New/Now 2024-25

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YUNGCHRIS
My Posse's on Broadway
A celebration of the authentic Houston hip-hop movement that emerged in the early 90’s.

Marlon Simon
On Different Paths
Musical movements strike balance between the structural clarity of classical music and the spontaneity of jazz, conveying the wholeness and unity in our city today.

Ben Chavez
Last Day, County Fair
Storytelling and music combine to explore the many influences of upbringing.

Join us for world premieres by choreographer/dancer YUNGCHRIS, composer/percussionist Marlon Simon, and composer/vocalist Ben Chavez, 2024-25 winners of New/Now: The Houston Artist Commissioning Project.

“I’m proud to show that Houston is another place where the bleeding edge of music is happening, the bleeding edge of art is happening. This isn’t happening in New York. This isn’t happening in LA. It’s happening here.”
J.E. Hernandez, 2022-23 New/Now Artist

“Houston is an amazing city. Whatever we do, the world will follow.”
ShaWanna Renee Rivon, 2023–24 New/Now Artist

This project is made possible in part by The Performing Arts Houston Foundation through the Mattox Fund for new works.

Photos by Claire McAdams