H. Charles Center for the Arts

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PERFORMING ARTS IN HOUSTON

• Houston Chronicle's Theatrical Events page
• Houston Chronicle's Music Events page
• Houston Symphony
• Houston Grand Opera
• Houston Ballet
• Society for the Performing Arts - Houston
• Alley Theatre
• Shepherd School of Music (Rice University)
• Moores School of Music (University of Houston)
• Houston Baptist University
• University of St. Thomas
• Texas Southern University
• HSPVA (The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts) performances
• MATCH
• Miller Outdoor Theatre
• Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
• Theatre Under the Stars
• Wortham Theatre Center
• Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
• The Ensemble Theatre
• Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• Houston Civic Symphony
• Texas Medical Center Orchestra
• Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra
• Woodlands Symphony Orchestra
• Class Act Productions
• Fresh Arts Coalition
• Express Children's Theatre
• Houston Early Music
• Houston Public Media Classical (Houston does NOT have a classical radio station)
• NPR music (you can find NPR on 88.7 FM)

VENUES (FOR RENT)

• MATCH
• Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center
• San Jacinto College Central
• Kawai Piano Gallery concert hall
• Houston Piano Company Recital Hall
Also check the colleges, universities, churches, and community centers in your area.

BLOG

• Piano Street

PIANO STORES -- HOUSTON

• Steinway Piano Gallery Houston
• Steinway Selection Center in downtown Houston
• The Piano Store
• Houston Piano Company
• Brook Mays
• Kawai Piano Gallery
• KeyARTS Piano of Houston
• Fort Bend Music Center

SHEET MUSIC -- HOUSTON

unfortunately several sheet music stores have closed

PIANO TUNER

we're still looking for a good one

MUSIC STORES -- HOUSTON

• Guitar Center
• Hermes Music (north, located at what used to be Parker Music)
• Fleming Used Instruments (Heights area)
• Fleming Instrument Repair
• Texas Music Emporium
• Fort Bend Music Center
• Music & Arts (north)
• Amati Violin Shop (central/Rice U)
• Lisle Violin Shop (central, Katy, & Pasadena)
• Wu's Fine Violins (Sugarland)
• The Music Factory (Pearland)

OTHER

• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
• Houston Music Teachers Association (HMTA)
• The Piano Education Page --"one-stop resource for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with over 600 pages of free information, upgraded biweekly"
• Piano World
• Texas Music Office--just about everything music-related in Texas
• The NAMM Foundation
• Harmony Central--marketplace, news, and reviews
• someone else's list of links

PUBLISHERS

• Alfred Publishing
• Neil A. Kjos Music Company (publisher of the Bastien method)
• FJH Music Company, Inc. (publisher of the Faber & Faber method)
• Hal Leonard (now owns Schaum Publications)
• Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• G. Schirmer, Inc. (a leading publisher of classical music scores)

MANUFACTURERS

• Yamaha Corporation of America
• Roland Corporation
• Bosendorfer
• Steinway
  

MAGAZINES

• BBC Music Magazine
• Keyboard Magazine--for the electronic keyboardist
• Piano Magazine (formerly Clavier Companion)
• Modern Drummer
• Drum! magazine
• Drummer World magazine
• Dance Magazine

MISC

• pocket saxophone

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