{"id":3202,"date":"2017-07-26T15:17:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?p=3202"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:13:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T18:13:48","slug":"musiqa-2017-2018-season-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?p=3202","title":{"rendered":"Musiqa 2017\u20132018 season announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston’s premier new music presenting organization Musiqa<\/a> recently announced its exciting 2017\u20132018 season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bodies in Motion
\nSeptember 23 | 7:30 pm
\nThe Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Zilkha Hall,<\/p>\n

Musiqa and Open Dance Project present a compelling evening of world premieres featuring KINETIC, the conductorless orchestra. Highlights of the program include two new pieces choreographed by Open Dance Project Artistic Director Annie Arnoult to riveting works for string orchestra by Musiqa composers Pierre Jalbert and Marcus Maroney. Plus guest artist Jane Weiner, founder and artistic director of Hope Stone Dance, choreographs Lonely Suite (Ballet for Lonely Violinist<\/em>). Rounding out the program are Arnoult\u2019s celebrated piece Stalemate<\/em> with music by Andrew Bird, and Silent Moon<\/em>, a duo for violin and cello, by composer Augusta Read Thomas.<\/p>\n

Musical and Literary Ofrenda
\nNovember 2 | 5:30 pm
\nLawndale Art Center<\/p>\n

Musiqa celebrates the Mexican \u201cDay of the Dead\u201d with our annual five-way collaboration Musical and Literary Ofrenda at Lawndale Art Center. This free event is a collaboration with River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Lawndale Arts Center, Inprint, and the Houston Hispanic Forum \u2014 all promoted by The Mexican Consulate. The five original musical \u201cofrendas\u201d (offerings) \u2014 commissioned by ROCO from Musiqa composers \u2014 are woven amongst four original prose texts by Inprint authors, surrounded by the beautiful retablos (alterpieces) on display at Lawndale.<\/p>\n

Looking Back in Time
\nJanuary 13, 2018 | 7:30 pm
\nMATCH Box 4 \/ Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston<\/p>\n

Travel back time and to other worlds in this program featuring works by Musiqa composers for chamber orchestra. Journey to the dawn of man with Maternity<\/em>, an oratorio by Musiqa Artistic Director Anthony Brandt with libretto by frequent collaborator David Eagleman; to the banks of the Sea of Galilee in Pierre Jalbert\u2019s Transcendental Windows<\/em> inspired by Tiffany stained glass; and the fanciful, otherworldly, Visions from Another World<\/em> by Karim Al-Zand. The concert features a reading by Dr. Eagleman, bestselling author of \u201cSum\u201d and \u201cIncognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain.\u201d Loop38 performs, with conductor Jerry Hou and soprano Karol Bennett.<\/p>\n

The Moving Image
\nMarch 3, 2018 | 7:30 pm
\nMATCH Box 4 \/ Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston<\/p>\n

Experience modern cinema and music like never before. The program features cutting-edge films with live music including Anna Clyne\u2019s Steelworks<\/em>, a sonic tour de force that is edgy, individual and compelling inspired by visual artist Luke DuBois\u2019 reimagining of the 1936 industrial film Steel: A Symphony of Industry. The evening also features Michael Gandolfi\u2019s serene and jazzy meditation the history of the world in seven acts, a multimedia collaboration featuring the dancing animations of Jonathan Bachrach, plus short films with scores by Reena Esmail and Grawemeyer award-winning composer Michel van der Aa.<\/p>\n

Playing Havoc
\nApril 13, 2018 | 7:30 pm
\nMATCH Box 2 \/ Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston<\/p>\n

Musiqa presents Playing Havoc featuring Voices from the Killing Jar<\/em> by Pulitzer Prize finalist, composer\/performer Kate Soper. Part monodrama, part song-cycle, part opera, Voices from the Killing Jar<\/em> crosses a volatile musical landscape populated by a series of female protagonists, among them housewives, teenagers, and mothers and daughters; innocents and tragic heroines; and femmes fatales. From Madame Bovary\u2019s passionate whirlwind of delusion, to Lady Macduff\u2019s terrified lullaby, to Clytemnestra\u2019s hypnotic and deadly rage, each one is brought to vivid and unforgettable life as Soper\u2019s mercurial voice traces a path through their stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Houston’s premier new music presenting organization Musiqa recently announced its exciting 2017\u20132018 season. Bodies in Motion September 23 | 7:30 pm The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Zilkha Hall, Musiqa and Open Dance Project present a compelling evening of world premieres featuring KINETIC, the conductorless orchestra. Highlights of the program include two new pieces […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musiqa","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3202"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5138,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions\/5138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}