Moores School

Blogs
April 17, 2013
Bill Evans Leads UH Students On a Jazz Odyssey
"Jazz is a language," Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist Bill Evans said to a small crowd gathered inside the University of Houston's Moores School of Music Opera House green room Tuesday evening. He and Noe Marmolejo, the band director, were prefacing a night of music performed by the UH Jazz En ... More >>
Music
March 7, 2013
The New Crusaders
TSU restarts its jazz program, tapping into the talents of the fabled Joe Sample and kids looking for a place to play.
Blogs
March 6, 2013
Cover Story: Joe Sample Attempts to Bring TSU Back to Relevancy
Teaching jazz at Texas Southern University was probably the last thing on the mind of Joe Sample when the Phillis Wheatley High School graduate returned to his native Houston after tearing it up in Los Angeles for 40 years. But Sample, who left TSU in 1958 with members of the Jazz Crusaders -- whi ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2010
Mother Earth Says, "Ha!"
Photo by Yuri Shkoda Want proof of the butterfly effect? Okay, a volcano in Iceland erupts and half-way around the world, Houston arts organizations have to scramble. Two highly anticipated concerts were forced to change their line-ups and one theatrical piece was rescheduled - tw ... More >>
Calendar
April 10, 2008
Moving Pictures
Travesty Dance Group joins AURA and UH Ensemble for a program of contemporary dance and music
Calendar
April 5, 2001
Return Trip to the Barber
Vanessa
Music
July 1, 1999
Warming Up
The Texas Music Festival brings new meaning to the term "summer school"
Calendar
January 28, 1999
Night & Day
January 28 - February 3, 1999
Calendar
May 21, 1998
Night & Day
May 21 - 27, 1998
Calendar
February 26, 1998
Press Picks
Calendar
February 12, 1998
Press Picks
Music
October 2, 1997
Static
Calendar
January 16, 1997
Press Picks
Calendar
June 27, 1996
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