23-24 Season Brochure

Welcome from Dean Loden

Dear Friends,

As a new academic year begins, we are thrilled to share the Shepherd School of Music’s 2023-24 season with you! We have curated an incredible lineup featuring our 275 remarkable students, esteemed faculty, and special guests at the pinnacle of their musical careers.

Whether you’re a longtime attendee of the Shepherd School, an arts lover looking to expand your musical horizons, or a neighbor in our community, we invite you to be part of the magic at one of over 400 performances this season (many of which are free or at minimal cost).

When you attend a performance, you play an integral part in developing the stars of tomorrow, providing unwavering support to foster our students’ musical growth.

For the first time ever, you can reserve tickets and choose your seats online and over the phone in advance of Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Opera performances. Concerts will gradually become available for pay-what-you-wish sales throughout the year, allowing for a seamless transition to our new ticketing system. Be sure to stay connected and receive important updates by subscribing to email communications from the Shepherd School.

Join us and revel in the extraordinary experiences awaiting you on the Rice University campus at the Shepherd School of Music – we can’t wait to see you!

Matthew Loden

Lynette S. Autrey Dean of Music

FREE LIVE STREAMS

In addition to free live streams of faculty and student recitals from Duncan Recital Hall, you can now watch every Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra concert for FREE on music.rice.edu.

POST-CONCERT CHATS (NEW!)

Stay in your seats after each Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra concert for a 30-minute chat with Shepherd School Dean Matthew Loden and guest artists.

Bringing You Closer to the Music Plan Your Visit

NEW TICKETING SYSTEM & RESERVED SEATING

The Shepherd School is launching a new ticketing system! When tickets are available, you can reserve your tickets online and choose your seats for opera, symphony orchestra, and chamber orchestra concerts.

ENJOY CONCESSIONS FROM Little Kitchen HTX

Little Kitchen provides coffee, wine, beer, cocktails, and soft drinks at mainstage opera productions, symphony orchestra, and chamber orchestra concerts. Enjoy drinks before the show and during intermission.

EASY AND CONVENIENT PARKING

For large events in Stude Concert Hall and Brockman Hall for Opera, parking is available for $6 in West Lot 2 via entrance #18 off of Rice Blvd.

IMPROVED WEBSITE CALENDAR

Visit music.rice.edu for new and improved event listings and calendars.

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Season Highlights

SHEPHERD SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

• Celebrating core repertoireStravinsky The Firebird, Brahms Symphony No. 2, Shostakovich 5, Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

• Illuminating the voices of our timeJennifer Higdon, Jessie Montgomery, Jimmy López Bellido, and Shepherd School alumnae Gabriela Lena Frank and Caroline Shaw

• Showcasing Shepherd School Concerto Competition winnersSibelius Violin Concerto, Copland Clarinet Concerto, Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto, Elgar Cello Concerto

COMMUNITY & FAMILYFRIENDLY CONCERTS

• Family Concert with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra featuring selec tions from Scheherazade

• On-the -go chamber music concerts with The Concert Truck

SHEPHERD SCHOOL OPERA

• Welcoming Joshua Winograde, new Director of Opera Studies

• Presenting mainstage opera productions in the dazzling Brockman Hall for Opera–Tchaikovsky’s timeless tale of love and loss, Eugene Onegin, and a dynamic pairing of Dido and Aeneas and The Rape of Lucretia

WORLD PREMIERE COLLABORATIONS

• Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness - a groundbreaking multidisciplinar y performance that merges visual art, music, dance, movement, and spoken word to create an urgent new language for collective expression

• Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars: Music for New Bodies - a first-time collaboration between a brilliant young composer and legendary director, cocommissioned with DACAMERA

• Open Air - the earliest sounds of humans coupled with dreamlike images, written by Shepherd School’s own Kurt Stallmann at the Moody Center for the Arts

All artists, programs, dates, times, and locations are subject to change without notice.

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Experience the power of a live orchestra performance with over 100 students on stage.

TICKETS REQUIRED

Stay tuned for on-sale dates!

All performances at Stude Concert Hall

HARMONIOUS HORIZONS

Fri, Sep 29 and Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 7:30pm

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Robert Spano, conductor

Michelle Bradley, soprano

Barber: Symphony No. 1 in One Movement

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra

Higdon’s Concerto gives every section of the orchestra a chance to shine. Featuring soprano Michelle Bradley, Barber’s dreamy Knoxville: Summer of 1915 recounts a perfect summer evening from a child’s point of view. The concert opens with Barber’s impassioned Symphony No. 1.

MICHELLE BRADLEY

FIRE MEETS ICE

Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 7:30pm

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Hans Graf, conductor Angela Ryu, violin *

Scriabin: Poème de l’extase (Poem of Ecstasy)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor

Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910)

Fire meets ice in a program drawing inspiration from legend, magic, and mystical realms. Be transported to a world of snowy, sparkling beauty when Angela Ryu performs Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. Stravinsky’s Firebird dazzles from the first note to the roaring, heart-pounding finale.

TRANSCENDING HEIGHTS

Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 7:30pm

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

William Eddins, conductor Isaac Foreman, piano*

Carpenter: Skyscrapers

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

In Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, beautiful melodies build to a triumphant finale. Isaac Foreman scales the towering heights of Beethoven’s mighty “Emperor” Concerto. Fusing classical idioms with jazz, blues, and ragtime, Carpenter’s Skyscrapers captures a slice of big-city life in the Roaring Twenties.

EXPLORATIONS OF HUMANITY

Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 7:30pm

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor Maximus Gurath, cello*

Jessie Montgomery: Hymn for Everyone

Elgar: Cello Concerto

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Music connects us with what it means to be human, never more so than in our most challenging moments. Hymn for Everyone meditates on life during the pandemic, while Elgar’s poignant concerto responds to World War I. A blazing light amid the darkness of Stalin’s regime, Shostakovich 5 speaks volumes without a single word.

WILLIAM EDDINS ISAAC FOREMAN

MAXIMUS GURATH

LIDIYA YANKOVSKAYA

HANS GRAF

*Shepherd School Concerto Competition winner, 2023

Symphony Orchestra

Lineup

RHYTHMIC REVELRY

Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 7:30pm

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Jimmy López Bellido: Fiesta!

Daniel Leibovic⁰: A Cassette from Banglé (2023)

Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet

Fiesta! mixes Latin American music, modern pop, and more. Composed by Shepherd School of Music student Daniel Leibovic, The Tones of Bangle explores the glittering beauty of Balinese gamelan. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet conjures the drama and passion of the world’s most famous love story.

⁰Shepherd School student composer

A CONSTELLATION OF SOUNDS & STORIES

Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 7:30pm

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Najee Greenlee, clarinet*

Caroline Shaw^: The Observatory

Copland: Clarinet Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Experience music to ignite your imagination, beginning with Shaw’s celestial, sci-fi-inspired The Observatory, led by the Music Director of the Nashville Symphony. Najee Greenlee shines in Copland’s jazzy Clarinet Concerto, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade beckons us into a world brimming with wonder and enchantment.

^Shepherd School alumna

*Shepherd School Concerto Competition winner, 2023

All New Access!

RESERVED SEATING NOW AVAILABLE!

Tickets are required for all Symphony Orchestra performances. Select your own seat online at music.rice.edu.

Pay-what-you-wish tickets range from free to $25.

POST-CONCERT CHATS

Stay in your seats after each Symphony Orchestra concert for a 30-minute chat with Shepherd School Dean Matthew Loden and guest artists.

FREE LIVE STREAMS

Watch every Symphony Orchestra concert as it happens live on music.rice.edu.

Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra

About fifty music students who perform repertoire specifically composed for a chamber-sized ensemble

All performances at Stude Concert Hall

TICKETS REQUIRED

Stay tuned for on-sale dates!

MUSICAL EXUBERANCE

Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 7:30pm

Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra

Robert Spano, conductor

Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major

Knussen: Two Organa (1995)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 bursts with high spirits, vigor, and vitality. An old Dutch music box and a foray into the avant-garde are just a few of the inspirations behind Knussen’s eclectic Two Organa. Brahms’s radiant Serenade No. 1 opens the performance.

RESERVED SEATING NOW AVAILABLE!

MUSIC OF PLACE & TIME

Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 2:00pm

Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat (Dumbarton Oaks)

Gabriela Lena Frank^: Elegía Andina (2000)

Strauss: Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Embrace a journey through time and place, where each piece pushes musical boundaries. Led by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Music Director Laureate of the Fort Worth Symphony, experience the passion and innovation of these remarkable works and discover new dimensions of sound and melody.

Tickets are required for all Chamber Orchestra performances. Select your own seat online at music.rice.edu. Pay-what-you-wish tickets range from free to $25.

FREE LIVE STREAMS

Watch every Chamber Orchestra concert as it happens live on music.rice.edu.

ROBERT SPANO

MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA

^Shepherd School alumna

Shepherd School Contemporary Ensemble

Focusing on works written by living composers, Contemporary Ensemble is led by conductor Jerry Hou.

All performances at Stude Concert Hall

THE MUSIC OF KEVIN PUTS

Shepherd School Contemporary Ensemble

Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 7:30pm

Stude Concert Hall

Jerry Hou, conductor ^

Audrey Welsh, mezzo-soprano

Welcoming Kevin Puts as Guest Composer-in-Residence

Kevin Puts: “I dreamt up an opening line”from The Hours

Kevin Puts: Arcana (2008)

Kevin Puts: Seven Seascapes (2013)

^Shepherd School alumnus

KEVIN PUTS

GUEST COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE AT THE SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Pulitzer Prize and Grammy®-winning composer Kevin Puts is celebrated as one of America’s leading composers, praised by Opera News as “a master polystylist” and The New York Times as creating “plush, propulsive” music. His work has been commissioned and performed by the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and Philadelphia Orchestra. Puts has collaborated with world-class artists, from Renée Fleming to Yo-Yo Ma.

SHEPHERD SCHOOL CHAMBER PLAYERS

Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 7:30pm

Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 7:30pm

Stude Concert Hall

JERRY HOU KEVIN PUTS

Family Friendly Community

Concerts

MUSICAL STORIES FAMILY CONCERT

Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 11:00am

Stude Concert Hall

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra

Andrew Grams, conductor

Perfect for all ages, this family friendly concert features selections from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Come early for instrument demonstrations by Shepherd School students in the Grand Foyer.

TICKETS REQUIRED

Stay tuned for on-sale date!

THE CONCERT TRUCK CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS

Coming to Houston for the first time! Shepherd School students will perform chamber music on The Concert Truck, a 16-foot box truck that’s been converted into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano.

Sign up for the Shepherd School’s email list to get concert locations and times when they are announced.

FALL 2023

• Tue, Oct 24, 2023

• Thu, Oct 26, 2023

SPRING 2024

• Tue, Mar 5, 2024

• Wed, Mar 6, 2024

• Thu, Mar 7, 2024

ANDREW GRAMS

Shepherd School Opera

A flourishing program that selectively enrolls fewer than 40 singers per school year

TICKETS REQUIRED

Stay tuned for on-sale dates!

All performances at Morrison Theater, Brockman Hall for Opera

TCHAIKOVSKY EUGENE ONEGIN

Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 7:30pm Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 2:00pm

Stephanie Rhodes Russell, conductor Paul Curran, director Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra

Overflowing emotions, a heart-pounding duel, glittering spectacle, gripping drama, and unforgettable melodies—Eugene Onegin has it all. Be transported as Tchaikovsky’s ardent, achingly beautiful music meets Pushkin’s fascinating tale of unrequited love, missed opportunity, and pride driven past the point of no return. Sung in Russian with English surtitles.

THE ART OF COMPOSER JAKE HEGGIE

Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 5:00pm

Duncan Recital Hall

In conjunction with HGO’s world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Intelligence, HGO General Director Khori Dastoor and Shepherd School’s Joshua Winograde sit down with Heggie to discuss the composer’s process and how his perspective on opera development and composition have changed over his three-decade career. Reserve your spot at houstongrandopera.org.

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

SHEPHERD SCHOOL OPERA SCENES

Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 2:00pm

PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH TICKETS

Available January 2024

PURCELL DIDO AND AENEAS & BRITTEN THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA

Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 7:30pm

Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 2:00pm

Benjamin Manis, conductor^ R.B. Schlather, director Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra

A thought-provoking double bill pairs works written nearly 300 years apart, each exploring themes that remain all too relevant today. In Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, true love is thwarted by sorcery—with deadly consequences. A virtuous woman is caught in the crosshairs of brutality and corruption in Britten’s stunning The Rape of Lucretia.

Welcoming Joshua Winograde Director

of

Opera Studies & Professor of Opera

We are thrilled to welcome Joshua Winograde to lead the opera department’s strategy, programming, and activities. A champion of developing the vocal stars of tomorrow, Winograde was most recently Senior Director of Artistic Programs at LA Opera and previously held positions at the Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, and The Juilliard School. We’re especially excited to welcome him back to Houston, where he first got his start as a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio from 2000-2003.

^Shepherd School alumnus

Chamber Music Festival

Immerse yourself in three days of captivating chamber music, where Shepherd School students come together to create moments of pure musical magic and artistry.

Duncan Recital Hall

Nov 10-12, 2023

Apr 12-14, 2024

RICE CHORALE

Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 7:30pm

Stude Concert Hall

Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 7:30pm

Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall and Grand Organ

Tom Jaber, music director

The sixty-voice Rice Chorale is comprised of voice and music majors, and other talented singers from Rice University and the greater Houston community.

CAMPANILE ORCHESTRA

Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 4:00pm

2024 SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERTO

COMPETITION

KEYBOARD FINALS

Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 6:00pm

WINDS, BRASS, PERCUSSION, HARP FINALS

Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 10:00am

STRINGS FINALS

Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 2:00pm

Excitement is in the air as the best and brightest Shepherd School musicians compete for the opportunity to perform with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra or Chamber Orchestra in the 2024-25 season.

All performances at Stude Concert Hall

Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 4:00pm

Stude Concert Hall

Dr. Joseph Kneer, director

The Campanile Orchestra is a symphony orchestra made up of Rice University non-music majors and members of the greater Rice community who wish to continue their orchestral activities.

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Faculty Recitals

Shepherd School faculty members who have played on stages across the globe present intimate recitals.

All recitals in Duncan Recital Hall, unless otherwise noted.

THE FISCHER DUO

Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 8:00pm

Norman Fischer, cello

Jeanne Kierman Fischer, piano

Kathleen Winkler, violin

OPEN AIR (WORLD PREMIERE)

KATHLEEN WINKLER, VIOLIN

Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 3:00pm

WINDS FACULTY RECITAL

Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 8:00pm

Marianne Gedigian, flute

Richie Hawley, clarinet

Benjamin Kamins, bassoon

Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 7:30pm Moody Center for the Arts

Kurt Stallmann, composer/improviser

Alfred Guzzetti, filmmaker

Eric Mandat, performer/improviser

“Open Air” aspires to imagine the earliest sounds made by humans and integrates them with dreamlike images drawn from the natural world.

Funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, the Shepherd School of Music, and the Office of Research at Rice University.

SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT: CHO-LIANG LIN, VIOLIN & FRIENDS

Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 8:00pm

BRINTON AVERIL SMITH, CELLO

Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 8:00pm

SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT: NORMAN FISCHER & FRIENDS

Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 8:00pm

Welcoming Marianne Gedigian Professor

of Flute

MARIANNE GEDIGIAN, FLUTE

Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 5:30pm

Ms. Gedigian is a highly accomplished flutist and educator who has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops, as well as the Dorian Wind Quintet. She joins the Shepherd School from the University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music, and previously was on faculty at Boston University and the Boston Conservatory. She studied at the New England Conservatory with Leone Buyse, who eventually moved to the Shepherd School and recently retired after 25 years.

Guest Artist Master Classes

Talented Shepherd School students perform short musical excerpts and receive coaching from a distinguished guest in front of a live audience.

AUGUSTIN HADELICH, VIOLIN

Thu, Nov 30, 2023

Time and location to be announced

DANIIL TRIFONOV, PIANO

Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 7:00pm

Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP

Guest Artist Recitals

BRYAN ANDERSON, ORGAN

Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 7:30pm

Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall & Grand Organ

Shepherd School alumnus Bryan Anderson (MM ‘18) performs after winning the coveted First Prize at the 2023 Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition.

REMLABS & NAMELESS SOUND PRESENT OLIVIA BLOCK

Thu, Nov 9, 2023

Performance directly follows completion of the sunset sequence

Twilight Epiphany, James Turrell Skyspace

Chicago sound artist Olivia Block presents a world premiere commissioned for the James Turrell Skyspace.

Sponsored by an Arts Initiative Grant from Rice University, Nameless Sound, and the Moody Center for the Arts.

ENSEMBLE MODERN Composition & Theory Residency

Sun, Apr 7, 2024

Based in Frankfurt, Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers.

WILLIAM EDDINS, PIANO

Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 8:00pm

Duncan Recital Hall

Music Director Emeritus of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Eddins is also an accomplished pianist and chamber musician

ISABELLE DEMERS, ORGAN

Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 7:30pm

Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall & Grand Organ

Associate Professor of Organ at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Demers has a long history of dazzling audiences.

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: A CECILIAN VESPERS

Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 7:30pm

Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall & Grand Organ

Harmonia Stellarum Houston

This ensemble of vocal and instrumental virtuosos specializes in the performance of 17th-century music on period instruments, led by Shepherd School’s Mario Aschauer.

AUGUSTIN HADELICH

DANIIL TRIFONOV

Ground-Breaking World Premieres

Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness is a groundbreaking multidisciplinary performance that merges visual art, music, dance, movement, and spoken word to create an urgent new language for collective expression. Inspired by James Drake’s epic drawing of the same title, the immersive performance includes a score by renowned composer Gabriela Ortiz, text by award-winning author Benjamin Sáenz, and 24 singers from the Grammy-winning choir, The Crossing.

HONORARY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

DEBORAH & EDWARD KOEHLER

RAYMOND PLANK PHILANTHROPY FUND

GUEST COLLABORATORS: THE CROSSING, CONDUCTED BY DONALD NALLY LOCAL MILITARY VETERANS

DANCERS FROM HOUSTON BALLET ACADEMY

HARRISON GUY, CHOREOGRAPHER

ADAM HOLENDER, PHOTOGRAPHER

HOUSTON CHILDREN’S CHORUS

JAMES DRAKE ARTIST

GABRIELA ORTIZ COMPOSER

BENJAMIN SÁENZ WRITER

SHAUN LEONARDO PERFORMANCE ARTIST

ALEJANDRO ESCUER FLUTIST

STEVE JIMÉNEZ PRODUCER/DIRECTOR

LEILA HAMIDI CURATOR

TERRIE SULTAN CONSULTING PRODUCER

MATTHEW LODEN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Ground-Breaking World Premieres

MATTHEW AUCOIN AND PETER SELLARS: MUSIC FOR NEW BODIES

Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 8:00 pm

Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera

CO-COMMISSION OF THE SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC AT RICE UNIVERSITY & DACAMERA

Matthew Aucoin, composer and conductor

Peter Sellars, director

Inspired by the writings of Jorie Graham and Rachel Carson, libretto assembled by Peter Sellars and Matthew Aucoin

DACAMERA Young Artists, students of the Shepherd School of Music and vocal soloists to be announced.

A major new work and exciting first collaboration between the brilliant young composer Matthew Aucoin and legendary director Peter Sellars. A musical premiere is brought to life by five vocal soloists and an 18-instrument ensemble conducted by Matthew Aucoin.

Music for New Bodies is an immersion in vast planetary processes: we follow the migration of eels to the depths of the Atlantic Basin; we hear the voice of the ocean floor itself, speaking with superhuman pressure and force; we experience humankind’s impact on our planet, and we also sense the presence of cycles so immense that they are beyond human influence.

Single tickets available now at dacamera.com

MATTHEW AUCOIN PETER SELLARS

Arts Partners On Campus

Immerse yourself in a world of artistic exploration by embracing the diverse array of captivating arts events on campus.

Moody Center for The Arts

The mission of the Moody Center for the Arts is to encourage creative thinking and original expression, enrich curricular innovation, and promote crosscampus and community collaboration through transformative encounters with the arts.

OPENING RECEPTION FOR LAURE PROUVOST: ABOVE FRONT TEARS NEST IN SOUTH

Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 6:00pm

For her first solo exhibition in Texas, Laure Prouvost transforms the Moody into an immersive environment that conveys a compassionate, hopeful future where humans live as part of nature, rather than working against it.

DIMENSIONS VARIABLE: OLIVER HALKOWICH

Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 6:00pm

An original dance performance inspired by the exhibition choreographed by Oliver Halkowich, former Houston Ballet Soloist, and now choreographer at the New Orleans Ballet Theatre.

NEW ART / NEW MUSIC

Sat, Nov 4, 2023 at 3:00pm

Learn More About the Arts at Rice University arts.rice.edu

Chamber Music

Houston Master Classes

Extraordinary visiting artists coach Shepherd School of Music student ensembles in Stude Concert Hall.

A presentation of original scores composed in response to the Laure Prouvost installation created by Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music students.

JERUSALEM QUARTET

Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 12:00pm

QUATUOR MODIGLIANI

Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:00am

BALOURDET QUARTET

Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 10:00am

FAURÉ PIANO QUARTET

Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 10:00am

QUATUOR ÉBÈNE

Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 12:00pm

Learn more about Chamber Music Houston’s 2023/24 season at chambermusichouston.org.

J oin the Shepherd Society & Support the Stars of

Tomorrow

Today’s Shepherd School students are tomorrow’s leaders in the classical music world.

Membership Levels

Exclusive Shepherd Society Benefits

FRIEND $100 - $249

$25 - $99 current students & young alumni (2019-2023 graduates)

• Access to Shepherd Society concierge phone line

• Recognition in the Shepherd School donor listing online

AMBASSADOR $250 - $499

Benefits listed above plus:

• Early access to most ticketed performances and events

PATRON $500 - $999

Benefits listed above plus:

• Premiere assigned seating to ticketed per formances and events

• Access to the Tudor Patrons’ Lounge with private cash bar ser vice during select performances at Brockman Hall for Opera

BENEFACTOR $1,000 - $2,499

Benefits listed above plus:

• Invitation to Shepherd on Stage, featuring the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra

PRIZE $2,500 - $4,999

Benefits listed above plus:

• Invitation to Behind The Scenes, an exploration of opera at Morrison Theater

AWARD $5,000 - $9,999

Benefits listed above plus:

• Direct sponsorship of a student with a named gift

• Invitation to meet your student recipient during the annual scholarship reception

Learn more about benefits for donors of $10,000+ by calling the phone number below.

Nearly 100% of Shepherd School students receive financial aid and scholarships, and your Shepherd Society donation plays a vital role in supporting our students.

SPIRIT OF THE SEASON

Sat, Dec 2, 2023 at 6:30pm Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera Enjoy festive music and holiday cheer to benefit the Shepherd School of Music Scholarship fund.

— President Reginald DesRoches, Rice University