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It's called modern music - or new music or contemporary music. To use the latest trendy term, it's "alt-classical." But whatever it's called, it's music of our time - written by composers following in ...

Contemporary music still needs an advocate in Houston, but it appears as if Musiqa, led by composers at Rice University and the University of Houston, may fill that role. After its debut concert last ...

Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, the work references The Beatles' iconic album, and features soprano Karol Bennett and poet Erica Funkhouser. Musiqa composer Pierre Jalbert's "Piano Trio No. 2" ...

Anthony Brandt has a pretty full plate throughout the year. On top of being a composer and professor at Rice University, he’s also the Artistic Director of MUSIQA. MUSIQA was formed by a group of ...

Thankfully, classical music in the 21st century has progressed beyond stolid, middle-aged white guys in tuxes walking out on a stage, performing, then walking off again to restrained applause.

On the surface, music and visual art appear to lie on nearly opposite ends of the spectrum, explained Anthony Brandt, co-founder and artistic director of Musiqa, a Houston-based organization led by ...

Musiqa has combined percussion and wrestling, taken music out of this planet at Space Center Houston, journeyed with children "Around the World" and on a "ReMix" and won the 2013 CMA/ASCAP Adventurous ...