Thank you for making MusicFest 2023 the best one yet!

On Sunday, October 1, 2023, more than 400 student musicians performed across 6 simultaneous venues in 30+ events!

Together, we raised more than $63,000 for Kinder HSPVA's Instrumental and Vocal Music Departments - a new record! Huge THANKS to all the wonderful, hard-working 106 volunteers and 1,564 ticket holders who helped make this event a HUGE success!

Thank you to our generous MusicFest donors!

Diamond

The Boblitt Family • The Family of Auden and Emerson Chen • Jennifer and David Jordan • The Serrato Family

Platinum

The El-Yafi Family

Gold

Anonymous • American Festival for the Arts • Kathryn and Mark Artlip • June Hu • Elizabeth Johnson • Claire and Tony Mello • Heather and Chris Powers • Edda Tinis • Giang Tran • Joy Zhou and Yuan Zhang

Silver

Anonymous (5) • Ebru Ak and Bora Tarhan • Felecia and Jacob Alesna • Stacy and Jim Anderson • Lou Thompson Black • Taneah Daniels • Beth and David Euscher • Jim and Nikki Garza • Mel and Dan Glina • Linda and Veny • The Miller Family • Joan and Craig Murrin • Shea Palamountain and Rob Smith • Mary and Marco Piña • Hien Tran Reynoso • Juliette Sun's Family • Suzanne and Josh Vanlandingham

Bronze

Anonymous (5) • Rachel and Mark Berins • Big Daddy Mark and Aunt Christine • Patricia Bonner • Cathy and Ken Brown • Maria Carrillo and Claus Grad • Irene Chang and Daniel Fu • Jessica Shank Coviello and Charles Opsahl • Theresa Craig • Rhetta Detrich and Bill Horwath • The DMs • Dr. Gary W. Patterson • Echo • Family Driving School LLC • Mom and Grandma Fetting • FIVE Houston Center • Francesca Garza • Maria Gerard and Enrique Peyro • Liubov Grinshteyn and Eugene Bruk • Christi and Keith Guerrini • Sebastian Habal and Christopher Habal • Patrice Wooten Hightower and John Hightower • David Hopkins • Dawn and Lance Johnson • Joan Kemmet • Jennifer Krohn • Christy and Chris Lee • Margaret and David Lewis • Marla Maletic • Emily and Jason Messa • Rosina Migliori-Lane and Paul Lane • Michael Milo • Dee Dee and Popp Popp Navarre • Melissa Patin • Christene and Andre Pham • Pilar's Family • Preeti Rana • Alex Salinas • Susan and Fadi Seiler • Claire Seng and Eric Chen • Neil Smith • Jill and Cole Standley • Laura Stout • Jon and Melisa VanNevel • Anthony Wallace • Suzanna and Andrew Wilson • Jonathan Zhang's Family • Wei Zhang

Recognized

Anonymous • Cameron Andrews • Aunty Lisa and Mia Benji • Beacon Financial Planning • Aarthi Bhandari and Dhiraj Rathi • Judy Blundell • Eunice Bonilla • Pamela Chenault-Turner and Laquin Turner • Mr. and Mrs. Cloud • Bianca De Leon • Ingris Del Nogal • Margaret Dunsmore • Sylvia Garza • Cindy and Will Giesen • Ellyn Hirsch • Alison Hussar • Matthew Jamison • Bronwyn Lauder • Satoko and Ichiro Osako • Michael Pelletier • Maria-Martha and Jim Powell • Victoria Sanchez • Sara Florida Goldfarb • Laurel Stravers • Titipa Swangphol • Melodee and Anthony Sweeney • Fay Yarbrough

We add our sincere thanks to all who gave after our print deadline!

Click here to review the 2023 performance schedule!

HSPVA Friends is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides the financial resources and program support HISD's Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts needs in order to deliver a cutting-edge curriculum to students from all walks of life. As a result, Houston students have access to one of the finest tuition-free arts educations in the country.

With the help of hundreds of volunteers, the HSPVA Friends staff provides unique support structures for the school's six art areas: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, and Vocal Music. Since 1978, HSPVA Friends has received millions of dollars in generous support from foundations, corporations, and individuals for projects that encourage excellence in education and the arts.

We pride ourselves in collaborating with community leaders, artists, and parents to fill the gap between public funding and the essential building blocks of a quality arts education.

MusicFest 2023

By HSPVA Friends

MusicFest 2023

Celebrating the Instrumental and Vocal Music Departments!

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