Department of Music Concerts and Events
HCU concerts are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified, and held in the Morris Cultural Arts Center for directions see our campus map.
Fall Semester
Organ Recital: Dr. Jeong-Suk Bae
Friday, Sept 27, 7:00 pm (Belin Chapel)
HCU’s High School Orchestral Invitational Festival
Tuesday, Oct 8, 8am-8pm (Dunham Theatre)
Featuring 12 high school orchestras from the greater Houston Area
hosted by Professor Sally Kirk in Music Education.
Fall Choral Concert
HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers
Friday, Oct 11, 7:30 pm (Belin Chapel)
Works by Scarlatti, Rheinberger, Quartel, Runestad, Hagenberg, and others
Kirkwood Faculty Recital
David Kirkwood, tenor & Cordelia Kirkwood, piano
Friday, Oct 18, 7:30pm (Belin Chapel)
Presenting Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, as a celebration of the 200th anniversary of its publication.
High School Choral Invitational Concert
Local outstanding high school choirs and HCU’s Schola Cantorum
Tuesday, Oct 29, 7:00 pm (Dunham Theater)
Participating Schools:
Manvel High School (Blythe Hopson, Director)
Clements High School (Jade Blakey, Director)
Kerr High School (Vanessa Winslow, Director)
MacArthur High School (Micah Schirado, Director)
Houston Christian University Schola Cantorum (Kevin Klotz, Director)
Organ Recital: Mr. John Kirk
Mr. John Kirk presents Birth, Death, and Resurrection:
Music & Readings for All Saints’ Day
Friday, Nov 1, 7:00 pm (Beline Chapel)
Barber, Boulanger, & Dvorak,
Plus the PREMIERE of a New Work by Daniel Zajicek
Houston Civic Symphony
Friday, Nov 15, 7:30-9:30 pm (Dunham Theater)
More information at: civicsymphony.org/concerts
Christmas Convocation Concert
HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers
Wednesday, Dec 4, 11:00 am (Dunham Theater)
Christmas Concert
HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers, Houston Civic Symphony
Friday, Dec 6, 7:30 pm (Dunham Theater)
Spring Semester
Pines of Rome at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
Houston Civic Symphony
Friday, Jan 24, 7:00 pm (St. Martin’s Episcopal Church 717 Sage Rd, Houston, TX 77056)
More information at: civicsymphony.org/concerts
Organ Recital: Mr. Tom Marvill
Friday, Feb 7, 7:00 pm (Belin Chapel)
Choral Concert
HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers
Friday, Feb 21, 7:30 pm (Belin Chapel)
Works from the Renaissance to the 21st century
Shotakovich Symphony No. 1
& Winners of the 2025 Young Artist Competiton
Houston Civic Symphony
Friday, March 7, 7:30 pm (Dunham Theater)
More information at: civicsymphony.org/concerts
Organ Recital: Lenten Recital
Friday, Mar 21, 7:00 pm (Belin Chapel)
Songs of Lent & Holy Week Choral Concert
HCU Schola Cantorum
Friday, Apr 11, 7:30 pm (Belin Chapel)
Grant Us Peace Concert
HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers, Houston Choral Society, Houston Civic Symphony
Friday, May 2, 7:30 pm (Dunham Theater)
Featuring Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem and works by
Johannes Brahms, Randall Thompson, and other composers
Organ Recital: Organ Duo Grant Smith & Sunkyung Noh
Friday, May 21, 5:30 pm (Belin Chapel)
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Contact:
Dr. David Kirkwood
Chair, Department of Music
Updated: 10/02/2024