This month's Convergence Research will feature student pieces In These Precedented Times by Billion Tekleab and James Pickens, an exploration of Black futurity through jazz, movement and live sculpture, and Exposure by Will Jones, Kolbye Sangi and Jazzy Farrish, an experiment with improvisational noise, movement and deconstruction. Artist Q&A to follow.

Convergence Research | In These Precedented Times + Exposure

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Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | 6pm-7pm Location: Blaffer Art Museum Format: Join us for October’s two-part Convergence Research with Billion Tekleab, James Pickens, Will Jones, Kolbye Sangi, and Jasmine Farris. In These Precedented Times featuring Billion Tekleab and James Pickens In These Precedented Times considers Black futurity and Afro-pessimism, from a womanist perspective, and the polarity of our states …

Testimony: Seen and Heard, is a multidisciplinary collaboration between School of Theatre & Dance Professor Toni Valle

Convergence Research | Testimony: Seen and Heard

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Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | 6pm-7pm Location: Louise J. Moran Fine Arts Courtyard at the University of Houston (enter through Blaffer Art Museum) Format: Testimony: Seen and Heard, is a multidisciplinary collaboration between School of Theatre & Dance Professor Toni Valle, composer and alumnus of the Moores School of Music George Heathco and current BFA Sculpture student and visual artist Shelby Craze. In …

Violin Duo with MuChen Hsieh and Mann-Wen Lo

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Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024 | (5:30-6:30pm, Q&A to follow) Location: Blaffer Art Museum Format: We are proud to invite you to join us for an incredible performance surrounded by the UH School of Art Student Exhibition. Works to be performed: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonata for Two Violins in E Minor Op. 3 No. 5 (12 mins); Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for …

Convergence Research, Cosmic Fragments

Convergence Research: Cosmic Fragments

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Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 6pm-7pm Location: Blaffer Art Museum Format: Don’t miss the last Convergence Research of the semester, a collaborative music and dance performance choreographed by School of Theatre & Dance Associate Professor and Dance Program Director, Teresa Chapman and featuring music composed by Mitchell Center Scholar in Residence Sam Wu. Members of the AURA Contemporary Music …

Multidisciplinary artist Daniel E. Zamora combines storytelling, sound engineering, projection art and music in Luca of the Dream

Convergence Research: Luca of the Dream

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Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | 6pm-7pm Location: Blaffer Art Museum cafe Format: Multidisciplinary artist Daniel E. Zamora combines storytelling, sound engineering, projection art and music in Luca of the Dream, for this month’s Convergence Research. Reality blends with the mystical, as Luca, a fox from a spirit realm, weaves tales inspired by love, addiction, time, and joy. Through captivating …

Hub New Music is in residence at the University of Houston Moores School of Music.

Convergence Research: Hub New Music

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Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | 6pm-7pm Location: Blaffer Art Museum cafe Format: Hub New Music is in residence at the University of Houston Moores School of Music. For this month’s Convergence Research, Hub members Meg Rohrer, Michael Avitabile, Jesse Christenson and Gleb Kanasevich will perform works by University of Houston student composers inspired by the current Blaffer Art Museum …