The Rothko Chapel meets chamber opera: A collaboration of librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed and composer Laura Kaminsky, Some Light Emerges takes its premise from one of my favorite places. Read my interview with Campbell at Houstonia Magazine. It premieres March 16.
The Sound of Picasso
Synesthesia aside, it’s a fascinating thing to think about how different artistic media (and their creators) overlap. Da Camera of Houston presents a concert at the Menil Collection next Monday and Tuesday in conversation with the current Picasso exhibition and promises just such an experience. Read my preview at Houstonia Magazine.
In Brief: On Riyaaz Qawwali
From Theodore Bale, a thoughtful review of an extraordinary Qawwali concert at the Menil on Monday. Rarely does Houston’s art scene remember this side of music in town.
Girl at the Opera 