FROZEN TIME, TIME IN MOTION & More Fetaured in Musiqa's 2013-14 Season

Musiqa's 2013-14 Season Features New Music, New Venues and New Collaborations

Houston, Texas...Winner of 2013 American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers/ Chamber Music America (ASCAP/CMA) award for "adventurous programming," Musiqa continues to push the envelope with exciting new collaborations, partners and venues for its 2013-14 season.

Major Concert Series Offers New Venues

Time Travel, September 28, 2013

Breaking out of the concert hall environment for its opening concert, Musiqa offers an exciting program on Saturday, September 28th at 7:30 p.m. in Houston's downtown Market Square Park. In collaboration with Houston Downtown Management District, Musiqa celebrates the installation of the Public Art piece, "What Time Is It?" created by Jo Ann Fleischhauer with original music composed by Musiqa's Anthony Brandt and Chapman Welch.

Following the first sounds of Brandt and Welch's electronic composition "C O'Clock" from the historic Louis and Annie Friedman Clock Tower, Musiqa offers "Time Travel," featuring the works of Musiqa composer RoB Smith, along with vibrant new works that view the world from unique and unusual perspectives by iconic and internationally renowned composers, Louis Andriessen and John Corigliano; as well as several young composers who are receiving significant exposure internationally, Michel van der Aa, Missy Mazzoli and Bill Ryan. This free concert in the park invites audiences of all ages to picnic and experience this unique chamber music offering.

Frozen Time, January 11, 2014

Continuing its venture into new spaces, Musiqa will offer "Frozen Time," on Saturday, January 11, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at Asia Society Texas Center (The Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater).Combining the "Frozen Time" theme with the premiere of Musiqa composer Marcus Karl Maroney's Fotofest inspired work is a natural. Photographs are, in essence, frozen moments in time. The program will include two world premieres by Musiqa composers (Karim Al-Zand, Marcus Maroney), as well as three works by Asian composers (Karen Tanaka, Lei Liang and Elena Firsova). Featured on the program will also be poetry by University of Houston nationally recognized author and poet, Nick Flynn.

Time in Motion, March 22, 2014

Partnering with Houston's groundbreaking modern Dance Company, NobleMotion Dance, Musiqa returns to Hobby Center's Zilkha Hall on Saturday, March 22, 2014, at7:30 p.m. for the close of its major concert season with a premiere work by RoB Smith as well as a piece by Musiqa composer Pierre Jalbert. Houston Cinema Arts Society will be featured on the program as well.

(Tickets for Hobby Center performance on sale starting week of August 12, 2013, at www.thehobbycenter.org or calling 713-315-2428)

Loft Concerts at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Musiqa celebrates its tenth season of Loft Performances at CAMH with offeringsNovember 7, 2013, and January 30 and February 27, 2014. These three concerts will be grouped under the title "Music Outside the Lines." The Museum's rotating exhibition examines the development of abstraction. Musiqa will explore the concept of "abstraction" in music.

Education Programs for Elementary and Middle Schools

A vital part of Musiqa's annual programming is its participation in Hobby Center's Discovery Series where it will offer school day performances of "Around the World with Musiqa," October 22-25, 2013, and its unique program for middle school audiences, "Musiqa ReMix," December 5 & 6, 2013. These programs have been supported by National Endowment for the Arts for seven consecutive years.

For additional information on ticketing for any of Musiqa's programs, go to www.musiqahouston.org.

Musiqa (www.musiqahouston.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. Founded in 2002 and led by five composers, Musiqa aims to enrich and inspire the community through programs that integrate contemporary music with other modern art forms. Musiqa celebrates modern creative arts through interdisciplinary concerts that highlight modern music and its connections to literature, film, dance, art, and more. With its innovative collaborations and educational programming, Musiqa strives to make modern repertoire accessible and vital to audiences of all ages and musical backgrounds.

Major support for Musiqa is provided by the Brown Foundation, Anne and Albert Chao, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Aaron Copland Fund, the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, the Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Community Service Fund of Congregation Emanu El, Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, the Houston Endowment, the Hobby Center Foundation, R. Stan and Reinnette Marek, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Simmons Foundation, the Strake Foundation, Target, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Family Foundation.

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