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OCTOBER 26-29, 2010 AT 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
THE PROGRAM IS FREE TO SCHOOLS. ALL PROGRAM COSTS ARE COVERED, including teacher guides and CD, an in-school workshop, school bus transportation, the downtown performance and a free DVD for every student.
To book your school, please contact Byron William
at Young Audiences of Houston at bwilliams@yahouston.org
or call (713) 520-9264.
 Winner of 2008, 2009 and 2010 Access to Artistic Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, "Around the World with Musiqa" is the nationally acclaimed interactive, multi-media program that has been performed for nearly 25,000 public school students in the past six years.
The program is free to schools. All program costs are covered, including: a pre-concert, in-school workshop; free school bus transportation; the live performance at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts; and a free DVD of the program for every student.
Upcoming performances are October 26-29, 2010 at 9:30 and 11 a.m. To book your school, please contact Byron Williams at 713: 520-9264 or bwilliams@yahouston.org. For more information, please contact Gina Stevens at musiqahouston@gmail.com or 713: 524-5678. A demo DVD is available upon request.
The stellar cast includes soprano Karol Bennett; actress Susan Koozin; cellist Richard Belcher; flutist Leone Buyse; pianist Melissa Marse; clarinetist Michael Webster; violinist Cecilia Weinkauff; and percussionist Blake Wilkins. Surtitles enable students to follow and sing along with the lyrics. Lighting, props and sound effects create a fully theatrical experience.
Around the World with Musiqa is presented in collaboration with Young Audiences of Houston and the Hobby Center for the Perfoming Arts’ “Discovery Series.”
Musiqa is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance and the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for this program has been provided by the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, Dynegy, the Farb Foundation, the Herzstein Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc., the National Endowment for the Arts, the Powell Foundation, the Simmons Foundation, the Strake Foundation, Target, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Toomim Foundation and the Wolff Foundation.
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