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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.

Spring 2026 Semester

 

Choral Concert

HCU Schola Cantorum and University Singers
Concert program of works centered on the theme of “time”
Music by Brahms, Labarr, Quigley, Forrest, Kramlich, and more
February 20,  2026 at 7:30 pm
Belin Chapel
Free Admission

Choral Concert: “Rejoice & Sing”

HCU Schola Cantorum
Friday, April 10 | 7:30 pm
Belin Chapel
Featuring Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, plus works by
Hassler, Rutter, Arnesen, Smallwood and other composers
Free Admission

 

Choral Concert: “We Believe”

HCU Schola Cantorum and University Singers
Friday, May 1 | 7:30 pm
Belin Chapel
Works centered on the Nicene Creed (HCU Convocation Theme for 2025-26)
Featuring Mozart’s Mass in C Major, K. 257 “Great Credo Mass” and Foreman’s TRINITY
Soloists, Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Free Admission

Fall 2025 Semester

Past events

Faculty Recital: Ben Sieben, piano

·É¾±³Ù³óÌýGuest Artist Christoph Wagner, cello
Friday, September 5, 7:30 pm (Belin Chapel)

Organ Recital: Emily Amos
Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7pm
Organ Scholar, St Paul’s United Methodist Church
Rockley Family Foundation: Instrument Sale

September 11, 12, 13, 2025

Houston Civic Symphony

Featuring works by Strauss, Daugherty, and Ives
Friday, October 3, 7:30 pm (Belin Chapel)
Free and Open to the Public

 

Fall Choral Concert

HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers
Tuesday, October 7th, 7:30 pm (Belin Chapel)

Works by Pitoni, Tallis, Dilworth, Howells, Gyöngyösi, and more

 

Organ Recital: Dr. John Schwandt

Artistic Director of The American Organ Academy
A recital featuring silent film accompaniment and improvisations on submitted themes.
Pre-Recital Discussion with Dr. Louis Markos at 7pm
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:30pm

HCU’s High School Orchestral Invitational Festival

Tuesday, Oct 23, 8am-8pm (Dunham Theatre)
Featuring high school orchestras from the greater Houston Area
hosted by Professor Sally Kirk in Music Education.

HCU’s High School Choral Invitational Concert 

Featuring outstanding local high school choirs and HCU’s Schola Cantorum
Thursday, Oct 30, 7:00 pm (Dunham Theater)

Participating Schools:
Jersey Village High School
Austin High School
Hastings High School
Almeta Crawford High School
Dulles High School

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Organ Recital: Mr. John Kirk

with Dr. David Kirkwood, tenor
Friday, Nov 14, 7:00 pm (Belin 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)
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Christmas Convocation Concert

HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers
Wednesday, December 3, 11:00 am (Dunham Theater)

Christmas Concert

HCU Schola Cantorum & University Singers, Houston Civic Symphony
Friday, Dec 5, 7:30 pm (Dunham Theater)

 

Contact

Dr. David Kirkwood
Chair, Department of Music

Updated: 10/02/2024