PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Tuesday, April 23 | 12-12:45pm
Lunch Concert at Crain Garden
FREE - no tickets required
WindSync’s Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival presents a casual lunch hour concert by WindSync at Crain Garden, a favorite common space in Houston Methodist Hospital. Expect Beethoven, blues, and everything in between at this classical music event designed to lift your midday mood. Food and beverage are available for purchase at the ground floor food vendors. Free and open to the public!
Location: Dunn Tower at Houston Methodist Hospital, 6565 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
Parking: Parking is available next door in TMC Garage #1 and valet parking is available directly in front of the hospital. The Metro Rail Dryden/TMC Station is also located directly in front of the hospital.
Food & beverage: Any Houston Methodist employee who makes a purchase from the Fannin Street Starbucks in the main lobby during the concert will receive a 15% discount. Please show your employee badge at the time of purchase.
Many thanks to the Center for Performing Arts Medicine for this presenting partnership.
Wednesday, April 24 | 5-6 PM
Music at the Market with WindSync and Friends
FREE - no tickets required
Join WindSync and chamber musicians from across the Houston area for a rotating lineup of outdoor performances! Visit the Houston Farmers Market for food and local goods, then gather at the common space behind the market building for music. WindSync welcomes the Cypress Winds Clarinet Quartet for a special set.
Location: The Lawn at Houston Farmers Market, 2520 Airline Dr, Houston, TX 77009
Parking: Lot with ample free parking is available right by the lawn! Take either of the 2 entrances off of Service Street. Our parking lots are interconnected, so once you enter the Market, you can access both the front, side, and rear parking lots. Please see the Market Map for more details.
Wednesday, April 24 | 5-6 PM
Music at the Market with WindSync and Friends
FREE - no tickets required
Join WindSync and chamber musicians from across the Houston area for a rotating lineup of outdoor performances! Visit the Houston Farmers Market for food and local goods, then gather at the common space behind the market building for music. WindSync welcomes the Cypress Winds Clarinet Quartet for a special set.
Location: The Lawn at Houston Farmers Market, 2520 Airline Dr, Houston, TX 77009
Parking: Lot with ample free parking is available right by the lawn! Take either of the 2 entrances off of Service Street. Our parking lots are interconnected, so once you enter the Market, you can access both the front, side, and rear parking lots. Please see the Market Map for more details.
Thursday, April 25 | 12:30-1:15PM
Live Music Pop-Up: WindSync at M-K-T Heights
FREE - no tickets required
Thursday, April 25 | 12:30-1:15PM
Live Music Pop-Up: WindSync at M-K-T Heights
FREE - no tickets required
Location: M-K-T Heights, Building 1 Courtyard, 600 N Shepherd Dr. Houston, TX 77007
Parking: Free parking available. Location closest to La La Land Kind Café and Burdlife. Please see the M-K-T Heights website for more details.
Parking: Free parking available. Location closest to La La Land Kind Café and Burdlife. Please see the M-K-T Heights website for more details.
Friday, April 26 | 6 - 7 PM
Live on Stage with HYS Coda
FREE - no tickets required
WindSync’s year-long work with Houston Youth Symphony (HYS) Coda Music Program, an El Sistema-inspired music education program that combines social goals with instrumental study, will be on full display at Strake Jesuit's Parsley Center. The collaborative concert program, presented in English and Spanish, includes arrangements and instruction by Coda director Jackson Guillen. Free transportation provided by HYS enables over 100 students, plus their guardians and siblings, to fill the hall.
This year, the collaboration will feature the world premiere of a piece for wind quintet with accompanying parts for beginning musicians composed by Nicky Sohn, a Shepherd School doctoral candidate in composition and one of Houston’s “Cool 100” (CityBook).
Location: Strake Jesuit College Preparatory - Parsley Center (8900 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77036)
Friday, April 26 | 6 - 7 PM
Live on Stage with HYS Coda
FREE - no tickets required
WindSync’s year-long work with Houston Youth Symphony (HYS) Coda Music Program, an El Sistema-inspired music education program that combines social goals with instrumental study, will be on full display at Strake Jesuit's Parsley Center. The collaborative concert program, presented in English and Spanish, includes arrangements and instruction by Coda director Jackson Guillen. Free transportation provided by HYS enables over 100 students, plus their guardians and siblings, to fill the hall.
This year, the collaboration will feature the world premiere of a piece for wind quintet with accompanying parts for beginning musicians composed by Nicky Sohn, a Shepherd School doctoral candidate in composition and one of Houston’s “Cool 100” (CityBook).
Location: Strake Jesuit College Preparatory - Parsley Center (8900 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77036)
Sunday, April 28 | 3:00 PM
15th Anniversary Concert
TICKETED EVENT
Sunday, April 28 | 3:00 PM
15th Anniversary Concert
TICKETED EVENT
WindSync’s Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival invites you to celebrate the 15th anniversary of WindSync where it all began! WindSync musicians from founding to present reunite at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in their first concert at Duncan Hall since the graduation of the original student members. Guest performers for this special program of wind chamber music include alums Tracy Viner, Jack Marquardt, Erin Tsai, and Julian Hernandez.
Location: Rice University - Shepherd School of Music
Duncan Recital Hall (6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77005)
Parking: Paid visitor parking is available in West Lot 2 on the campus map, payable by credit card only.
This concert has been generously underwritten by Paula Sanders.
Location: Rice University - Shepherd School of Music
Duncan Recital Hall (6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77005)
Parking: Paid visitor parking is available in West Lot 2 on the campus map, payable by credit card only.
This concert has been generously underwritten by Paula Sanders.
The Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival is made possible in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Huff Foundation.
THANK YOU!
Special thanks to our amazing friends and collaborators, HSPVA, and HYS Coda Program.
WindSync's 2023-2024 programming is generously supported by the following organizations and community sponsors.
Center for Performing Arts Medicine
Richard D. Huff Foundation
City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance
Texas Commission on the Arts
WindSync's Circle of Support and Patreon
Your generous support makes our work possible!
Please consider a tax-deductible contribution today to support this festival and other concerts, events, and programs presented by WindSync.
Please consider a tax-deductible contribution today to support this festival and other concerts, events, and programs presented by WindSync.