Events

INBOUND

Join HNAM founder and composer-pianist Adam Vincent Clay and soprano-vocal professor Frances Fenton in an evening of songs and piano works that explore themes of being an outsider/seeking transcendence, and journeying within to make sense of the world as an artist.

Throughout history artists have historically found their voice in opposition, or at least in contrast to the world they live in. This concert explores the works of these artists in a unique pairing of songs and solo piano music. The evening will feature a number of songs from Mahler’s “Ruckert-Lieder.” These songs evoke a deep sense of longing for meaning and dissolution with the banality of the world and its values.

Hear the beauty of Medtner’s often under-programmed songs, which happen to be some of his strongest compositions.

Clay’s extended song cycle Rhapsody de Profundis, compiles texts in extreme contrast (Edgar Allan Poe, John Ashbery, and Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)), to reflect on broad and lofty themes of good and evil, trauma, confusion, the selling of art and how that can demean it to a commodity, as well as transcendence and desire for depth.

Don’t miss this Inbound musical journey, to the depths of the artistic life.

Saturday, April 27th

7:00 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church

10503 Westheimer Rd.

Houston, TX 77084

Tickets available soon.

Shadows in the Forest

Journey with us through the the passionate soundscape of music from the Russian culture, as we explore works by the country’s greatest composers. Hear wonderful works for cello and piano, and a piano quintet (string quartet and piano) with our musicians as we bring to light some buried treasures of the Russian chamber music repertoire in this online streamed event.

Alexander Borodin’s Cello Sonata in B minor (reconstructed by composer Goldstein is a striking example of the composer’s original and unique voice. Composed in his late 20’s. the work begins with a quote from Bach’s G minor fugue, BWV 1001, transporting us back in time, but quite quickly pulling us into Borodin’s unique Romantic sound world. Being an accomplished cellist himself, Borodin writes virtuosically, expressively and idiomatically for the instrument, as he rhapsodizes on the Bach theme. The work was written in Heidelberg during a revival of the cello sonata genre in Russian music. Throughout, the work contains a strong singing melody.

Mily Balakirev is often known more for his piano writing than chamber music. In his “Romance” for cello and piano, however, the composer proves his knowledge of both instruments. The writing is lyrical and expressive from the first to last notes: melodies exchanged in passionate gestures between the instruments, using both to their full dynamic and expressive potential.

Sergei Rachmaninoff spoke of his contemporary and fellow composer, Nikolai Medtner, as the greatest composer of his lifetime. Vladimir Horowitz often kept Medtners music in his repertoire, even if he did not often play them. “Why nobody plays Medtner?” Says Horowitz, “He is wonderful composer. Piano composer – in some ways deeper than Rachmaninoff… There are special colors – perfumes – complex rhythmic counterpoint. I want to play it now, but it’s a lot of work!” This is a worthy introduction to the man’s music. Like Rachmaninoff, Medtner remained a true romantic, in the time of many modern innovations in composition. His works are rooted in the fantastical and the passionate. The composer also has a fascination with counterpoint, which permeates his work, and his musical language is akin to a cross between late Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. ThePiano Quintet in C Major on this concert presents us with the composers truly unique compositional voice. Though less melodically generous than Rachmaninoff in his writing, and at times harder to latch onto (as there is often so much to hear a single piece, that it is hard to decide where the ear should go) Medtner’s music is rewarding the more often it is heard. For many years this wonderful composers works have been overlooked somewhere between Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, and now they are finally available to us. Join us for an exploration of this lost voice of the chamber music repertoire.

Saturday, June 26th,

7:30 PM

LIVE on Youtube

from the Houston Piano Company

Get your tickets via Eventbrite and check your email for the link!

Beethoven 250

Join us for a digital celebration of a master whose works reignite and express our common humanity 250 years later. Beethoven’s influence, mastery of classically formal structure, creative spirit, and continual reinvention of his style and classic forms can still be felt in the works of composers and artists of all disciplines to this day. We are pleased, though our season has been delayed, to still offer this celebration of his works within the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Our online event will feature his 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from The Magic Flute Op. 66, a set that ranges from virtuosic displays on both instruments to operatic moments, to comedic character pieces. In the work, Beethoven truly gives tribute to Mozart’s mastery of opera, using various inventive textures and rapidly switching between them by expounding the theme to express the various characters. The master includes two inventive slow movements which give hint to Beethoven’s exploration of more personal forms of expression, he so exemplifies in most of his output as a composer.

Come relish Beethoven’s profoundly passionate “Kreutzer” Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47. The work is profoundly personal and passionate, and, at its time, was extremely innovative. The expressions remain timelessly moving. With surprising shifts in key and tempo, the work is full of convincing narrative structures, and brings to life the imagination, ending in triumph.

The evening will conclude with Beethoven’s much-beloved “Archduke” Piano Trio, Op. 97, an epic journey through various moods. Dedicated to the archduke of Austria, one of Beethoven’s students, The work includes a jubilant and adventuresome first movement, a lively scherzo, and a profoundly moving and tranquil slow movement that provides some much-needed peace in our turbulent times. The final movement brings us rushing forward in excitement to an expression of jubilance and victory.

Saturday, November 21st,

7:30 PM

LIVE on Youtube

from the Houston Piano Company

Invitation to Enchantment

We are excited to bring you the opening of our 2020 season LIVE over Facebook and Youtube!

Join HNAM in an evening of exquisite music from French composers. The first concert of our 2020 season explores some beloved French compositions and some not-so-often performed gems.

Come hear the soaring and passionate melodies of Cesar Franck, and the driving rhythms of Francis Poulenc’s Violin Sonata (which was dedicated to Spanish poet Federico Lorca). Experience the peaceful and flowing works of Erik Satie as they transport you into the pure sound of the piano, and let Ravel’s mastery of compositional form and resonance of the piano transport you into his impressionistic landscapes. Explore the grand epic of lesser-known master Léon Boëllmann’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor: a work of technical and emotional virtuosity in equal measure for cellist and pianist.

“Léon Boëllmann’s final work is a masterpiece of technical and emotional writing for the cello and piano.” says Adam Vincent Clay. “It takes wonderful advantage of the sonorities of both instruments in the romantic style, and deserves to be performed more often.”

Join us after the event for a reception of French food, artwork, and lively conversation.

Saturday, August 29th,

7:30 PM

LIVE on Facebook and Youtube

from the Houston Piano Company

1600 W. 13th St.

Houston, TX 77008

Moebius

Come hear a piano recital of widely varying styles – bookended with sonatas by the incomparable Ludwig van Beethoven. Founder and Pianist for the Houston New Arts Movement, Adam Vincent Clay will perform a solo piano recital that wraps the stark stylistic differences of Russian romanticism found in Rachmaninoff, with that of the polish rhythms and melodies of Frederic Chopin, and the dense and dramatic writing of Johannes Brahms, the impressionistic and Jazz inspired unique voice of American avant-garde pianist Frederic Rzewski, into the bookended works of Beethoven, that so appropriately place him as a pinnacle of form and expression in the world of solo piano.

“The way piano repertoire continually reflects upon itself through history, and is inspired and influenced by itself, calls to mind the Moebius strip: Though pieces of music affect us in various ways and come from so many different cultures, histories, political circumstances, they all express something that is undeniably human, and thus, part of us all in some way. Like the Moebius strip, we see, at first, some totally new side, a twist, in music that seems foreign, but upon further inspection, its connection to us all becomes apparent.”

Vision, Sacrifice, & Genesis

Take a journey with us into the depths of reality as expressed in the masterpieces of Mozart, Schnittke, and Philip Glass. From visionary dreams through the fires of reality, to a transformative new beginning, these works take us on a journey that is exhilarating, devastating, and reflective.

Forging a vision into something that one and others can experience in a deep way requires openness to the surprise at which forms it may take. Not unlike a relationship or new career path, our perceptions of the momentous events leading to a creative endeavor change as we develop deeper connections with those events. This concert explores these themes in music and others that arise through the creative process.

Join founder and pianist, Adam Vincent Clay, cellists, Cony Ruiz Tamez and Will Kremer, violinists, Laura Cividino and Luis Ramirez, and violist Leah Gastler, on this transformative journey, from its initial dream to its often surprising realization.

Soul-Stirring Strings

Join the Houston New Arts Movement for an evening of the lyrical and resonant sound of the cello. “Soul-Stirring Strings,” the second concert in our “Journeys and Dreams” season, will feature some of the greatest works written for cello and piano. These masterpieces bring to life the sonorous and robust qualities of an instrument close in range and dynamic to our own human voice, and thus, one of the most expressive of instruments.

The concert features French composer, Gabriel Faure’s Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 109, a dramatic, passionate, and lyrical work. It begins with piercing percussive gestures in the piano, over a furious and pointed cello line, and drifts into sweet and soaring melodies. The work’s melodies continually reach upward in leaping gestures and contrast with long lyrical melodies in the more relaxed sections. Though many of his other works for smaller ensembles are often more consistently melodic and restrained, Faure’s command of dramatic composition is on full display in this work.

The concert also features Brahms’ Cello Sonata in E minor, the first sonata Brahms wrote for two instruments. He began the work before he was thirty years of age. The Cello Sonata is deeply rooted in the past, in contrast to the Third Piano Sonata, Op. 5, completed shortly before this work, a youthful and stormy work. Brahms harkens back to the sounds of Beethoven, and even, at one point, quotes Contrapunctis 13, from Bach’s Art of Fugue. This, quote in the last movement, almost creates the illusion that we are traveling back in time as the Sonata progresses.

Additionally works by David Popper and Cesar Franck will be featured. We hope to see you at this celebration of the beautiful and sonorous sound of the cello.

Friday, July 12th,

7:00 PM

St. Anne Catholic Church

1111 S Cherry St.

Tomball, TX 77375

Admission is for a donation:

Music from the Grove

HNAM opens its 2019 season, Journeys and Dreams at St Cyril of Alexandria 7 p.m. Thursday, February 28. HNAM continues its outreach as discounted advance purchase tickets online at artsmove.net are now available. So come enjoy the first concert of our season “Music from the Grove” featuring HNAM founder/pianist Adam Vincent Clay, Shakuhachi player Shawn Renzoh Head, and harpist Susanna Campbell.

This unique program highlights traditional Japanese works, and original works by Houston composers Hsin-Jung Tsai, Shawn Head, and Adam Vincent Clay, as well as a commissioned work by Bo Li, among other composers influenced by Japanese style (including Takashi Yoshimatsu).

Join us for an exploration of an ancient culture that presents a different perspective on the world through its music. As we begin our journey from the East, we invite you to enter the reflective, passionate, and colorful worlds these composers inhabit in their music and share the traditional sound of the Shakuhachi (traditional Japanese flute), and how that sound has transformed in the western classical instruments of the piano and harp.

True to HNAM’s integrative tradition, relevant artwork will be on display enhancing the experience and concertgoers are able to visit at the post-concert reception with artists, musicians, and composers. Student tickets are available at a discount and for those unable to afford tickets, a limited number of donated passes are available upon advance request to info@artsmove.net. Houston, be sure to put this HNAM experience on your calendar as we honor Music from the Grove!

Thursday, February 28th,

7:00 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria,

10503 Westheimer Rd.

Houston, TX 77042

Tickets available at the door.

Death and Transcendence

Join us for our Light and Shadows season finale, Death and Transcendence: a pairing of some of the greatest, most potent and compelling chamber music ever written. Experience Tchaikovsky’s great tribute to his close friend Nikolai Rubinstein, and Beethoven’s sublime “Heiliger Dankgesang” movement, written after he recovered from serious illness.

Fire Dances

Join us in a concert of the fiery and passionate music from South American and Spanish origins. The third concert of our Light and Shadows season, Fire Dances, explores the Spanish composers, and composers who wrote music inspired by the sounds that are traditionally Spanish and or Latin-American in nature, and those who express the cultures of South American countries.

This concert will feature Alberto Ginastera’s Three Argentine Dances, which bring to life the unique sounds of South American culture. From writing in the harmonies of guitar strings to evoke the “old herdsman”, to the lyrical and passionate melodies and spicy dissonances of the “Dance of the Beautiful Maiden”, to the final savage rhythms and percussive sounds of the “Dance of the Arrogant Cowboy” these pieces spring into the mind images of Argentinian culture and spirit.

Hear the rarely-performed music of Sicilian-Persian composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. This colorful transcription of the Spanish Habanera from Bizet’s opera Carmen, explores the limits of what is playable on a piano, with dense textures and flourishes elsewhere unseen in any writing for the piano. The work explores its own fantasy upon the theme to the point where it sounds as if at least four pianists are playing at once, while evoking an air of mystery, confounding contradictions, and cataclysmic explosions of sound.

Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Aria from his Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 captures the spirit and sound of Brazilian music through the lens of the contrapuntal and harmonic language of Johann Sebastian Bach. This work will feature soprano Leah Brashear as well as our first orchestra of eight cellos.

The concert will conclude with a set of tangos: the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, by Astor Piazzolla. Throughout the work, Piazzolla explores the many possible expressions of the tango music in concert form.

Movements of the Heart

Join the Houston New Arts Movement for our second exploration of Light and Shadows this season: “Movements of the Heart.” The composers in this concert each bring to life an example of some of our most basic and universal desires: to sing, to fall in love, to dance, to ponder, and to dream.

This concert will feature Schumann’s “Fantasiestucke, Op. 73” for Cello and Piano, a lyrical, playful, and passionate work. “Schumann’s wild contrasts between brooding passion and playful ecstasy are powerfully expressed in these short but exceedingly romantic pieces. Schumann is a master of creating musical character and story.” says founder and pianist Adam Vincent Clay, who will accompany Cony Ruiz, cellist, on this work.

Continuing in the lyrical, and harmonically daring vein of Schumann, violinists Laura Cividino and Luis Ramirez will perform the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu’s Three Madrigals. Living nearly a century later than Robert Schumann, Martinu’s harmonic language is much more daring, and the Madrigals are full of wild virtuosic violin playing and flare, as well as reflective slow movements.

The evening will conclude with Dvorak’s great Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major. Full of lyrical writing, transformation, melancholy, virtuosity, aggression, and excitement, the work is epic in every sense of the way. Lasting 40 minutes, cast in 4 movements, the piece explores dance rhythms throughout, and majestically balances the five instruments to create a bold and memorable work.

Refreshments will be served at the post-concert artists’ reception, at which we look forward to getting a chance to visit with you all.

In Love and Longing

Join the Houston New Arts Movement at “In Love and Longing”, a concert of passionate composers of classical music, and the opening concert of our 2018 concert season, Light and Shadows – “In Love and Longing.” In this season we explore some of the most expressive works in the solo and chamber music genre that cover themes of love, death, and transcendence.

“In Love and Longing” highlights Schubert’s solo piano works which are among the most melodic in the repertoire, Faure’s exquisite work “Apres In Reve.” Franz Liszt’s transcription of Wagner’s “Liebestod” or “Love-death” takes listeners to on a journey of emotional extremes of romanticism. “Originally an aria, the Liebestod is a powerful work of consistent thwarting of the listeners expectation of resolution… an eternally deep emotional well of anguish and love, that never fully comes to resolution, leaving us in a rapturous state of unrest and exhaustion at the same time.” says founder and pianist, Adam Vincent Clay. Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio for piano, Cello and violin certainly takes listeners on a journey ending in some of Beethoven’s most triumphant writing.

Reflections

World Journeys

September 30th,

7:00 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria,

10503 Westheimer Rd.

Houston, TX 77042

Tickets available at the door.

Transformations

Explore three composers who have transformed the way audiences hear and experience music. Transformationsexplores the music of Beethoven, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Alfred Schnittke: composers who wrote music in a distinctive personal style that also tends to transcend the personal, touching on universal human experience and emotion.

Beethoven took the musical forms and sounds of his time and transformed them into larger and more emotionally expressive works, predicting the Romantic movement to come. Shostakovich, living around the turn of the 20th century in Russia, was faced with the policing of music under Stalin’s reign. With his powerful unique style of expressing sarcasm, depression, angst, and other emotions under the guise of traditionalism and nationalism, Shostakovich transformed the bleakness of a ban on the arts, into a veiled musical war against the oppressive forces of the regime. Catching the tail end of Stalin’s oppression, Schnittke takes personal emotional expression and the technical limits of the instruments to their extremes, transforming music by combining many various style elements together into his own unique and gripping voice. While Shostakovich’s music expresses pain, Schnittke’s goes further in this direction, but ultimately arrives at a mysterious redemption, or at least surrender to mystery.

Don’t miss your opportunity to hear great works of Beethoven, Shostakovich, and the rarely-performed, Schnittke.

PlusFest: The Everything plus Poetry Festival

Join the Houston New Arts Movement as they present a variety of classical music at PlusFest poetry festival. Plus Fes+: The Everything plus Poetry Festival is a one-day interdisciplinary art event that celebrates raw, innovative, and high-caliber artistic experience and will highlight spoken-word poetry. Plus Fes+ aims to break down barriers around artistic disciplines so that new works can be created. The one-day festival will position spoken-word artists on a level playing field with local visual artists, videographers, DJ’s, musicians, and others to create new works and will showcase the work through a variety of innovative platforms. The goal of Plus Fes+ is interactive impact; the festival will feature poetic photo booths, poetry slams, art installations, and speed writing buskers. By offering a wide variety of entry points, the festival will change the participant’s perception of poetry.

Saturday, May 27th,

3:30 PM

Eperson Gallery

1201 Fannin St., Ste. 131

Houston, TX 77002

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Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance

The Houston New Arts Movement presents Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance, the first concert of the 2017 season Reflections. In a recreation of HNAM’s debut performance in Houston, come hear music from composers under, and affected by, the reign of Stalin in Russia. Many of these works were lost for a time, and were recovered recently. These composers, despite government oppression, found their unique voices during the beginning of the twentieth century. Under Russia’s Zhdanov doctrine, art and culture were policed heavily, causing some composers to flee for America, and others to fight to survive in their homeland. Come hear the wealth of creativity that flourished amidst a harsh political climate. Artwork from local visual artists will be on display.

Friday, March 10th,

7:00 PM

Houston Piano Company,

5600 W. 13th St.

Houston, TX 77008

(Tickets available at the door)

If you are a student or teacher at Houston Piano Company, please contact us for special pricing.

World Journeys: Local Echoes

Saturday, September 3rd, 7:00 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria on 10503 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77042 Come hear works from four composers from our own city, as we bring our World Journeys season to a close! Diverse sets of pieces by Joel Love, Robert Nelson, Ben Morris, and our founder Adam Vincent Clay will be brought to you, along with video interviews from the composers. Rachel McCarthy Clay, Cony Ruiz Tamez, Will Kremer, and Adam Vincent Clay will be performing in this celebration of our great city and the wealth of creativity it holds.

Saturday, September 10th, 7:00 PM

Join us again for a celebration of Houston composers Joel Love, Robert Nelson, Ben Morris, and our founder Adam Vincent clay, in the season finale of “World Journeys.” This performance will take place in the intimate setting of the Houston Piano Company. Seating is limited for this performance so purchase your tickets today! TICKETS available at THE DOOR

Shopping Night at Ten Thousand Villages!

Enjoy a FREE night of music, while you shop, supporting two nonprofits!

Wednesday, July 27th, 6 PM – 8 PM

Ten Thousand Villages, 2424 Rice Blvd, Houston, TX 77005 Come browse the beautiful craftsmanship and art from various countries at Ten Thousand Villages Shopping Night! Enjoy a FREE night of music while you shop, and 15% of the sales will support our future outreach to bring classical music to more locations and parts of the city. Come support two nonprofits, and hear music from various cultures, in preparation for the final concert of our World Journeys season, which will present music of composers in Houston.

Images Dreams and Impressions: Music from France

Saturday, April 9th, 7:30 PM

Houston Piano Company, 1600 W. 13th St, Houston, TX 77008 Explore the music of France again with us, this time in the intimate setting of Houston Piano Company’s Grand Recital Hall. We will be performing works of Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, César Franck, Maurice Ravel again. We also be joined by vocalist Leah Ann Brashear who will perform songs from Claude Debussy, Charles Koechlin, & Gabriel Fauré. Seating is limited for this event so get your tickets today! Listen to our KUHA preview for the concertHERE!

Saturday, March 19th, 7 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria on 10503 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77042 Vive la France!Explore the sounds of France from Romanticism, Impressionism, and the 20th century. Join us for a night with the music of Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, César Franck, Maurice Ravel, and others in this celebration of France’s great contributions to classical music. Local Houstonian and visual artist Vena Ashley will be displaying a series of mixed media artwork inspired by France, and hors d’oeuvreswill be served at the artist’s reception after the event.

Classical Origins: Germany and Italy

Celebrate music from the birth countries of the classics!

Saturday, October 10th, 7 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria on 10503 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77042 Germany and Italy have gifted us with some of the greatest composers of all time. Journey with us through the music of these artists who sought depth in beauty in their craft, as we share the wealth of their cultures.

World Journeys: The American Dream

July 18th, 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 Journey with us as we explore the music, poetry, artwork of our home country in “The American Dream”, the third concert in our World Journeys season. Don’t miss the diverse music that has come from our country since it’s beginnings, and join us for the artists reception with culinary treats from our home country. Online ticket sales are now CLOSED! Please purchase your ticket at the door: $15. Thank you! Advanced ticket sales ended 7/17/15

World Journeys: The Spirit of Tango

May 16th, 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 Join us on our next adventure in our “World Journeys” season, “The Spirit of Tango”. In each leg of the World Journeys season we will explore the music, art and culinary experience of various cultures that make Houston, the most ethnically diverse city in the nation! The composers featured honor the strong Spanish, and South American influence in our city.

May 17th – @ 8:30 – 9:30 PM

Main St., Pasadena, TX 77506

January 18, 2014 – @ 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 St. Cyril of Alexandria Church Join us at St. Cyril of Alexandria for a night of works by Russian master Dmitri Shostakovich as the second part of our Transformation Trilogy concert series. Artwork will be on display again, we will have a poetic introduction of poetry by Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko.

Saturday, November 16, 2013 @ 4:00-6:00 PM

2615 Southwest Fwy #220, Houston, TX 77098 Dowling Music Houston New Arts Movement members Laura Cividino, Cony Ruiz, and Adam Vincent Clay perform works by the Russian master Dmitri Shostakovich, in an evening of artwork, poetry, and music. The compositions on the program express the bold individuality and emotional prowess of a composer who lived in a harsh political climate of constant transformation. His music explores emotions as deep as grief, sarcasm, and the frightening prospect of losing one’s life Surviving with Shostakovich is an invitation into the composers’ inner world that allows us to transform our perspectives on the challenging circumstances we all face.

Holiday Concerts

Monday, December 9, 2013

Christmas Salon Concert Concert of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite for solo piano with Adam Vincent Clay.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving Concert House concert of classical music in the Heights with Adam Vincent Clay.

Transformation Trilogy: Beginning with Beethoven

Saturday, August 17, 2013 @ 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 St. Cyril of Alexandria Church If you missed us at Dowling Music, join us for our second performance of Beethoven. If you were with us last time, join us for an encore! Houston New Arts Movement members Adam V. Clay, Cony R. Tamez, and Laura Cividino will perform Beethoven at St. Cyril of Alexandria Church for the second time as the first part of the Transformation Trilogy concert series. This concert will be for donation.

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Saturday, June 22, 2013 @ 4:00 – 6:00 PM

2615 Southwest Fwy #220, Houston, TX 77098 Dowling Music Houston New Arts Movement members Adam V. Clay, Cony R. Tamez, and Laura Cividino perform Beethoven at Dowling Music as the first part of the Transformation Trilogy concert series. Hear our interview of the performers on Houston’s KUHA (91.7 FM) or download the interview.

Easter Vigil Service

Saturday, March 30, 2013 @ 8:00 – 11:00 PM & Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:30 – 11:30 AM

1111 S Cherry St, Tomball, TX 77375 (St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Tomball) Houston New Arts Movement member Adam V. Clay performs bilingual music for Easter Vigil.

Rehearsal and Performance Education

Thursday, March 7, 2013 @ 10:00AM

7425 Louetta Road, Houston, TX 77379 (KLEB Intermediate School) Houston New Arts Movement member Adam V. Clay teach 28 middle school students to perform.

A Little Night Music – AvantGarden

Thursday, August 30, 2012 @ 7:00 – 9:00 PM

411 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77006 (AvantGarden) Houston New Arts Movement members Adam V. Clay and Kathy Fay provided improvised night music. Kathy Fay and Adam V. Clay will play night music with improvised and prepared harp and piano along with field recordings. News from Free Press Houston.

“In C” – In The Rice Village

Saturday, August 25, 2012 @ 4:00 – 7:00 PM

2424 Rice Blvd, Houston, TX 77005

HNAM performed Terry Riley’s “In C” and, other classical pieces,and improvised music for the Aug. 25th outside 10,000 Villages in the Rice Village.

“In C” – White Linen Nights

Saturday, August 4, 2012 @ 7:00 – 9:00 PM

The Heights @ Houston, TX A parade performance of Terry Riley’s “In C” performed by a rolling ensemble including art canvas. See our short clip of our amazing show:

“In C” – Canyon Lakes

Saturday, July 28, 2012 @ 6:30 – 8:00 PM

11655 Canyon Green Dr, Houston, TX (Canyon Lakes Community Center) A performance of Terry Riley’s “In C” performed by a rolling ensemble including art canvas performed at the Canyon Lakes Community Center. [promoslider display_nav=”thumb” slider=”in-c-at-canyon-lakes”]

Fundraising Dinner Music

Saturday, November 12, 2011 @ 6:30 – 8:00 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 (St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church) Houston New Arts Movement members perform classical music for the fundraising dinner at St. Cyril’s.

Improvised Music in the Rice Village

Thursday, August 25, 2011 @ 4:00 – 7:00 PM

2424A Rice Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77005 (Ten Thousand Villages) Improvised background music by the Houston New Arts Movement.

Liturgy Music

Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 5:00 – 7:00 PM

18300 St John Dr, Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (Christus St. John Hospital) A two-hour liturgy concert performed at the Christus St. John Hospital. Come to the Water by John Foley will be performed.

Saturdays in Summer! – Celebrate Men at Ten Thousand Villages

Saturday, June 25, 2011

2424A Rice Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77005 (Ten Thousand Villages) We celebrated the men in our lives this Saturday. We offered shopping with a man to save 10% off your purchase – plus there was free jazz, sangria, and snacks!

Saturdays in Summer! – Great Summer Party at Ten Thousand Villages

Saturday, June 11, 2011

2424A Rice Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77005 (Ten Thousand Villages) The theme was Great Summer Parties and we featured our cookbooks, housewares, and summer picnic items that made our summer party a smashing success. Adam V. Clay performed to set the mood for a great summer party as everyone shopped and partook in snacks and sips of refreshing sangria.

Night Improvisations

Thursday, May 19, 2011

3801 Polk St, Houston, TX (Super Happy Fun Land) A solo piano concert by Adam V. Clay.

HNAM premiere concert – Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance

Saturday, July 17th, 2010 @ 6:30 – 8:30 PM

2615 SW Fwy, Houston, TX (Dowling Music)

The Houston New Arts Movement (HNAM), the premiere ensemble in the Houston Area for new innovative classical concerts including art and music, presents its premiere concert “Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance”. Founder and pianist Adam V. Clay and cellist Dan Tobin bring to life the spirit of composers under and affected by the reign of Stalin in Russia. Come here the revival of these amazing individuals’ powerful music lost in a time of crisis. Visual artwork from HNAM members will be on display, and poetry from the era will be read to provide listeners with an engaging experience not to be missed. The first public performance of Lost Voices, with Cellist, Dan Tobin, and pianist Adam V. Clay was be at Dowling Music. Themed art were on display at the concert.

The news is out on what an amazing performance Lost Voices was! Houston Press – Lost Voices: Passion & Preserverance Listen to an interview with us on NPR’s KUHF on The Front Row or download the entire interview.

Preview of HNAM premiere concert – Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance on KUHF’s The Front Row

Friday, July 16, 2010

HNAM was interviewed by Houston’s NPR station on July 16th at noon. Houston New Arts Movement performed selections from the concert that occurred on July 17th at Dowling Music. Hear the radio interview on 88.7 KUHF FM’s site. or download the interview in MP3 format.

Chinese-themed Music at Village at Tanglewood

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 4:00 – 5:00 PM

1600 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas 77057 (Village at Tanglewood) Chinese-themed music performed by Houston New Arts Movement at Village at Tanglewood retirement home.

50th Anniversary Celebration of St. Catherine of Siena

Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 10:00 – 11:00 AM

10688 Shadow Wood Dr, Houston, TX 77043 (St. Catherine of Siena) Classical piano performance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church.

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Shadows in the Forest

Journey with us through the the passionate soundscape of music from the Russian culture, as we explore works by the country’s greatest composers. Hear wonderful works for cello and piano, and a piano quintet (string quartet and piano) with our musicians as we bring to light some buried treasures of the Russian chamber music repertoire in this online streamed event.

Alexander Borodin’s Cello Sonata in B minor (reconstructed by composer Goldstein is a striking example of the composer’s original and unique voice. Composed in his late 20’s. the work begins with a quote from Bach’s G minor fugue, BWV 1001, transporting us back in time, but quite quickly pulling us into Borodin’s unique Romantic sound world. Being an accomplished cellist himself, Borodin writes virtuosically, expressively and idiomatically for the instrument, as he rhapsodizes on the Bach theme. The work was written in Heidelberg during a revival of the cello sonata genre in Russian music. Throughout, the work contains a strong singing melody.

Mily Balakirev is often known more for his piano writing than chamber music. In his “Romance” for cello and piano, however, the composer proves his knowledge of both instruments. The writing is lyrical and expressive from the first to last notes: melodies exchanged in passionate gestures between the instruments, using both to their full dynamic and expressive potential.

Sergei Rachmaninoff spoke of his contemporary and fellow composer, Nikolai Medtner, as the greatest composer of his lifetime. Vladimir Horowitz often kept Medtners music in his repertoire, even if he did not often play them. “Why nobody plays Medtner?” Says Horowitz, “He is wonderful composer. Piano composer – in some ways deeper than Rachmaninoff… There are special colors – perfumes – complex rhythmic counterpoint. I want to play it now, but it’s a lot of work!” This is a worthy introduction to the man’s music. Like Rachmaninoff, Medtner remained a true romantic, in the time of many modern innovations in composition. His works are rooted in the fantastical and the passionate. The composer also has a fascination with counterpoint, which permeates his work, and his musical language is akin to a cross between late Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. ThePiano Quintet in C Major on this concert presents us with the composers truly unique compositional voice. Though less melodically generous than Rachmaninoff in his writing, and at times harder to latch onto (as there is often so much to hear a single piece, that it is hard to decide where the ear should go) Medtner’s music is rewarding the more often it is heard. For many years this wonderful composers works have been overlooked somewhere between Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, and now they are finally available to us. Join us for an exploration of this lost voice of the chamber music repertoire.

Saturday, June 26th,

7:30 PM

LIVE on Youtube

from the Houston Piano Company

Get your tickets via Eventbrite and check your email for the link!

Beethoven 250

Join us for a digital celebration of a master whose works reignite and express our common humanity 250 years later. Beethoven’s influence, mastery of classically formal structure, creative spirit, and continual reinvention of his style and classic forms can still be felt in the works of composers and artists of all disciplines to this day. We are pleased, though our season has been delayed, to still offer this celebration of his works within the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Our online event will feature his 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from The Magic Flute Op. 66, a set that ranges from virtuosic displays on both instruments to operatic moments, to comedic character pieces. In the work, Beethoven truly gives tribute to Mozart’s mastery of opera, using various inventive textures and rapidly switching between them by expounding the theme to express the various characters. The master includes two inventive slow movements which give hint to Beethoven’s exploration of more personal forms of expression, he so exemplifies in most of his output as a composer.

Come relish Beethoven’s profoundly passionate “Kreutzer” Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47. The work is profoundly personal and passionate, and, at its time, was extremely innovative. The expressions remain timelessly moving. With surprising shifts in key and tempo, the work is full of convincing narrative structures, and brings to life the imagination, ending in triumph.

The evening will conclude with Beethoven’s much-beloved “Archduke” Piano Trio, Op. 97, an epic journey through various moods. Dedicated to the archduke of Austria, one of Beethoven’s students, The work includes a jubilant and adventuresome first movement, a lively scherzo, and a profoundly moving and tranquil slow movement that provides some much-needed peace in our turbulent times. The final movement brings us rushing forward in excitement to an expression of jubilance and victory.

Saturday, November 21st,

7:30 PM

LIVE on Youtube

from the Houston Piano Company

Invitation to Enchantment

We are excited to bring you the opening of our 2020 season LIVE over Facebook and Youtube!

Join HNAM in an evening of exquisite music from French composers. The first concert of our 2020 season explores some beloved French compositions and some not-so-often performed gems.

Come hear the soaring and passionate melodies of Cesar Franck, and the driving rhythms of Francis Poulenc’s Violin Sonata (which was dedicated to Spanish poet Federico Lorca). Experience the peaceful and flowing works of Erik Satie as they transport you into the pure sound of the piano, and let Ravel’s mastery of compositional form and resonance of the piano transport you into his impressionistic landscapes. Explore the grand epic of lesser-known master Léon Boëllmann’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor: a work of technical and emotional virtuosity in equal measure for cellist and pianist.

“Léon Boëllmann’s final work is a masterpiece of technical and emotional writing for the cello and piano.” says Adam Vincent Clay. “It takes wonderful advantage of the sonorities of both instruments in the romantic style, and deserves to be performed more often.”

Join us after the event for a reception of French food, artwork, and lively conversation.

Saturday, August 29th,

7:30 PM

LIVE on Facebook and Youtube

from the Houston Piano Company

1600 W. 13th St.

Houston, TX 77008

Moebius

Come hear a piano recital of widely varying styles – bookended with sonatas by the incomparable Ludwig van Beethoven. Founder and Pianist for the Houston New Arts Movement, Adam Vincent Clay will perform a solo piano recital that wraps the stark stylistic differences of Russian romanticism found in Rachmaninoff, with that of the polish rhythms and melodies of Frederic Chopin, and the dense and dramatic writing of Johannes Brahms, the impressionistic and Jazz inspired unique voice of American avant-garde pianist Frederic Rzewski, into the bookended works of Beethoven, that so appropriately place him as a pinnacle of form and expression in the world of solo piano.

“The way piano repertoire continually reflects upon itself through history, and is inspired and influenced by itself, calls to mind the Moebius strip: Though pieces of music affect us in various ways and come from so many different cultures, histories, political circumstances, they all express something that is undeniably human, and thus, part of us all in some way. Like the Moebius strip, we see, at first, some totally new side, a twist, in music that seems foreign, but upon further inspection, its connection to us all becomes apparent.”

Vision, Sacrifice, & Genesis

Take a journey with us into the depths of reality as expressed in the masterpieces of Mozart, Schnittke, and Philip Glass. From visionary dreams through the fires of reality, to a transformative new beginning, these works take us on a journey that is exhilarating, devastating, and reflective.

Forging a vision into something that one and others can experience in a deep way requires openness to the surprise at which forms it may take. Not unlike a relationship or new career path, our perceptions of the momentous events leading to a creative endeavor change as we develop deeper connections with those events. This concert explores these themes in music and others that arise through the creative process.

Join founder and pianist, Adam Vincent Clay, cellists, Cony Ruiz Tamez and Will Kremer, violinists, Laura Cividino and Luis Ramirez, and violist Leah Gastler, on this transformative journey, from its initial dream to its often surprising realization.

Soul-Stirring Strings

Join the Houston New Arts Movement for an evening of the lyrical and resonant sound of the cello. “Soul-Stirring Strings,” the second concert in our “Journeys and Dreams” season, will feature some of the greatest works written for cello and piano. These masterpieces bring to life the sonorous and robust qualities of an instrument close in range and dynamic to our own human voice, and thus, one of the most expressive of instruments.

The concert features French composer, Gabriel Faure’s Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 109, a dramatic, passionate, and lyrical work. It begins with piercing percussive gestures in the piano, over a furious and pointed cello line, and drifts into sweet and soaring melodies. The work’s melodies continually reach upward in leaping gestures and contrast with long lyrical melodies in the more relaxed sections. Though many of his other works for smaller ensembles are often more consistently melodic and restrained, Faure’s command of dramatic composition is on full display in this work.

The concert also features Brahms’ Cello Sonata in E minor, the first sonata Brahms wrote for two instruments. He began the work before he was thirty years of age. The Cello Sonata is deeply rooted in the past, in contrast to the Third Piano Sonata, Op. 5, completed shortly before this work, a youthful and stormy work. Brahms harkens back to the sounds of Beethoven, and even, at one point, quotes Contrapunctis 13, from Bach’s Art of Fugue. This, quote in the last movement, almost creates the illusion that we are traveling back in time as the Sonata progresses.

Additionally works by David Popper and Cesar Franck will be featured. We hope to see you at this celebration of the beautiful and sonorous sound of the cello.

Friday, July 12th,

7:00 PM

St. Anne Catholic Church

1111 S Cherry St.

Tomball, TX 77375

Admission is for a donation:

Music from the Grove

HNAM opens its 2019 season, Journeys and Dreams at St Cyril of Alexandria 7 p.m. Thursday, February 28. HNAM continues its outreach as discounted advance purchase tickets online at artsmove.net are now available. So come enjoy the first concert of our season “Music from the Grove” featuring HNAM founder/pianist Adam Vincent Clay, Shakuhachi player Shawn Renzoh Head, and harpist Susanna Campbell.

This unique program highlights traditional Japanese works, and original works by Houston composers Hsin-Jung Tsai, Shawn Head, and Adam Vincent Clay, as well as a commissioned work by Bo Li, among other composers influenced by Japanese style (including Takashi Yoshimatsu).

Join us for an exploration of an ancient culture that presents a different perspective on the world through its music. As we begin our journey from the East, we invite you to enter the reflective, passionate, and colorful worlds these composers inhabit in their music and share the traditional sound of the Shakuhachi (traditional Japanese flute), and how that sound has transformed in the western classical instruments of the piano and harp.

True to HNAM’s integrative tradition, relevant artwork will be on display enhancing the experience and concertgoers are able to visit at the post-concert reception with artists, musicians, and composers. Student tickets are available at a discount and for those unable to afford tickets, a limited number of donated passes are available upon advance request to info@artsmove.net. Houston, be sure to put this HNAM experience on your calendar as we honor Music from the Grove!

Thursday, February 28th,

7:00 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria,

10503 Westheimer Rd.

Houston, TX 77042

Tickets available at the door.

Death and Transcendence

Join us for our Light and Shadows season finale, Death and Transcendence: a pairing of some of the greatest, most potent and compelling chamber music ever written. Experience Tchaikovsky’s great tribute to his close friend Nikolai Rubinstein, and Beethoven’s sublime “Heiliger Dankgesang” movement, written after he recovered from serious illness.

Fire Dances

Join us in a concert of the fiery and passionate music from South American and Spanish origins. The third concert of our Light and Shadows season, Fire Dances, explores the Spanish composers, and composers who wrote music inspired by the sounds that are traditionally Spanish and or Latin-American in nature, and those who express the cultures of South American countries.

This concert will feature Alberto Ginastera’s Three Argentine Dances, which bring to life the unique sounds of South American culture. From writing in the harmonies of guitar strings to evoke the “old herdsman”, to the lyrical and passionate melodies and spicy dissonances of the “Dance of the Beautiful Maiden”, to the final savage rhythms and percussive sounds of the “Dance of the Arrogant Cowboy” these pieces spring into the mind images of Argentinian culture and spirit.

Hear the rarely-performed music of Sicilian-Persian composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. This colorful transcription of the Spanish Habanera from Bizet’s opera Carmen, explores the limits of what is playable on a piano, with dense textures and flourishes elsewhere unseen in any writing for the piano. The work explores its own fantasy upon the theme to the point where it sounds as if at least four pianists are playing at once, while evoking an air of mystery, confounding contradictions, and cataclysmic explosions of sound.

Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Aria from his Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 captures the spirit and sound of Brazilian music through the lens of the contrapuntal and harmonic language of Johann Sebastian Bach. This work will feature soprano Leah Brashear as well as our first orchestra of eight cellos.

The concert will conclude with a set of tangos: the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, by Astor Piazzolla. Throughout the work, Piazzolla explores the many possible expressions of the tango music in concert form.

Movements of the Heart

Join the Houston New Arts Movement for our second exploration of Light and Shadows this season: “Movements of the Heart.” The composers in this concert each bring to life an example of some of our most basic and universal desires: to sing, to fall in love, to dance, to ponder, and to dream.

This concert will feature Schumann’s “Fantasiestucke, Op. 73” for Cello and Piano, a lyrical, playful, and passionate work. “Schumann’s wild contrasts between brooding passion and playful ecstasy are powerfully expressed in these short but exceedingly romantic pieces. Schumann is a master of creating musical character and story.” says founder and pianist Adam Vincent Clay, who will accompany Cony Ruiz, cellist, on this work.

Continuing in the lyrical, and harmonically daring vein of Schumann, violinists Laura Cividino and Luis Ramirez will perform the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu’s Three Madrigals. Living nearly a century later than Robert Schumann, Martinu’s harmonic language is much more daring, and the Madrigals are full of wild virtuosic violin playing and flare, as well as reflective slow movements.

The evening will conclude with Dvorak’s great Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major. Full of lyrical writing, transformation, melancholy, virtuosity, aggression, and excitement, the work is epic in every sense of the way. Lasting 40 minutes, cast in 4 movements, the piece explores dance rhythms throughout, and majestically balances the five instruments to create a bold and memorable work.

Refreshments will be served at the post-concert artists’ reception, at which we look forward to getting a chance to visit with you all.

In Love and Longing

Join the Houston New Arts Movement at “In Love and Longing”, a concert of passionate composers of classical music, and the opening concert of our 2018 concert season, Light and Shadows – “In Love and Longing.” In this season we explore some of the most expressive works in the solo and chamber music genre that cover themes of love, death, and transcendence.

“In Love and Longing” highlights Schubert’s solo piano works which are among the most melodic in the repertoire, Faure’s exquisite work “Apres In Reve.” Franz Liszt’s transcription of Wagner’s “Liebestod” or “Love-death” takes listeners to on a journey of emotional extremes of romanticism. “Originally an aria, the Liebestod is a powerful work of consistent thwarting of the listeners expectation of resolution… an eternally deep emotional well of anguish and love, that never fully comes to resolution, leaving us in a rapturous state of unrest and exhaustion at the same time.” says founder and pianist, Adam Vincent Clay. Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio for piano, Cello and violin certainly takes listeners on a journey ending in some of Beethoven’s most triumphant writing.

Reflections

World Journeys

September 30th,

7:00 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria,

10503 Westheimer Rd.

Houston, TX 77042

Tickets available at the door.

Transformations

Explore three composers who have transformed the way audiences hear and experience music. Transformationsexplores the music of Beethoven, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Alfred Schnittke: composers who wrote music in a distinctive personal style that also tends to transcend the personal, touching on universal human experience and emotion.

Beethoven took the musical forms and sounds of his time and transformed them into larger and more emotionally expressive works, predicting the Romantic movement to come. Shostakovich, living around the turn of the 20th century in Russia, was faced with the policing of music under Stalin’s reign. With his powerful unique style of expressing sarcasm, depression, angst, and other emotions under the guise of traditionalism and nationalism, Shostakovich transformed the bleakness of a ban on the arts, into a veiled musical war against the oppressive forces of the regime. Catching the tail end of Stalin’s oppression, Schnittke takes personal emotional expression and the technical limits of the instruments to their extremes, transforming music by combining many various style elements together into his own unique and gripping voice. While Shostakovich’s music expresses pain, Schnittke’s goes further in this direction, but ultimately arrives at a mysterious redemption, or at least surrender to mystery.

Don’t miss your opportunity to hear great works of Beethoven, Shostakovich, and the rarely-performed, Schnittke.

PlusFest: The Everything plus Poetry Festival

Join the Houston New Arts Movement as they present a variety of classical music at PlusFest poetry festival. Plus Fes+: The Everything plus Poetry Festival is a one-day interdisciplinary art event that celebrates raw, innovative, and high-caliber artistic experience and will highlight spoken-word poetry. Plus Fes+ aims to break down barriers around artistic disciplines so that new works can be created. The one-day festival will position spoken-word artists on a level playing field with local visual artists, videographers, DJ’s, musicians, and others to create new works and will showcase the work through a variety of innovative platforms. The goal of Plus Fes+ is interactive impact; the festival will feature poetic photo booths, poetry slams, art installations, and speed writing buskers. By offering a wide variety of entry points, the festival will change the participant’s perception of poetry.

Saturday, May 27th,

3:30 PM

Eperson Gallery

1201 Fannin St., Ste. 131

Houston, TX 77002

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Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance

The Houston New Arts Movement presents Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance, the first concert of the 2017 season Reflections. In a recreation of HNAM’s debut performance in Houston, come hear music from composers under, and affected by, the reign of Stalin in Russia. Many of these works were lost for a time, and were recovered recently. These composers, despite government oppression, found their unique voices during the beginning of the twentieth century. Under Russia’s Zhdanov doctrine, art and culture were policed heavily, causing some composers to flee for America, and others to fight to survive in their homeland. Come hear the wealth of creativity that flourished amidst a harsh political climate. Artwork from local visual artists will be on display.

Friday, March 10th,

7:00 PM

Houston Piano Company,

5600 W. 13th St.

Houston, TX 77008

(Tickets available at the door)

If you are a student or teacher at Houston Piano Company, please contact us for special pricing.

World Journeys: Local Echoes

Saturday, September 3rd, 7:00 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria on 10503 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77042 Come hear works from four composers from our own city, as we bring our World Journeys season to a close! Diverse sets of pieces by Joel Love, Robert Nelson, Ben Morris, and our founder Adam Vincent Clay will be brought to you, along with video interviews from the composers. Rachel McCarthy Clay, Cony Ruiz Tamez, Will Kremer, and Adam Vincent Clay will be performing in this celebration of our great city and the wealth of creativity it holds.

Saturday, September 10th, 7:00 PM

Join us again for a celebration of Houston composers Joel Love, Robert Nelson, Ben Morris, and our founder Adam Vincent clay, in the season finale of “World Journeys.” This performance will take place in the intimate setting of the Houston Piano Company. Seating is limited for this performance so purchase your tickets today! TICKETS available at THE DOOR

Shopping Night at Ten Thousand Villages!

Enjoy a FREE night of music, while you shop, supporting two nonprofits!

Wednesday, July 27th, 6 PM – 8 PM

Ten Thousand Villages, 2424 Rice Blvd, Houston, TX 77005 Come browse the beautiful craftsmanship and art from various countries at Ten Thousand Villages Shopping Night! Enjoy a FREE night of music while you shop, and 15% of the sales will support our future outreach to bring classical music to more locations and parts of the city. Come support two nonprofits, and hear music from various cultures, in preparation for the final concert of our World Journeys season, which will present music of composers in Houston.

Images Dreams and Impressions: Music from France

Saturday, April 9th, 7:30 PM

Houston Piano Company, 1600 W. 13th St, Houston, TX 77008 Explore the music of France again with us, this time in the intimate setting of Houston Piano Company’s Grand Recital Hall. We will be performing works of Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, César Franck, Maurice Ravel again. We also be joined by vocalist Leah Ann Brashear who will perform songs from Claude Debussy, Charles Koechlin, & Gabriel Fauré. Seating is limited for this event so get your tickets today! Listen to our KUHA preview for the concertHERE!

Saturday, March 19th, 7 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria on 10503 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77042 Vive la France!Explore the sounds of France from Romanticism, Impressionism, and the 20th century. Join us for a night with the music of Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, César Franck, Maurice Ravel, and others in this celebration of France’s great contributions to classical music. Local Houstonian and visual artist Vena Ashley will be displaying a series of mixed media artwork inspired by France, and hors d’oeuvreswill be served at the artist’s reception after the event.

Classical Origins: Germany and Italy

Celebrate music from the birth countries of the classics!

Saturday, October 10th, 7 PM

St. Cyril of Alexandria on 10503 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77042 Germany and Italy have gifted us with some of the greatest composers of all time. Journey with us through the music of these artists who sought depth in beauty in their craft, as we share the wealth of their cultures.

World Journeys: The American Dream

July 18th, 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 Journey with us as we explore the music, poetry, artwork of our home country in “The American Dream”, the third concert in our World Journeys season. Don’t miss the diverse music that has come from our country since it’s beginnings, and join us for the artists reception with culinary treats from our home country. Online ticket sales are now CLOSED! Please purchase your ticket at the door: $15. Thank you! Advanced ticket sales ended 7/17/15

World Journeys: The Spirit of Tango

May 16th, 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 Join us on our next adventure in our “World Journeys” season, “The Spirit of Tango”. In each leg of the World Journeys season we will explore the music, art and culinary experience of various cultures that make Houston, the most ethnically diverse city in the nation! The composers featured honor the strong Spanish, and South American influence in our city.

May 17th – @ 8:30 – 9:30 PM

Main St., Pasadena, TX 77506

January 18, 2014 – @ 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 St. Cyril of Alexandria Church Join us at St. Cyril of Alexandria for a night of works by Russian master Dmitri Shostakovich as the second part of our Transformation Trilogy concert series. Artwork will be on display again, we will have a poetic introduction of poetry by Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko.

Saturday, November 16, 2013 @ 4:00-6:00 PM

2615 Southwest Fwy #220, Houston, TX 77098 Dowling Music Houston New Arts Movement members Laura Cividino, Cony Ruiz, and Adam Vincent Clay perform works by the Russian master Dmitri Shostakovich, in an evening of artwork, poetry, and music. The compositions on the program express the bold individuality and emotional prowess of a composer who lived in a harsh political climate of constant transformation. His music explores emotions as deep as grief, sarcasm, and the frightening prospect of losing one’s life Surviving with Shostakovich is an invitation into the composers’ inner world that allows us to transform our perspectives on the challenging circumstances we all face.

Holiday Concerts

Monday, December 9, 2013

Christmas Salon Concert Concert of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite for solo piano with Adam Vincent Clay.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving Concert House concert of classical music in the Heights with Adam Vincent Clay.

Transformation Trilogy: Beginning with Beethoven

Saturday, August 17, 2013 @ 7:00 – 8:30 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 St. Cyril of Alexandria Church If you missed us at Dowling Music, join us for our second performance of Beethoven. If you were with us last time, join us for an encore! Houston New Arts Movement members Adam V. Clay, Cony R. Tamez, and Laura Cividino will perform Beethoven at St. Cyril of Alexandria Church for the second time as the first part of the Transformation Trilogy concert series. This concert will be for donation.

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Saturday, June 22, 2013 @ 4:00 – 6:00 PM

2615 Southwest Fwy #220, Houston, TX 77098 Dowling Music Houston New Arts Movement members Adam V. Clay, Cony R. Tamez, and Laura Cividino perform Beethoven at Dowling Music as the first part of the Transformation Trilogy concert series. Hear our interview of the performers on Houston’s KUHA (91.7 FM) or download the interview.

Easter Vigil Service

Saturday, March 30, 2013 @ 8:00 – 11:00 PM & Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:30 – 11:30 AM

1111 S Cherry St, Tomball, TX 77375 (St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Tomball) Houston New Arts Movement member Adam V. Clay performs bilingual music for Easter Vigil.

Rehearsal and Performance Education

Thursday, March 7, 2013 @ 10:00AM

7425 Louetta Road, Houston, TX 77379 (KLEB Intermediate School) Houston New Arts Movement member Adam V. Clay teach 28 middle school students to perform.

A Little Night Music – AvantGarden

Thursday, August 30, 2012 @ 7:00 – 9:00 PM

411 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77006 (AvantGarden) Houston New Arts Movement members Adam V. Clay and Kathy Fay provided improvised night music. Kathy Fay and Adam V. Clay will play night music with improvised and prepared harp and piano along with field recordings. News from Free Press Houston.

“In C” – In The Rice Village

Saturday, August 25, 2012 @ 4:00 – 7:00 PM

2424 Rice Blvd, Houston, TX 77005

HNAM performed Terry Riley’s “In C” and, other classical pieces,and improvised music for the Aug. 25th outside 10,000 Villages in the Rice Village.

“In C” – White Linen Nights

Saturday, August 4, 2012 @ 7:00 – 9:00 PM

The Heights @ Houston, TX A parade performance of Terry Riley’s “In C” performed by a rolling ensemble including art canvas. See our short clip of our amazing show:

“In C” – Canyon Lakes

Saturday, July 28, 2012 @ 6:30 – 8:00 PM

11655 Canyon Green Dr, Houston, TX (Canyon Lakes Community Center) A performance of Terry Riley’s “In C” performed by a rolling ensemble including art canvas performed at the Canyon Lakes Community Center. [promoslider display_nav=”thumb” slider=”in-c-at-canyon-lakes”]

Fundraising Dinner Music

Saturday, November 12, 2011 @ 6:30 – 8:00 PM

10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042 (St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church) Houston New Arts Movement members perform classical music for the fundraising dinner at St. Cyril’s.

Improvised Music in the Rice Village

Thursday, August 25, 2011 @ 4:00 – 7:00 PM

2424A Rice Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77005 (Ten Thousand Villages) Improvised background music by the Houston New Arts Movement.

Liturgy Music

Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ 5:00 – 7:00 PM

18300 St John Dr, Nassau Bay, TX 77058 (Christus St. John Hospital) A two-hour liturgy concert performed at the Christus St. John Hospital. Come to the Water by John Foley will be performed.

Saturdays in Summer! – Celebrate Men at Ten Thousand Villages

Saturday, June 25, 2011

2424A Rice Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77005 (Ten Thousand Villages) We celebrated the men in our lives this Saturday. We offered shopping with a man to save 10% off your purchase – plus there was free jazz, sangria, and snacks!

Saturdays in Summer! – Great Summer Party at Ten Thousand Villages

Saturday, June 11, 2011

2424A Rice Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77005 (Ten Thousand Villages) The theme was Great Summer Parties and we featured our cookbooks, housewares, and summer picnic items that made our summer party a smashing success. Adam V. Clay performed to set the mood for a great summer party as everyone shopped and partook in snacks and sips of refreshing sangria.

Night Improvisations

Thursday, May 19, 2011

3801 Polk St, Houston, TX (Super Happy Fun Land) A solo piano concert by Adam V. Clay.

HNAM premiere concert – Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance

Saturday, July 17th, 2010 @ 6:30 – 8:30 PM

2615 SW Fwy, Houston, TX (Dowling Music)

The Houston New Arts Movement (HNAM), the premiere ensemble in the Houston Area for new innovative classical concerts including art and music, presents its premiere concert “Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance”. Founder and pianist Adam V. Clay and cellist Dan Tobin bring to life the spirit of composers under and affected by the reign of Stalin in Russia. Come here the revival of these amazing individuals’ powerful music lost in a time of crisis. Visual artwork from HNAM members will be on display, and poetry from the era will be read to provide listeners with an engaging experience not to be missed. The first public performance of Lost Voices, with Cellist, Dan Tobin, and pianist Adam V. Clay was be at Dowling Music. Themed art were on display at the concert.

The news is out on what an amazing performance Lost Voices was! Houston Press – Lost Voices: Passion & Preserverance Listen to an interview with us on NPR’s KUHF on The Front Row or download the entire interview.

Preview of HNAM premiere concert – Lost Voices: Passion and Perseverance on KUHF’s The Front Row

Friday, July 16, 2010

HNAM was interviewed by Houston’s NPR station on July 16th at noon. Houston New Arts Movement performed selections from the concert that occurred on July 17th at Dowling Music. Hear the radio interview on 88.7 KUHF FM’s site. or download the interview in MP3 format.

Chinese-themed Music at Village at Tanglewood

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 @ 4:00 – 5:00 PM

1600 Augusta Drive, Houston, Texas 77057 (Village at Tanglewood) Chinese-themed music performed by Houston New Arts Movement at Village at Tanglewood retirement home.

50th Anniversary Celebration of St. Catherine of Siena

Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 10:00 – 11:00 AM

10688 Shadow Wood Dr, Houston, TX 77043 (St. Catherine of Siena) Classical piano performance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church.

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