PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Thursday April 28 | 5 - 8 PM
All Worlds, All Times Album Release Party
Celebrate WindSync’s new album All Worlds, All Times at this casual come-and-go social event! Show your pre-order receipt for a FREE beer courtesy of Local Group Brewing! Catch up with the WindSync family, and enjoy a live performance of top tracks from the album.
Location: Local Group Brewing, 1504 Chapman St., Houston, TX 77009
Parking: There is a parking lot as well as free street parking around the brewery.
Food & beverage: For purchase at Local Group Brewing
Online pre-orders can be completed in advance here.
Friday April 29 | 6 - 7 PM
Two Stepping with HYS Coda
Come enjoy a Texas-themed performance by 150 musicians from beginner to professional level! This fifth annual collaboration with the Houston Youth Symphony Coda Music Program will feature arrangements by music director Jackson Guillen and a brand-new version of Two Stepping by Houston native Mason Bynes that will have the whole stage stomping to the beat! No tickets are needed for this general admission, all-ages event.
Location: Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center
Parking: The Hobby Center parking garage, accessible from Rusk and Walker Streets, charges an event parking fee. Valet parking is also available. Metered street parking can be found throughout downtown Houston.
The Two Stepping project is supported by a grant from the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research
Friday April 29 | 6 - 7 PM
Two Stepping with HYS Coda
Come enjoy a Texas-themed performance by 150 musicians from beginner to professional level! This fifth annual collaboration with the Houston Youth Symphony Coda Music Program will feature arrangements by music director Jackson Guillen and a brand-new version of Two Stepping by Houston native Mason Bynes that will have the whole stage stomping to the beat! No tickets are needed for this general admission, all-ages event.
Location: Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center
Parking: The Hobby Center parking garage, accessible from Rusk and Walker Streets, charges an event parking fee. Valet parking is also available. Metered street parking can be found throughout downtown Houston.
The Two Stepping project is supported by a grant from the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research
Saturday April 30 | 11 AM - noon
Discovering Venus
WindSync's Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival and the Lunar and Planetary Institute present a family-friendly concert at Levy Park, featuring a performance by WindSync inspired by the planet Venus. Audiences of all ages will learn about the instruments and musicians, and space scientist Dr. Gabe Eggers will share fun facts about Earth’s closest neighbor planet and NASA’s upcoming missions to discover more.
Location: Levy Park, 3801 Eastside St., Houston, TX 77098
Parking: Parking is available adjacent to the park and along Eastside Street and Wakeforest Avenue. Additional public parking (parking rate applies) is available in the Kirby Grove parking garage located on the corner of Richmond and Wakeforest.
Food & beverage: BYO, or concessions are available at the park
Saturday April 30 | 11 AM - noon
Discovering Venus
WindSync's Onstage Offstage Chamber Music Festival and the Lunar and Planetary Institute present a family-friendly concert at Levy Park, featuring a performance by WindSync inspired by the planet Venus. Audiences of all ages will learn about the instruments and musicians, and space scientist Dr. Gabe Eggers will share fun facts about Earth’s closest neighbor planet and NASA’s upcoming missions to discover more.
Location: Levy Park, 3801 Eastside St., Houston, TX 77098
Parking: Parking is available adjacent to the park and along Eastside Street and Wakeforest Avenue. Additional public parking (parking rate applies) is available in the Kirby Grove parking garage located on the corner of Richmond and Wakeforest.
Food & beverage: BYO, or concessions are available at the park
Sunday May 1 | 11 AM - 12:30 PM
Music & Mosaics
Featuring WindSync, Monarch Chamber Players, and Kinder HSPVA band members, this free event will feature each group taking turns performing their own sets, celebrating the arts and the resilience of live music in one of Houston's most exciting creative urban spaces. Audiences are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs, blankets, and snacks, plus a camera to capture the distinctive mosaics created by Houston artists that cover the park.
Location: Smither Park, 2441 Munger St., Houston, TX 77023
Parking: Street parking in the surrounding neighborhood. Parking is allowed on Munger St. directly in front of the park.
Food & beverage: BYO
Sunday May 1 | 11 AM - 12:30 PM
Music & Mosaics
Featuring WindSync, Monarch Chamber Players, and Kinder HSPVA band members, this free event will feature each group taking turns performing their own sets, celebrating the arts and the resilience of live music in one of Houston's most exciting creative urban spaces. Audiences are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs, blankets, and snacks, plus a camera to capture the distinctive mosaics created by Houston artists that cover the park.
Location: Smither Park, 2441 Munger St., Houston, TX 77023
Parking: Street parking in the surrounding neighborhood. Parking is allowed on Munger St. directly in front of the park.
Food & beverage: BYO
Wednesday May 4 | 12 - 12:45 PM
Lunch Concert at Crain Garden
The Center for Performing Arts Medicine and WindSync present a lunch hour concert for the TMC community as well as the general public at Crain Garden, a favorite common space in Houston Methodist Hospital. Expect to hear Beethoven, blues, and everything in between at this event designed to lift your midday mood.
Location: Houston Methodist Hospital
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, Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance Arts of Tolerance Program, the Huff Foundation, and the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research at the Eastman School of Music.
Presenting partners include the Houston Youth Symphony, the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, the Orange Show, Local Group Brewing, Levy Park, Kinder HSPVA Band, Lunar and Planetary Institute, the Houston Astronomical Society, Monarch Chamber Players, and the Center for Performing Arts Medicine.
2022 Guest ArtistMonarch Chamber PlayersFounded in October 2020, Monarch Chamber Players presented over 80 socially-distanced concerts as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From parks and churches to gas stations and the porches of neighbors, their concerts provide a space for friends, neighbors, and communities to connect with each other and with the musicians, as well as an informal setting to become more intimately familiar with classical music. Comprised of musicians who have performed around the world with top professional orchestras and hold degrees from music conservatories around the country, the musician roster consists of winds, strings, and percussion.
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THANK YOU!
Special thanks to our amazing friends and collaborators, HSPVA, HYS Coda Program, and Monarch Chamber Players.
WindSync's 2022 programming is generously supported by the following organizations and community sponsors.
Center for Performing Arts Medicine
Rice University's the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance 'Arts of Tolerance' Program
Richard D. Huff Foundation
City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance
Texas Commission on the Arts
Liberty Auto Sales, INC.
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