Promenade Series 
Dons & Divas
The famous opera by Giacomo Puccini comes to life on The Centrum stage. The story is set in Paris in the period around 1830. It essentially focuses on the love between the seamstress called Mimì and the poet Rodolfo. They almost immediately fall in love with each other, but Rodolfo later wants to leave Mimì [...]
Zoya Shuhatovich
3 p.m., Tuesday, October 12, 2010Steinway Artist Zoya Shuhatovich received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the Gorky State Conservatory, Russia, with the highly regarded pianist and teacher Ilia Fridman, a pupil of the legendary piano teacher, Heinrich Neuhaus. The program is comprised of highly romantic and elaborative transcription of J.S. Bach’s Chaconne from Violin Partita [...]
Ferenc Illenyi & Erich Avinger
3 p.m., November 9, 2010The concert will include classical works, a Scarlatti composition for violin and guitar, and arrangements by Paganini, as well as lighter pieces that include spirituals such as “Deep River”, some Hungarian music and other folk melodies. Ferenc Illényi, violin, has performed as first violinist with the Houston Symphony since 1991. A native of Hungary, Mr. Illényi made [...]
Alpenfest
3 p.m., Tuesday, December 14, 2010Alpenfest’s origins date back to 1970 in a Dickinson, TX German Restaurant named Hofbräugarten. With thousands of hours of performance since its inception, Alpenfest is well known in the Gulf Coast area of Texas. Alpenfest continues to be the busiest German band in Texas while also performing at festivals around the United States, Germany, and [...]
More in this category:
- Klein Legacy Concert: Sadie Turner, harpist - 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 11, 2011
- The Rob Landes Trio - 3 p.m., Tuesday, February 8, 2011
- 10th Annual “A World of Song” - 7:30 p.m., Saturday, February 26, 2011
- McTeggart Irish Dancers - 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2011
- The Fidelis Quartet - 3 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2011
- Barbara Tucker, soprano - 3 p.m., Tuesday, May 10, 2011