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We couldn't be happier seeing our Shepherd School of Music community making a big musical impact! 🎶✨ Here is a round-up highlighting the exciting, collaborative work of our alumni, faculty, and students: 1) Professor of Voice Ana María Martínez is performing at The Met Opera as Despina in “Così fan tutte,” alongside Duke Kim ('18) as Ferrando, with Dean Matthew Loden in attendance to show support 👏 2) The Balourdet Quartet, formed at the Shepherd School, just dropped their new album “Strange Machines,” featuring new commissions by three Shepherd composers: professor Karim Al-Zand, Paul Novak ('20), and Nicky Sohn ('25) 💿 3) Adam Adov, student of Jon Kimura Parker, took home 1st Prize and a $33,000 award at the prestigious 2026 Australian National Piano Award 🥇 4) L’Orchestre National de France presented the world premiere of professor Karim Al-Zand’s “Al Hakawati” under the baton of Music Director Cristian Măcelaru ('06, '08) ✍️ 5) Professors Jerry Hou and Jon Kimura Parker collaborated in Taiwan with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Gershwin’s “Piano Concerto in F” 🎹 6) Ana Spasovska, student of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, was competitively selected to participate in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Conducting Academy, led by alum Cristian Măcelaru 🪄 7) Lecturer James Palmer ('25) opens his new Houston music series “Point of Departure” on Wed, Oct 14 at MATCH, featuring a stacked lineup of Shepherd talent ☕️ 8) Shepherd alumni-founded Houston Music Festival, led by David Dietz ('22) and Chelsea de Souza ('26), has announced its Season 3 theme: Texpressionism 🎵
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Hope your week isn’t falling apart like this Strange Machine. Full performance video on our Linktree! Have a hankering for an exciting new string quartet album? Check out Strange Machines wherever you get your music! Link also on our Linktree
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An interview with world-renowned composer Karim Al-Zand, whose new solo piano work Tea for One will be premiered on our show Coffeehouse Music Salon next Wednesday, October 14! • • • #newmusic #arttatum #tea #piano #houston
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IT’S RELEASE DAY! Strange Machines has dropped and we’re so excited to share it with you! Listen to it wherever you stream your music and share it with a friend! @phenotypicrecordings
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Point of Departure presents: Coffeehouse Music Salon on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at @matchouston ☕️ Tickets available at the link in bio! 🎟️ • • • #houstonmusic #houston #htx #houstontexas #classicalmusic
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Friends ~ I am so beyond privileged to be posting some clips of one of my favourite pieces of music I’ve had the opportunity to perform and work on! If it’s not totally clear - I LOVE new music and contemporary opera. On February 1st 2026, I had the opportunity to sing the role of Woman in Dr. Karim Al-Zand’s world premiere of A Joint Interest at The Brockman Hall for Opera under the direction of Paul Curran and baton of Maestro Harth-Bedoya. With permission of Dr. Al-Zand, I want to introduce my internet feed to the music I love most of all ~ music that’s uniquely contemporary and allowing for us to depict stories that are so relevant today, reflective of real people, and telling stories that can unite the world through beauty, realism and comedy! Because this opera is SO FUNNY! It is a gift to work with living composers and composers and musicians who have and are paving the way for us changemakers to make an impact on the world. With appreciation for my music community, I am so grateful to present some of my favourite clips from A Joint Interest! Featuring @baritoneburrows as the Burglar @garrettgeno as Police Officer and the MOST INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS from the Rice Shepherd School of Music’s Chamber Orchestra! @karimalzand @miguelharthbedoya @paulcurranopera @riceshepherdschool @ricegradschool @riceuniversity #riceuniversity #shepherdschoolofmusic #karimalzand #dramaticoperadiva #contemporaryopera
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🚨 ALERT 🚨 ALERT 🚨 ALERT 🚨 ALERT 🚨 WE ARE PRESENTING AN ALBUM SHOWCASE IN CHICAGO NEXT WEEK This is going to be the event of the century! Don’t miss this celebration of Strange Machines in a really awesome space. We’ve got music covering 6 centuries and each piece is a banger! We’ll be hanging out afterwards so come hang and have a great time and a drink 🍺 with us! Come one come all and bring your friends! Link in bio! PS. swipe for how to preorder and get discounted tickets! (This is a 21+ concert! Sorry to our underage friends 😔)
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Tickets are now available online for our debut show, “Coffeehouse Music Salon!” 🎶☕️ From jazz clubs of the 1960s, to 19th-century Parisian music salons, to modern-day indie specialty shops, hot beverages and music have always made a great pair. “Coffeehouse Music Salon” explores spaces where people come together over a cup of Joe to share musical ideas and artistic inspirations. Music by Tatum, Schoenfield, Poulenc, Rorem, Pann, Al-Zand, Bach, and Palmer. 🎟️$30 ($20 student admission with valid ID) • • • #houston #houstonmusic #houstonmusicscene #classicalmusic
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🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨 Our debut album 💿 STRANGE MACHINES 💿 is out OCTOBER 2 on all platforms! @asoppsfables cover art making us EMOTIONAL 😭 🌺 Preorder coming very soon 👀 And in the meantime … new single drops FRIDAY ⚙️🤖 Get ready for this.
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For this edition, the George Enescu International Competition has invited leading contemporary composers from around the world to create brand-new, cutting-edge works to be premiered exclusively by our brilliant participants in the Second Round! Among these exciting new commissions is the piano work Hammers and Tongs by the acclaimed composer Karim Al-Zand - a high-energy, technically demanding piece that pushes performers to their absolute limits. Discover the fascinating story behind the music, the inspiration of the composer, and what it takes to master this brilliant contemporary challenge! Listen live Hammers and Tongs in the Piano Section - Round II at the George Enescu Hall of UNMB. Free admission. Join us in the pursuit of excellence at the Enescu Competition! 23 August - 19 September #EnescuCompetition2026
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Announcing the three featured composers of the 26/27 season! Each show of this season will feature the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by one of these internationally renowned artists. It is our honor to feature: @karimalzand @samwu.music @berliozsgirlfriend • • • #pointofdeparture #newmusic #composer #houston #htx
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Introducing Point of Departure: Houston’s Classical Music Variety Show! @pointofdeparturehtx Founded in 2026 by pianist James Palmer, Point of Departure: Houston’s Classical Music Variety Show brings together the best performers in Houston in a 1970’s variety show-style format. Expect skits, costumes, banter, and more! New music is at the heart of Point of Departure’s mission. Season 1 will feature three incredible premieres of works by star composers — Karim Al-Zand, Sam Wu, and Nicky Sohn. Point of Departure is funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance. To provide further support for season 1, please consider donating at the link in bio.
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