Archway Music / Dance / Literary Events, 2024
JANUARY, 2025
Sunday, January 19, 6:00-8:00pm, Emily Levin, Harp
Join us for a special night with the principal harpist of the Dallas Symphony, Emily Levin, with a concert program titled "Experiments in Play". The program incorporates magical stories, puzzles, and even a 'choose your own adventure' component. She describes it as "an immersive, interactive performance that weaves together storytelling and music. Audience members can choose to observe or interact with the narrative, solve puzzles, and even influence the path of the music itself."
Join us for a special night with the principal harpist of the Dallas Symphony, Emily Levin, with a concert program titled "Experiments in Play". The program incorporates magical stories, puzzles, and even a 'choose your own adventure' component. She describes it as "an immersive, interactive performance that weaves together storytelling and music. Audience members can choose to observe or interact with the narrative, solve puzzles, and even influence the path of the music itself."
FEBRUARY, 2025
Friday, February 14, 7:00-9:00pm, Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello
We are very pleased to host Louis-Marie Fardet of the Houston Symphony. The program will be Suites for Solo Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach:
. Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
. Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
. Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
This event is supported by the Bach Society of Houston.
We are very pleased to host Louis-Marie Fardet of the Houston Symphony. The program will be Suites for Solo Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach:
. Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
. Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
. Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
This event is supported by the Bach Society of Houston.
Sunday, February 16, 6:00-8:00pm, Carya String Quartet
A performance for their 24-25 season on the Idea of Place.
A performance for their 24-25 season on the Idea of Place.
MARCH, 2025
Sunday, March 2, 6:00-7:00pm, AURA of UH performs Eye of the Beholder
AURA performs music that explores different viewpoints and perspectives. Canadian composer Edward Top’s “Pots ‘n Pans Falling” memorializes the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. In composing this work, Top took the perspective of one of the young seven-year-old survivors who innocently and disarmingly described the gunshots as sounding like “pots and pans falling to the floor”. “Media Control”, a work by composer and jazz-pianist Pascal LeBoeuf, critiques post-truth culture by referencing ideas from Noam Chomsky’s 2002 book with the same title. The musical material is developed through process-oriented procedures and seeks to represent the view that mass media in the United States serves as the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda. Houston composer Steven Block intends “Seven Miniatures in Search of a Program”, a work commissioned by AURA, to be construed as program music, but does not describe a specific program. Instead, he asks the performers to create images to accompany the performance, or to encourage the audience to imagine their own program. In Paul Lansky’s trio “Just in Time”, for clarinet, guitar and cello, the performers’ perception of each other is constantly changing. Throughout the work they alternate between being together and being apart, gradually wandering in and out of focus. “Nixon’s Beard”, by Lucas Marshall Smith, refers to Richard Nixon’s visible beard stubble from his televised debate with John F. Kennedy in 1960, the first ever televised US presidential debate. Many believe that the visible stubble gave Nixon a disheveled appearance and served as a significant factor in Kennedy’s 1960 victory and attests to the great importance of visual images in politics.
AURA performs music that explores different viewpoints and perspectives. Canadian composer Edward Top’s “Pots ‘n Pans Falling” memorializes the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. In composing this work, Top took the perspective of one of the young seven-year-old survivors who innocently and disarmingly described the gunshots as sounding like “pots and pans falling to the floor”. “Media Control”, a work by composer and jazz-pianist Pascal LeBoeuf, critiques post-truth culture by referencing ideas from Noam Chomsky’s 2002 book with the same title. The musical material is developed through process-oriented procedures and seeks to represent the view that mass media in the United States serves as the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda. Houston composer Steven Block intends “Seven Miniatures in Search of a Program”, a work commissioned by AURA, to be construed as program music, but does not describe a specific program. Instead, he asks the performers to create images to accompany the performance, or to encourage the audience to imagine their own program. In Paul Lansky’s trio “Just in Time”, for clarinet, guitar and cello, the performers’ perception of each other is constantly changing. Throughout the work they alternate between being together and being apart, gradually wandering in and out of focus. “Nixon’s Beard”, by Lucas Marshall Smith, refers to Richard Nixon’s visible beard stubble from his televised debate with John F. Kennedy in 1960, the first ever televised US presidential debate. Many believe that the visible stubble gave Nixon a disheveled appearance and served as a significant factor in Kennedy’s 1960 victory and attests to the great importance of visual images in politics.
Sunday, March 16, 6:00-7:00pm, Bob Henschen Jazz Trio
A regular at Archway, this trio always brings in a good crowd with their jazz standards.
A regular at Archway, this trio always brings in a good crowd with their jazz standards.
Saturday, March 22, 7:00-8:00pm, Group Acorde
A contemporary dance group featuring creative use of light and sound.
Donate as you can.
A contemporary dance group featuring creative use of light and sound.
Donate as you can.
Sunday, March 23, 6:00-7:00pm, Con Tempo
A quartet of soprano, flute, viola and keyboard playing a wide range of works, including many of their own.
A quartet of soprano, flute, viola and keyboard playing a wide range of works, including many of their own.
APRIL, 2025
Sunday, April 6, 6:00-8:00pm, Rice Jazz Ensemble
Students from Rice play a wonderful collection of Jazz standards.
Students from Rice play a wonderful collection of Jazz standards.
MAY, 2025
Sunday, May 11, 6:00-8:00pm, Dominika Dancewicz, violin, and Anna Golka, piano
Join us for a wonderful evening of violin-piano music.
Join us for a wonderful evening of violin-piano music.
JUNE, 2025
Sunday, June 8, 6:00-8:00pm, Carya String Quartet
A performance for their 24-25 season on the Idea of Place.
A performance for their 24-25 season on the Idea of Place.
Monday, June 9, 7:00-8:00pm, Joan Raeburn Holland
Joan Raeburn Holland is Resident Instructor of Harp for the Interlochen Arts Academy and Interlochen Arts Camp, and Associate Professor of Harp for the School of Music, Theatre and Dance of the University of Michigan. In addition to her strong commitment to teaching, she maintains an active career in solo, chamber, concerto performances and orchestral performing. She is currently principal harpist for the Midland (MI) Symphony Orchestra, co-principal of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and is substitute harpist for other Michigan orchestras. This performance at Archway Gallery will kick off the second annual weeklong harp workshop, Harpisphere, spearheaded by Emily Klein at Houston Hillel.
Joan Raeburn Holland is Resident Instructor of Harp for the Interlochen Arts Academy and Interlochen Arts Camp, and Associate Professor of Harp for the School of Music, Theatre and Dance of the University of Michigan. In addition to her strong commitment to teaching, she maintains an active career in solo, chamber, concerto performances and orchestral performing. She is currently principal harpist for the Midland (MI) Symphony Orchestra, co-principal of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra and is substitute harpist for other Michigan orchestras. This performance at Archway Gallery will kick off the second annual weeklong harp workshop, Harpisphere, spearheaded by Emily Klein at Houston Hillel.
Sunday, June 22, 6:00-8:00pm, Opus 4 String Quartet
One of our regular quartets!
One of our regular quartets!