The Moores Opera Center at the University of Houston’s Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts is excited to announce its 2024-25 season, featuring four captivating performances.
Moores School Concert Chorale has been named one of the “20 Most Impressive College Choirs” in the country by College Rank, coming in at No. 10 on the list.
KGMCA welcomes three extraordinary artists in dance, guitar, and mariachi, pushing boundaries and fostering cultural unity on campus and in the community.
Ritmo, established in 1929, is an esteemed publication, honored with the "Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts" by the Spanish government. This prestigious magazine provides a comprehensive view of global musical trends, interviews with top musicians, concert updates, and thorough reviews of new records and videos.
Musician and educator, Dr. Brian Kai Chin, is making his way to the University of Houston’s Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts as the Director of Moores School of Music.
The Concert Chorale triumphs with a remarkable third-place victory at the prestigious CantaRode International Choir Competition held in the Netherlands.
First Prize and the Audience Favorite went to Xayvion Davidson, 19, a bassoonist from Nashville who just completed his freshman year at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.
This unique cross-cultural collaboration between The Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Moores School of Music's AURA Ensemble was brought to the Moores Opera House Stage at the University of Houston.
The quartet will perform two February concerts announcing their residency at UH. The quartet's appointment supports the school's string and chamber music programs, with individual ensemble coaching, master classes and public performances.
The event runs from February 24-25 and will include clinics and performances by guest artist, Saxophonist Bill Evans. The public performances will take place 7:30 Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 25 in the Moores Opera House.
Join us at the ultimate masked ball and discover not only why Johann Strauss Jr. is known as the Waltz King, but also just how far some people will go to exact their revenge! January 26-29, 2023
The 2020 production of Don Giovanniat MOC has won the American Prize for best university opera performance. The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner honors University of Houston’s Mariachi Pumas director and educator José Longoria with a special proclamation recognizing his significant contributions to the city’s cultural landscape.
Edward MacDowell’s European Piano Musicis a critical study of the piano music that MacDowell composed during his European sojourn (1876–1888), steeped in reception history and with a special emphasis of programmaticism.
The initial volume in a series of American Bach Society Guides, Bach's Art of Fugue and Musical Offering is a comprehensive study of two closely related masterworks of the late Baroque fugal style. This compact guide, intended for practitioners, music scholars, and a general readership, summarizes a considerable body of knowledge about these famously cerebral collections in an engaging and accessible style.
Moores School of Music's Howard Pollack, Ph.D., has been honored with the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for American Music and simultaneously releases his eighth book, "Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy"
The Leader is a chamber opera based on Eugène Ionesco’s Le Maître, a one-act political satire from 1953. Multiple MSM alumni, as well as one faculty member, are featured on the recording.
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