Community Connections is an important component of the Houston
Symphony's outreach experience. Designed to broaden our musical
exposure within the diverse Houston population, the Community
Connections program provides opportunities for the musicians to perform
or coach in close, personal settings.
In any given week, musicians may be found throughout the Houston
metropolitan area presenting formal recital programs for seniors, reading
books and demonstrating their instruments to young students in libraries,
holding master classes at area high schools, strolling the halls at Texas
Children's Hospital or drawing a crowd at the Star of Hope Mission.
Each presentation is approximately one hour in length and often
includes time for discussion, in which audience members learn more
about the performers and share their love of music.
The Houston Symphony organization is committed to the success of this
program, whereby the musicians voluntarily give their time and talents
to provide these services at no cost to the community. To learn more or
to schedule an event, send an
email or call Melissa McCrimmon at 713-238-1458.
Burke Shaw at St. Thomas' Episcopal School
Brass quintet with students from Northside Elementary School in Angleton, Texas
Eric Halen, William Ver Meulen, Scott Holshouser at Spring Branch Community Center