Awesome 80s Pop Concert

The Kinder HSPVA Vocal Music Department brought the house down with its final concert of the 2022-2023 school year! Perfect Fifth (P5), the pop vocal ensemble, performed some of the greatest hits from the 80s, under the direction of Vocal Music faculty member Marcus Jauregui, with choreography by Brooke Barnes-Meeks (Dance ’97). Audience members jammed…

Little Shop of Horrors

In April, the Kinder HSPVA Theatre Department presented Little Shop of Horrors as part of its spring mainstage series. The show was directed by Theatre Department faculty member Joshua Denning and featured choreography by visiting guest artist Natalie Uehara and musical direction by consulting faculty member Stephanie York Blue (Instrumental ’81). Theatre Department students designed…

XOXO Studio Brings Valentine’s & Mother’s Day Cheer

XOXO Studio is a special offering from the Kinder HSPVA Creative Writing Department: a pop-up poetry booth for made-to-order Valentine’s and Mother’s Day poems! This spring, Creative Writing students traveled to office buildings downtown and set up their festive poetry studio during the lunchtime rush. Building tenants lined up to request one-of-a-kind poems dedicated to…

Encore Raised $250,000 for Kinder HSPVA

Thank you for making the 2023 Encore Event a huge success! The 17th Annual Encore Event was Tuesday, April 11, in the rooftop gardens of POST Houston. Event Chairs Victoria & Alex Lazar and Carey Jordan & Brian Simmons welcomed 300 guests to celebrate 2023 Community Honoree Joan Vachule Murrin and 2023 Distinguished Alumna and 8-time Emmy® winner Rachelle Mendez. Thanks…

Alumni & Community News: May 2023

ON DISPLAY THROUGH MAY 27: Jason Moran (Instrumental ’93) exhibits visual art alongside artworks by influential American composer John Cage at Houston’s Josh Pazda Hiram Butler Gallery, owned by Josh Pazda (Visual Arts ’03).   In April, the Stuart Adams Collective (Instrumental ’23) opened for Jason Moran in concert at Discovery Green. Jason was joined by…