, pairs a family's story with an onstage music group. → Read More
Chamber Music Houston flies the flag for a sometimes ignored musical form
The organization is presenting the Merz Piano Trio this weekend at Rice University's Stude Concert Hall → Read More
Houston Symphony celebrates works that sparked ‘Riots and Scandals’
Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' and Bartok's 'Miraculous Mandarin' enraged audiences when they were first performed. → Read More
Houston Grand Opera stages classic ‘Marriage of Figaro’ which is classic for a reason
'I do think it's the greatest opera every written,' says HGO's Patrick Summers of the production that will run at the Wortham Center Jan. 13-28. → Read More
Galveston singer Robert Kuhn survives car wreck, pandemic with new music, book
The performer, who plays Shoeshine Charley's Big Time Lounge Saturday with the Wheel Workers, has released a novel based on his travels and the album 'Persevere.' → Read More