Imani Winds; Michelle Cann, piano

Name: Imani Winds; Michelle Cann, piano
Start: 2025-01-17T07:30:00-06:00
Location: Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Schedule

Fri Jan 17 2025 at 07:30 am

UTC-06:00

Location

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts | Houston, TX

The 2024 Grammy Award-winning Imani Winds are celebrating over a quarter century of music making, having led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, adventurous programming, imaginative collaborations and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, Michelle Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation, lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
This concert exemplifies Imani Winds’ captivating mix of the timeless and the contemporary, spotlighting the prize-winning American composer Viet Cuong. Called “wildly inventive” by The New York Times, Cuong’s music has been performed on six continents.
Program
Paquito D’Rivera: A Little Cuban Waltz
Viet Cuong: New work (DACAMERA co-commission)
Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Langston
Poulenc: Sextet
Musicians
Imani Winds (Brandon Patrick George, flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe; Mark Dover, clarinet; Kevin Newton, horn; Monica Ellis, bassoon); Michelle Cann, piano