Published on January 29th, 2015 | by Alexandra Doyle
The Moores Opera Center’s upcoming winter operas may belong to completely different genres — one a film noir contemporary work and the other a comedic bel canto classic — but the Opera Center aims to pull …... Read More →
Published on December 3rd, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle, Daniel Perez, John Whittington
Most students have never talked to Doris Bermudez, but she helps to make UH’s campus beautiful every day. Bermudez, a janitor at Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, is one of 160 people employed as janitorial staff on …... Read More →
Published on November 21st, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
This Sunday, professor of piano Timothy Hester will present Pianorama!, a solo recital featuring six very different pianos and related instruments. The six keyboard instruments will be arrayed around the stage of the Moores Opera House; …... Read More →
Published on November 5th, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
Over the next few years, UH’s Moores School of Music will join the ranks of All-Steinway Schools like Julliard and Oberlin College as it replaces each of its pianos with a new American Steinway. Every instrument is …... Read More →
Published on October 29th, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
The Moores Opera Center opened its 2014-2015 season this weekend with a steampunk-themed rendition of Jacques Offenbach’s 1881 opera “The Tales of Hoffman.” With this opera, the Moores Opera Center welcomed its new music director, Raymond …... Read More →
Published on October 22nd, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
The new Houston Equal Rights Ordinance has drawn national media attention as conservatives battle against what they call the “bathroom bill” and city officials are caught with their feet in their mouths. HERO was passed in May …... Read More →
Published on October 19th, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
The Blaffer Art Museum’s Director and Chief Curator Claudia Schmuckli led artists Gabriel Martinez, Carrie Marie Schneider and assistant professor of architecture Susan Rogers in a roundtable discussion of the exhibit “Buildering: Misbehaving the City” on …... Read More →
Published on October 15th, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
Sometimes, change is not such a bad thing. Andrew Davis stepped up as the new director of the Moores School of Music over the summer and has been surprised most by the sheer complexity of the …... Read More →
Published on October 8th, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
Enticing students to classical music performance can be a difficult task, but the Houston Symphony is hoping to overcome students’ hesitation by making an offer that they simply cannot refuse. “We created this program in an …... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2014 | by Alexandra Doyle
The Alley Theatre’s presence on campus has affected more than just student parking — School of Theatre and Dance students, whose performance spaces were already limited and tightly scheduled, have been booted out of the Lyndall Finley …... Read More →
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