HOUSTON (Dec. 21, 2018) – The Houston Symphony welcomes back American piano star and conductor Jeffrey Kahane for a program of jazz-inspired works, capped by one of George Gershwin’s seminal and most popular compositions, Rhapsody in Blue. 1983 Grand Prize Winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition and former music director of the Los … Continued
HOUSTON (Dec. 18, 2018) — The Houston Symphony named Gwen Watkins as its new Chief Marketing Officer beginning Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. Watkins most recently served as the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s associate head of marketing and communications for the past three years, having joined the organization in 2011. In the Houston Symphony post, … Continued
HOUSTON (Dec. 10, 2018) –The Houston Symphony celebrates the holiday season with what is arguably the greatest oratorio ever written: the spiritual, Baroque-era masterpiece, Handel’s Messiah, at 8 p.m. Dec. 21-22 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 23 in Jones Hall. Baroque specialist Jane Glover leads the orchestra, a stellar quartet of soloists and the Houston Symphony … Continued
HOUSTON (Dec. 3, 2018) – The Houston Symphony announces the addition of violinist Patricia Quintero Garcia and violist Alexa Sangbin Thomson to its Community Embedded Musicians initiative, now in its fourth year. Quintero Garcia and Thomson succeed violist Anthony Parce and cellist Hellen Weberpal, who left in August for positions with the Nashville and Atlanta … Continued
HOUSTON (Nov. 29, 2018) – The Houston Symphony celebrates the holiday season with the festive, family-friendly program A Polar Express Christmas at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, featuring two local high school choirs: The Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Chorale and the Davis High School Choir, which … Continued
HOUSTON (Nov. 27, 2018) – The Houston Symphony is decking the halls with Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke as it welcomes Broadway star Ali Ewoldt this holiday season for the annual Very Merry Pops extravaganza at Jones Hall 8 p.m. Dec. 7-8, and 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Having recently completed more than … Continued