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International Choral Studies Endowment

Give today to support the continued success of MSM’s award-winning choral program and help honor Betsy Cook Weber's legacy. Gifts made or pledged by Dec. 31, 2024, will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $250,000 thanks to a matching gift challenge.

Click here to learn more about the endowmentTo donate, click here and select ‘Endowment for International Choral Studies’ from the dropdown.

 

 

 

Moores School of Music

Invest in the future of music by donating to the Music Excellence Fund. Your contribution provides scholarships, funds innovative opportunities, and enhances facilities for our talented students. Join us in empowering our next generation of musicians!

To donate, click here and select ‘Friends of MSM’ from the dropdown.
 

FRIENDS OF MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC LUNCHEON


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024
11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

Honorary Chair
Jo Dee Wright

Honoree
Dr. Betsy Cook Weber, Director Emeritus of Choral Studies
(Proceeds will benefit the Choral Studies program)


Reservations for this event are now closed


For more information, please contact the Director of Stakeholder Engagement,
Leia Burroughs at lnburrou@central.uh.edu

 

CONTACT US

Brian Kai Chin 
Moores School of Music
Director of Moores School of Music
email: bkchin@central.uh.edu

Leia Burroughs
Moores School of Music 
Director of Stakeholder Engagement
email: lnburrou@central.uh.edu
Brian Kai Chin

The mission of the Moores School of Music is to provide a comprehensive training program for gifted musicians in one of the finest public university schools of music in the nation.

We have nearly 100 outstanding faculty who come from the Houston Symphony, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, La Scala, and numerous other of the finest professional music organizations in the world. We have over 600 students from the world over, in fields ranging from music performance to music education to musicology. And we produce over 300 concerts and events annually, on-campus in our three beautiful performance spaces—including the world-renowned Moores Opera House—and off-campus in the city of Houston. The school is a dynamic, exciting place—one that mirrors the vibrant, multicultural, and artistically vital city in which it is located.

We invite you to learn more about the Moores School of Music on our website, pay us a visit, or join us at one of our many public performances.

Brian Kai Chin
Director, Moores School of Music

Friends of Moores School of Music Board

  • Executive Board 2023-2024

    President
    Darlene Clark

    President Elect
    Donna Shen

    Immediate Past Presidents
    Jackie & Malcolm Mazow

    Vice President, Membership
    Jack & Michelle Matzer

    Secretary, Recording
    Robert Chanon

    Secretary, Corresponding
    Nancy Willerson 

    Audience Development Chair, Community Development
    Tim Doyle

    Alumni Engagement Chair
    Cathy Frank

    Opera Production Council Chair
    Meg Boulware

    Texas Music Festival Council Chair
    Jo Dee Wright

  • Board of Trustees 2023-2024

    Alan & Ellen Holzberg
    Ann Ayre
    Ann Tornyos
    Beth Wolff
    Carla Burns
    Cheryl Byington
    Debbie Feuer
    Donna Shen
    Dr. Timothy Doyle
    Drue DaSilva
    Elia Gabbanelli
    Ellen & Alan Holzberg
    Gary Hollingsworth & Ken Hyde
    Helen Shaffer
    Maureen Higdon
    Mady Kades
    Meg Boulware
    Michelle & Jack Matzer
    Richard J. Schmitt
    Rhonda Sweeney
    Rita Aron
    Robert Chanon
    Shirley Rose
    Terry Ann Brown
  • Advisory Board 2023-2024

    Anna Dean
    Ann Faget
    Anne Boss
    Beatrice and Gregory Graham
    Carol & Carl Vartian
    Carroll R. Ray
    Cathy Coers Frank
    Cathy McNamara
    Christopher Bacon
    Cora Sue Mach
    Cyvia Wolff
    Deb Happ
    Diane and Harry Gendel
    Gary Patterson
    Gay Yellen
    Gladys Hooker
    Janis Landry
    Jennifer Meyer
    Joyce Frassanito
    Karinne McCullough
    Kathi Rovere
    Kelli Fein
    Kitten and Ron Page
    Kusum Patel
    Lillie Robertson
    Mariglyn & Stephen Glenn
    Mary Ann McKeithan
    Mary Fusillo
    Nancy Strohmer
    Nancy Willerson
    Satoko and Anthony Shou
    Susan Binney
    Susan Thompson
    Tom Becker
    Vicky Dominguez
    Virginia & Gage Van Horn
  • Past Presidents

    Stephen Harbachick*, 1984-1988
    Sally Reynolds, 1988-1992
    Richard Morgan, 1992-1994
    Mary Ann McKeithan, 1994-1995
    Betty C. Jukes, 1995-1997
    Philip J. Berquist, 1997-2000
    Robert F. Lietzow, 2000-2002
    Sharon Ley Lietzow, 2002-2004
    Diane Gendel, 2004-2005
    Philip A. Bahr, 2005-2006
    Helen P. Shaffer, 2006-2008
    Philamena Baird, 2008-2009
    Cathy McNamara, 2009-2010
    Shirley Rose, 2010-2011
    Kathi Rovere, 2011-2013
    Beverly Kaufman, 2013-2015
    Rhonda Sweeney, 2015-2017
    Susan Osterberg, 2017-2018
    Jo Dee Wright, 2018-2020
    Jackie & Malcolm Mazow, 2020-2022
  • Founding Trustees

    Anne and Barry Munitz
    Barbara and Gerald D. Hines*
    Belle Johnson
    Betty C. and Gene* McDavid
    Charlene and Phillip J.* Carroll
    Diana* and Bill Hobby
    George P. Mitchell*
    Goldye Marian Spain*
    John J. Moores
    Louisa Stude Sarofim
    Margaret Alkek Williams
    Marilyn and Gene Reamer
    Nan and Richard P.* Schissler, Jr.
    Shirley and Donald M.* Rose
    Wilhelmina “Beth” Robertson
  • Honorary Trustees

    Ann Sakowitz*
    Beth Madison
    Carlisle Floyd
    Charles Saunders*
    David Ashley White
    David Tomatz*
    Elsa Wolf*
    Marie Bosarge
    Marian Yeagar Enete*
    Philip Berquist
    Philip Winston
    Renee Danziger*
    Sybil Roos
    Ulyesse J. LeGrange

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