PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Sunday, May 3 | 7pm
Tunes on Tenth
FREE - no tickets required
WindSync performs on the porch at the beloved Heights series Tunes on Tenth! Wind down your weekend with a set of WindSync "greatest hits," including some never-before-heard pieces from the sheet music vault! Bring your own chair, blanket, and picnic to enjoy this outdoor set.
Location: 610 W 10th St. (corner of W 10th St. and Waverly)
Parking: Street parking on neighborhood streets
Sunday, May 3 | 7pm
Tunes on Tenth
FREE - no tickets required
WindSync performs on the porch at the beloved Heights series Tunes on Tenth! Wind down your weekend with a set of WindSync "greatest hits," including some never-before-heard pieces from the sheet music vault! Bring your own chair, blanket, and picnic to enjoy this outdoor set.
Location: 610 W 10th St. (corner of W 10th St. and Waverly)
Parking: Street parking on neighborhood streets
WindSync’s 2023 performance of “Musical Offerings” at Houston’s iconic Live Oak Friends Meeting House, featuring the James Turrell skyspace.
Tuesday, May 5 | 7 PM
Reverberations: Golijov, Cuong & Ravel
featuring Balourdet Quartet, guest artist
TICKETED EVENT
The lush acoustics of Live Oak Friends Meeting House provide a fitting backdrop for Reverberations, a double-bill concert featuring WindSync and the Balourdet Quartet in stirring music by Osvaldo Golijov, Viet Cuong and Maurice Ravel.
Location: Live Oak Friends Meeting House (1318 West 26th Street, Houston, TX 77008)
Parking: Free street parking and gravel parking lot available
Location: Live Oak Friends Meeting House (1318 West 26th Street, Houston, TX 77008)
Parking: Free street parking and gravel parking lot available
Wednesday, May 6 | 7 PM
The Song of the Earth
featuring Balourdet Quartet, Ellie Sutherland, Gene Stenger, and more!
TICKETED EVENT
To ring in the 10th anniversary of the Onstage Offstage Music Festival, WindSync returns to its Rice University roots with another alumni ensemble, the award-winning Balourdet Quartet. In this one-of-a-kind collaboration, WindSync and the Balourdets lean on their internal chemistry to join vocal soloists and local Houston musicians for an ambitious performance of Mahler’s Das Lied without conductor, embracing the spirit of Schoenberg’s arrangement and this most intimate expression from Mahler—a blend of his two signature genres of song and symphony—to play it as chamber music.
Location: Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, Duncan Recital Hall (6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 | map)
Wednesday, May 6 | 7 PM
The Song of the Earth
featuring Balourdet Quartet, Ellie Sutherland, Gene Stenger, and more!
TICKETED EVENT
To ring in the 10th anniversary of the Onstage Offstage Music Festival, WindSync returns to its Rice University roots with another alumni ensemble, the award-winning Balourdet Quartet. In this one-of-a-kind collaboration, WindSync and the Balourdets lean on their internal chemistry to join vocal soloists and local Houston musicians for an ambitious performance of Mahler’s Das Lied without conductor, embracing the spirit of Schoenberg’s arrangement and this most intimate expression from Mahler—a blend of his two signature genres of song and symphony—to play it as chamber music.
Location: Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, Duncan Recital Hall (6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005 | map)
Thursday, May 7 | 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 musical delights from Mozart to Quincy Jones at this classical music event designed to lift your midday mood. Food and beverages 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.
Many thanks to the Center for Performing Arts Medicine for this presenting partnership.
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.
2026 Guest Artist:
Balourdet Quartet
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Balourdet Quartet is acclaimed for their vibrant energy and masterful blend of technical precision and emotional depth that brings a fresh perspective to both beloved classics and modern compositions. As curators of classical music, they bring deeply human ideas to life in the world we all share—making the profound feel personal and the unfamiliar feel welcoming. It currently serves Quartet-in-Residence at the Seattle Chamber Music Society and the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. Its unique closeness and willingness to take creative risks earned it the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, as well as Chamber Music America’s 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award. With more than 70 concerts per season, recent highlights include the Balourdet’s debuts at Carnegie and Wigmore Halls, and new string quartets by composers Karim Al-Zand, Paul Novak, and Nicky Sohn through grants from Chamber Music America (2021) and the Barlow Foundation (2023). They are graduates of the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program and Graduate Quartet in Residence at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. The quartet takes its name from Antoine Balourdet, chef extraordinaire and beloved member of the Taos of School of Music.
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THANK YOU!
WindSync's 2025-2026 programming is generously supported by the following organizations and community sponsors.
WindSync's Circle of Support
Center for Performing Arts Medicine
Richard D. Huff Foundation
City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance
Texas Commission on the Arts
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.