Scheduled Activities of HLSCA
For those of you who will be downtown at noon on Thursday, May 16, stop by the Houston Visitors Center in City Hall, 901 Bagby, for a Learn-at-Lunch series, featuring China: Explore Beijing Opera. Houston’s sister city from China is Shenzhen. The program is sponsored by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and the […]
The Consulate General of Germany and the Consulate General of Italy cordially invite you to the free screening of the movie Solino on May 15, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at the Rice Media Center on the Rice University Campus. Consul General Klaus-Jochen Guehlcke of Germany and Consul General Fabrizio Nava of Italy will introduce the […]
Update: Members of the Moores Concert Choral perform their Marktoberdorf music one last time in Houston on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, before jetting to Europe. Get more information and send your RSVPs here. The University of Houston’s Moores Concert Chorale is the university’s premiere large choral ensemble consisting of mainly junior and senior music majors. […]
The magnificent baroque city of Dresden, residence of the Saxon Court with its legendary love of music and art, is the final destination in this season’s tour of Bach’s cities. Multiple choirs, period brass, and strings re-create the 17th-century musical splendor of Schütz and Praetorius. J.S. Bach – who rather bluntly pointed out the superior […]
What a busy month May is already turning out to be! The OTC brought more than 104,000 visitors to Houston this past week, topping the record set during the boom times of the early 1980s. Even though most of these visitors have left town, the parties and events continue. First of all, be sure to […]
The Leipzig School – is it hype, is it real, is it dead? Actually, what is the Leipzig School? Is it an authentic ideological art movement or merely a mercantile phenomenon created by the art market? Is it a new way to channel an impression and express it on canvas, or is it a catchall […]
Bom dia – come and join us at iFest, Houston’s annual celebration of international art, music, and cuisine. The next two weekends downtown comes alive with the sounds and tastes of many countries, especially Brazil, this year’s honored country. Musical legends appearing at iFest include Bootsy Collins, Diogo Nogueira, The Wailers . . . . […]
Do join us for an Abendmusik concert by the incredibly talented ensemble amarcord from Leipzig this Sunday, April 14, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. The concert is presented by the Bach Society Houston at Christ the King Lutheran Church, and features selections from pre- and post-Reformation music, including chant melodies from the 14th century Thomasgraduale, early […]
Ein Team – weltweit Der Auswärtige Dienst weltweitwir Wir suchen zum Einstellungstermin 02.05.2014 Anwärterinnen und Anwärter im höheren Auswärtigen Dienst, Attaché(e)s, als Beamtinnen und Beamte auf Widerruf im Vorbereitungsdienst Der Auswärtige Dienst ist für die Pflege der Beziehungen zu anderen Staaten sowie zu zwischen- und überstaatlichen Organisationen verantwortlich und vertritt die Interessen Deutschlands in der […]
On April 9, graduate students of Dr. Stephen King at the Shephard School of Music at Rice University are performing Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, a Liederabend to honor their retiring friend and teacher Kathleen Kaun. Marcus DeLoach, a great baritone currently engaged in doctoral studies at the Shepherd School is helping organize the event. He […]