July 7, 2003

Contact Michael Cinelli for information on the Mitchell gift announcment at 713/743-8155

Center for the Arts at UH

 Moores School of Music

Presents exceptional concerts, opera productions, and recitals… its world-class faculty train the performers, composers, conductors, and scholars that go on to become an important part of the musical world both in Houston, the nation, and abroad.

With its 80-member faculty and more than 600 music majors, the School’s thriving programs place it in the forefront of music schools today… primary mission to educate and train professional performers and teachers… degrees offered in theory, performance, composition, music history, pedagogy, conducting, and music education.

Serves the community with public concerts and programs, such as the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival (a festival concert is traditionally presented at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion at The Woodlands), the International Piano Series, and four fully staged opera productions each year.

Alliances with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Society for the Performing Arts, and others.

Attracts students from around the world… approximately 80 percent of graduates remain in area, providing a major infusion of superbly trained musicians to professional performance organizations, churches, public and private schools, and studios—every aspect of the city’s musical life.

During the 2001-2002 academic year, the Moores School of Music offered 106 concerts and guest recitals, with an estimated attendance of 30,000… additional events hosted on campus at the Moores Opera House bring the total number of events on campus to approximately 300.

Off campus, an estimated 136,000 Houston area patrons attended performances by individual artists, the Wind Ensemble, the Cougar Marching Band, and others.

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