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AFA (American Festival for the Arts) World Premieres Concert

Presented by American Festival for the Arts at Hobby Center - Zilkha Hall

July 16, 2009

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AFA (American Festival for the Arts) presents an AFA (American Festival for the Arts) World Premieres Concert.

AFA's Composition department shines tonight in performances of new chamber music pieces (performed by AFA faculty artists) and ballets written by AFA student composers and choreographed and performed by members of Ben Stevenson's Houston Ballet Academy.  This nationally recognized collaboration between AFA and HBA is in its twelfth summer and has produced more than 50 world premiere works.

American Festival for the Arts (AFA) was founded in 1993 by Houston composer J. Todd Frazier to provide accessible, high-quality music education and performance opportunities for youth and to broaden the audience for both new American works and the standard classical music repertory.

To achieve its mission, AFA presents an annual Summer Music Conservatory and Concert Series. This unique and acclaimed community-based music education program, featuring faculty members drawn from the nations’ finest educators, performers, composers and conductors, has become recognized as an important annual event in the cultural life of Southeast Texas and as a model for similar programs around the nation. A rigorous curriculum that includes large and small ensemble performance, music theory/enrichment classes and private lessons forms the core of AFA’s orchestra, jazz, choir, piano and composition departments.

The Conservatory is an inspiring, life changing experience for its students. In 2008, AFA’s thirteenth Summer Music Conservatory enrolled 332 students from 109 elementary, middle and senior high schools. AFA presented twenty-one free concerts to thousands of area music lovers featuring more American works and world premieres than any other area presenter. More than three out of every five students received tuition assistance from the AFA Scholarship Enrichment Fund.

Arrive early for a good seat for this unique and inspiring event. Presented in Partnership with Ben Stevenson's Houston Ballet Academy and Generously Underwritten by Ruby & Melvin Sondock/Annette & Hal Kuntz.