Aug
23
2:00 AM02:00
Aug
8
to Aug 15
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
Rose of the San Juans
August 8 Friday, 7:30pm
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk: What inspires your compositions? with John Wineglass
August 9 Saturday, 5:30pm
4:30pm Pre-Concert Talk: What inspires your compositions? with John Wineglass
Chamber Music on Lopez Island
August 11 Monday, 3:00pm
Music and Motion
August 12 Tuesday, 7:30pm
Pre-Concert Talk 6:30pm: How does one program a chamber music festival?
August 13 Wednesday, 5:30pm
Pre-Concert Talk 4:30pm: How does one program a chamber music festival?
Tickets and more details at https://oicmf.org/2025-summer-festival/
Jul
31
7:30 PM19:30
Grand Piano Spectacular - Minnesota Orchestra
Join pianists Jon Kimura Parker, Chelsea de Souza, Artem Kuznetsov, and Ayane Nakajima for a concert of music featuring every combination of four pianos and four pianists you can think of!
Program to be announced.
Jun
8
to Jun 12
Houston International Piano Festival
Join us for the first edition of the Houston International Piano Festival, featuring a lineup of concerts, masterclasses and a young artist competition, celebrating music by Latin American composers.
Festival details can be found at:
https://www.christianrestrepo.com/dates-and-venues
Jun
4
12:00 PM12:00
Solo Recital for MD Anderson
The Music-in-Medicine Initiative harnesses music to improve the health and wellness of patients, caregivers and health care providers at MD Anderson and beyond.
Join Chelsea de Souza for a special program of classical works and improvisations, in honor of National Cancer Survivor Month.
May
2
12:00 PM12:00
"Elemental: Music of the Earth, Wind, Water and Fire" at UT Austin
The Department of Neuroscience at University of Texas at Austin presents Chelsea de Souza in “Elemental: Music of the Earth, Wind, Water and Fire”
Concert 1: Norman Hackerman Building
Concert 2: Dell Seton Medical Center
Feb
27
7:30 PM19:30
Sharing the Spotlight - Rice University
Chelsea de Souza and Jon Kimura Parker perform John Adams’ celebrated 1996 work for 2 pianos, Hallelujah Junction.
Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Rice University
Livestream available at:
https://music.rice.edu/events/jon-kimura-parker
Jan
25
12:00 AM00:00
Duo de Souza - The Promenade Series, Cypress Creek FACE
Join sisters Chelsea and Chloe de Souza for an afternoon of voice, solo piano and piano duo at The Centrum.
Program to be announced soon.
Tickets available at:
https://cypresscreekface.org/
Dec
13
7:00 PM19:00
"Elemental" - house concert
Enjoy an intimate piano recital featuring music of earth, wind, water and fire, and some holiday favorites!
Contact Chelsea if you’d like to attend.
Location: private home near Hermann Park, reception to follow
Nov
23
7:00 PM19:00
Loop38 presents: Coming Together
Whether you're there to make new connections, discover new music, or simply enjoy an evening of creativity and conversation, Coming Together offers an opportunity to experience the arts in a more communal, accessible, and memorable way.
Nov
3
3:00 PM15:00
Houston Music Festival: Music of H-Town @ the Orange Show
The final event of Houston Music Festival’s inaugural season will take place on Sunday, November 3rd at Smither Park’s first-Sunday vendor market. This performance will be a celebration of Houston, and the many different communities that call this city home.
Nov
1
7:30 PM19:30
Houston Music Festival: Fables @ Alta Arts
An immersive concert weaving together poetry and storytelling with chamber music and improvisation, featuring original poetry by Outspoken Bean.
Sep
28
7:30 PM19:30
Musiqa presents: "New Voices"
World premieres by emerging composers Ben Morris and Marco-Adrián Ramos along with new poetry by Justin Jannise, as well as Marcus Karl Maroney’s Piano Trio.
Sep
25
10:30 AM10:30
'Meeting of Minds' - improvisation and EEG experiment at MARCO, Mexico
A live performance of improvised variations on a series of classical and jazz themes, while wearing an EEG cap to measure brain activity, at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, Mexico.
Aug
7
to Aug 11
Jun
15
to Jul 6
American Festival for the Arts - Piano Arts Intensive
3 week session for high school aged pianists, hosted at Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA)
Faculty: James Palmer and Chelsea de Souza
To apply, please visit:
https://afatexas.org/program/summer-music-festival-piano-arts-intensive/
Jun
6
12:00 PM12:00
"Elemental" - solo recital at Houston Methodist
Solo piano recital for the Crain Garden Performance Series
May
7
12:00 PM12:00
Flute and piano recital with Tyler Martin - Houston Methodist
Recital of flute and piano music
Apr
21
7:00 PM19:00
Rocke Vocal Studio recital
A recital by the students of Dr. Jolie Rocke, accompanied by Chelsea de Souza
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston
Apr
11
to Apr 20
Artist Residency - Classical Rhone Valley with Performance Today
With Performance Today Host Fred Child
A Classical Floating Music Festival to Provence, Burgundy and Paris
Featuring Performance Today Artists in Residence Chelsea de Souza, piano and Tyler Martin, flute
Mar
20
7:00 PM19:00
Window into the Creative Mind: A Live Experiment with Music and EEG-based Brain Interfacing
Pianist Chelsea de Souza, a classical and jazz musician, will wear a portable EEG cap while improvising variations on musical themes provided by the research team.
Moody Center for the Arts, Lois Chiles Studio Theater
Mar
11
to Mar 15
Residency at Sinfonia Gulf Coast with the Concert Truck
https://www.theconcerttruck.org/events/2024/3/9/sinfonia-gulf-coast-destin-fl
Jan
25
8:00 AM08:00
MUSIQA: Masterclass at Garden Villas Elementary
Private masterclass for the piano students at Garden Villas Elementary School
Organized by MUSIQA
Jan
11
7:00 PM19:00
LOOP38: Resonant Beauty at the Menil
RESONANT BEAUTY: MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS IN MUSIC
In response to the exhibition Hanne Darboven—Writing Time, musicians from Loop38 will explore themes of mathematics, time, and abstraction.
On the Program:
John Luther Adams - Four Thousand Holes (2010)
György Ligeti - Continuum (1968)
Andy Akiho - Karakurenai (2007)
Hanne Darboven - Op. 45, No. 11
Dec
11
7:00 PM19:00
"Beethoven for All" at the MENIL Collection, Houston
“Beethoven for All”, a project by DACAMERA of Houston with the Rothko Chapel and Menil Collection
Repertoire:
Sonata in E-flat Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”
Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
Nov
16
7:30 PM19:30
Texas Premiere of Ocean Moons, for Piano and Percussion, by Sam Wu
Percussion Ensemble Concert at the Shepherd School, Rice University
free entry
Oct
14
7:00 PM19:00
Musiqa presents: new works by Rivera, Huynh, Valadez and Novak
Location: MATCH, 3400 Main Street, Houston TX 77002
Sep
12
2:00 PM14:00
Opening Night for Cypress Creek FACE
Season opener for Cypress Creek Face’s Promenade Series
Repertoire:
Chopin, Selections from 24 Preludes Op. 28
Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau (from Images I)
Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Reena Esmail, Rang de Basant and America/Desh
Beethoven, mvt. 3 from Sonata Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Friedrich Gulda, Prelude and Fugue
Location: The Centrum, 6823 Cypresswood Drive, Spring TX 77379
Tickets: $15 Adult, $12 Senior, $10 Child/Student
Box Office: call 281-440-4850 or email boxoffice@cypresscreekface.org
Sep
10
1:30 PM13:30
Solo recital for First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston
Fundraiser for First UU, Houston, TX
$20 suggested donation
Repertoire:
Chopin, Selections from 24 Preludes Op. 28
Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau (from Images I)
Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Reena Esmail, Rang de Basant and America/Desh
Beethoven, mvt. 3 from Sonata Op. 57 “Appassionata”
Friedrich Gulda, Prelude and Fugue
Aug
29
to Sep 2
Residency with the Concert Truck at Great Lakes Center for the Arts (Bay Harbor, Michigan)
Tues, 8/29, 4pm Walloon Hotel
Wed, 8/30, 12:30pm Bay Harbor Yacht Club
Thurs 8/31, 12pm Charlevoix Library
Thurs, 8/31, 6:30pm Annual Art Walk
Fri, 9/1 1pm Bay Harbor Village
Fri, 9/1 7:30pm Lavender Hill Farm
Sat, 9/2 9:30 & 11:30am Harbor Springs Farmers Market
Repertoire includes 4-hands piano duo by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Liszt, as well as solo selections by Beethoven, Franck, Gershwin and more