MusicFest 2024 was September 15, from 12:30-6:00pm!

Thank you to everyone who came downtown to Kinder HSPVA to hear 350 student musicians performing across 6 simultaneous venues in 30+ events!

Take a look at the 2024 performance schedule!

Your tickets and donations provide the Instrumental and Vocal Music Department budgets. In addition to basic classroom supplies and sheet music, the faculty relies on HSPVA Friends for curriculum essentials like: adjunct faculty for every ensemble; instrument repair and maintenance; music software; partnerships with professional arts organizations like AFA, Houston Grand Opera, and DACAMERA; and elective courses like Ethnomusicology, Careers in Music, Music Citizenship, Music Education, and Music Recording and Production!

Thank you to our generous MusicFest 2024 donors!

Diamond

The El-Yafi Family • Christi & Keith Guerrini • Jennifer & David Jordan • The Kinsel Family •
Julia Robinson (Vocal '07) • The Serrato Family

Platinum

June Hu • Denise Longoria-Lopez • Christina & Damien Lyster • Yvette & George Temple •
Giang Tran

Gold

Anonymous (2) • AFA • Joseph Goetz • Paula Hertel • Ya-Ling Hsiao & Shing-Jyh Chang •
The Powers Family

Silver

Anonymous • Ebru Ak & Bora Tarhan • Lou & John Black • Patricia Bonner • Diedre Castle-Derry • Suk Chang • The Family of Auden & Emerson Chen • Theresa Craig • Kerry Ann & Jon Faro • Meiling & Phillip Huang • Catherine & Matthew Johnson • The Lane Family • Julie Lyles • Ramoj Paruchuri & Virajitha Maddipati • Leslie & Brian Rollins • Adrienne & David Scott • Teran Smith & John Caffey • Kimberly Stith • Ashley Throckmorton • Suzanne & Josh Vanlandingham • Marie Wagner • Joy Zhou & Yuan Zhang

Bronze

Anonymous (5) • Callie Ayers • Dwight Ayers • Helen Maxine Balthrop • Rachel & Mark Berins • Aarthi Bhandari & Dhiraj Rathi • Brent Blackaby & Larry Huynh • Stephanie York Blue • Cathy & Ken Brown • Irene Chang & Daniel Fu • Song & Ricardo Chang • Elizabeth Chiao & Raul Ramos • Shelah & Chris Crear • Algenita Scott Davis • Randi & Brandon Day • Edward Domingue • Julie & Naomi Doyle-Madrid • Harriet Eisenstein • Keely & Daniel Emery • Family Driving School LLC • The Faulkner Family • Laura & Israel Fernandez • Sarah Flowers • Terri Gee • Robin & Don Gray • Joan Kemmet Greenleaf • Julie Haviland • Bettina Hebert • Marion & Scott Hemmersbach-Miller • Shiehnung Ho • David Hopkins • HSPVA Black Alumni Network • Nedre Deajon-Jackson & Jonathan Jackson • Dawn & Lance Johnson • Janice & Danny Kelley • Jill Kennedy • Jennifer Krohn • Magret & Charlie Lan • Shirley Lawrence • The Liman Family • Katarzyna Lindhorst • Charles Lindsay • The Mangum Family • Juliet & Frederick McBride • Emily & Jason Messa • Crista & Gary Miller • The Mittelholzer Family • Lai Nguyen • Rebecca & Will Norton • Satoko & Ichiro Osako • Shea Palamountain & Rob Smith • Zandra Pendarvis • Christene & Andre Pham • The Reynoso Family • The Richardson Family • Christopher Ruttle • Steven Skeele • Christine Smith & Heather Smith • Diane & Neil Smith • Tina Swangphol & Borre Eriksen • The Tepper Family • The Terry Family • Yu Cao & Jin-Bin Tian • Nina Tripathy • Taneah & Claude Vaughn • Julia & Ovidio Vazquez • Sally Walther • The Winard & Eisenstein Family

Recognized

Anonymous (12) • Fernanda de Andrade & Bernardo Lima • Nicole Armstrong • Barbara Atobe • Leslie & Miguel Ayala • Kristopher Ayers • Beacon Financial Planning • Judy Blundell • Denise Tanner Brown • Jennifer Chase • Hsuan-An Cheng • Moe & John Cheshire • Troy Clendenin • Gemma De Los Santos • Andrea Denette • Gina & Duane Dixon • The D’Ottaviano Family • Elizabeth Essner & Nils d'Aulaire • Catherine & James Evans • Zachary Evenbly • Tonya & Hassan Faggett • Tracie Fleming • Manuel Florez • Mel & Dan Glina • Nancy & Jesus Gonzalez • The Habal Family • Dameka & Charles Harrison • Toni Hartfield • Holly Hill & Aaron Nelson • Judith Hiott & Kelley Fair • Barbara Horwath • Thuy Huynh • Libby Ingrassia & Philip Bergman • Ossie Jones • Pat & Jerry Jordan • Robert Kemmet • Prisca Ling & Joshua Chua • David Lowe • Angela Luna • Beverly Marlin • Susan & James Morado • Maria-Martha & Jim Powell • Johanna & Max Pule • Leslie & Kevin Roach • Lola J. Robinson • Daucie & Marc Schindler • Julie & Richard Schwarz • Natalie Ann Sepulveda & Alejandro Lozano Sepulveda • Shreela & Vibhu Sharma • Casey & Matthew Sitton • Jill Smith • Kim & Fletcher Stafford • Chrissie Stone • Tara Tatum • Precious Uwaezuoke • Brandon Vos • Brandon Walker • Eric M. Washington • Carla Weaver • Tiffany Wrenn • Karen Young

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

UNDERWRITING BENEFITS

Show your support for Instrumental and Vocal Music!

$50 | Recognized Supporter

*Recognition in event materials*
Admission to all concerts during MusicFest (FMV: $15)

$150 | Presto Pass

Access to the *VIP lounge with refreshments included*
Admission to all concerts during MusicFest with access to premium reserved seating (FMV: $40)
Skip the entrance lines! Your VIP wristband will be mailed to you one week before the event.

$1,000 | Presto Pack with Parking

*One parking space in the Kinder HSPVA underground garage*
Up to FOUR Presto Passes, which each include admission to all concerts during MusicFest, with access to premium reserved seating and the VIP lounge for refreshments (FMV: $160)
Skip the entrance lines! Your VIP wristband will be mailed to you one week before the event.

~~$2,500 | Main Stage Underwriter~~ SOLD OUT!

The option to *underwrite one of five main stages* during MusicFest: the Dining Terrace, the Outdoor Commons (on the covered drive), the Indoor Commons, the Patricia Bonner Recital Hall, or the Chandra Wilson Black Box Theatre.
Up to 2 parking spaces in the Kinder HSPVA underground garage
Up to TEN Presto Passes, which each include admission to all concerts during MusicFest, with access to premium reserved seating and the VIP lounge for refreshments (FMV: $400)
Skip the entrance lines! Your VIP wristband will be mailed to you one week before the event.

~~$5,000 | Denney Stage Underwriter~~ SOLD OUT!

The option to *underwrite the headline stage of the Denney Theatre* during MusicFest
Up to 2 parking spaces in the Kinder HSPVA underground garage
Up to TEN Presto Passes, which each include admission to all concerts during MusicFest, with access to premium reserved seating and the VIP lounge for refreshments (FMV: $400)
Skip the entrance lines! Your VIP wristband will be mailed to you one week before the event.

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 2024

Celebrating the Instrumental and Vocal Music Departments!

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