Treat yourself to a glam day out with Queer Eye star and style icon Jonathan Van Ness! You and a friend will visit Jonathan Van Ness in Austin, Texas, for a fun afternoon of laughs and self-care. First, you’ll discover your new beauty regimen with a personal hair and skincare consultation, including a blowout and gift bag…
Mia Desalos (Instrumental ’24) performed at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz’s All-Star Concert Gala with the National Peer-to-Peer Jazz Sextet. Mia, who plays bass, was joined onstage at the new Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York City by HSPVA alumni. Paul Cornish (Instrumental ’14) won third place in the Institute’s International Piano Competition.…
Samiyah Green (Creative Writing ’26) and Myaan Sonenshein (Creative Writing ‘25) are members of the youth slam poetry team Meta-Four Houston. Meta-Four won first place at the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam in San Francisco in July. The team was coached by former Houston Poet Laureate Emanuelee “Outspoken” Bean and HSPVA Creative Writing adjunct…
PURCHASE MUSICFEST TICKETS Sunday, October 1, 2023 12:30-6:00pm Live music, food trucks, and fun for the whole family—all for a good cause! This HSPVA tradition features every music ensemble—that’s 350+ student musicians in 30+ live music events across 7 stages! Don’t miss Kinder HSPVA’s annual music festival benefiting the Instrumental and Vocal Music Departments! Catch…
THIS WEEKEND The family of Adam Elkhadem (Visual Arts ’14) invites you to celebrate Adam’s life and legacy on Saturday, July 29, from 5:30-8:30 PM at Art League Houston (1953 Montrose Boulevard). Two Kinder HSPVA students were recognized by the New York Times’ 10th Annual Student Editorial Contest. Callisto Lim (Creative Writing ’24) was in…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…