Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Sound Healing Meditation
2023-09-16 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-09-17 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-01 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-07 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-15 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-28 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-29 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-11-05 10:00 - 10:45 (America/Chicago) and 1 more date | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Find your center and practice meditation in the spacious and tranquil Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Offered in collaboration with Union is Creation, this meditation series will feature the use of singing bowls and wind chimes to encourage mindfulness and connectivity.
Guests should bring their own cushions or mats and water only in a non-glass container. No food or non-water drinks are allowed inside the Cistern. Sound Healing Meditation can be loud for those with sensitive hearing. Earplugs will be available for purchase in the visitor’s center.
Cost: $15
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Tour Vivencial en Español
2023-09-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-09-30 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | TX
Excelente para los visitantes nuevos como para los que repiten, el recorrido experiencial incluye una introducción seguida de la oportunidad de explorar la Cisterna a su propio ritmo. Se proporcionan hojas informativas digitales e impresas para todos los huéspedes. Los tours privados también están disponibles para grupos.
Tarifas

Persona (9+ Años): $10
De Últimos Años, Militares y Estudiantes: $8

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Underground Sounds: Nameless Sound
2023-09-16 19:30 - 20:15, 2023-09-17 16:00 - 16:45, 2023-09-17 19:30 - 20:15 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
UPDATE: All Nameless Sound performances are now SOLD OUT! For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
The next “Underground Sounds” is with DACAMERA October 5-8. Tickets are available starting Friday, September 8 at 9am.
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Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
About this program: Nameless Sound will present six unique concerts, each with a different trio of creative musicians collaborating for the first time to explore the special sonic qualities of the Cistern. Each will be a singular experience, never-to-be repeated, that will take audiences on a sonic journey of real-time musical composition.

Cost: $25
Performance times:

September 14 at 7:30pm
September 15 at 7:30pm
September 16 at 4pm
September 16 at 7:30pm
September 17 at 4pm
September 17 at 7:30pm

Performers:

September 14: Ethan Adkison, James Murphy, Brandon Willis
September 15: Ethan Adkison, Justin Jones, Rebecca Novak
September 16 at 4pm: Danny Kamins, Rebecca Novak, Kory Reeder
September 16 at 7:30pm: Lisa Cameron, Christina Carter, James Murphy
September 17 at 4pm: Lisa Cameron, Danny Kamins, Brandon Willis
September 17 at 7:30pm: Christina Carter, Justin Jones, Kory Reeder

Nameless Sound’s mission is to present the best of international contemporary music and to support the exploration of new methods in arts education. Its concert series has become known for a diverse range of international artists who represent the most important and influential names in music, as well as the emerging cutting-edge. The series features commissions and world-premieres, as well as special projects that entail collaborations between visiting artists and local musicians.

"Roots and Waterways" in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
2023-09-29 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
UPDATE: This event is now full. For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
Members of Colectiva Pochteca, the artist collective of Houston’s Calmecac Indigenous Organization, will come together for six unique concerts on the occasion of the Fall 2023 Equinox/September Harvest Moon. The vocal and drum performance will be comprised of Native American and Indigenous songs, cantos, arranged for the natural acoustics of the Cistern. Central to this presentation of songs from Deer Moon SisStars are songs for and about water, the elixir of the earth.
This performance kicks off Colectiva Pochteca’s fall residency along Buffalo Bayou which includes inter-generational creative and cultural programs. It celebrates the collective’s planting of a medicine wheel garden at Tony Marron Park in Houston’s East End, which will unfold in the coming months.
Performance Schedule:
Friday, September 29, 2023
6 – 9pm with performances every 30 minutes
Cost: Free

Free Registration

Please note: Registration is required for entry. Please only register if you plan to attend.
Limit 4 tickets per person. Ages 9+ only.
Once all spots are filled, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.

About Colectiva Pochteca
Colectiva Pochteca is the artist collective arm of the Calmecac Indigenous Organization and is comprised only of artists that have participated in ceremonial work with the Calmecac over the last 25 years and include many disciplines including visual and performance art, traditional and native crafts, spoken word and native drumming and song. The Colectiva has deep ties to the East End community. In addition to family ties and long-time current residents in the East End for over 30 years, they hosted their first-ever free community classes at Eastwood and Mason parks as well as previous Indigenous Peoples Day community activities at Tony Marron park and annual memorial art exhibition for founding elder Daniel Antoon.

About Calmecac Indigenous Organization (Houston Aztec Dance & Drum Group)
Calmecac Indigenous Organization (Houston Aztec Dance & Drum) is dedicated to learning and teaching Mexicayotl (Aztec) dancing, drumming, and Indigenous culture with integrity, pride, and respect. Founded in 2014 by Abuela M’api Rainflowa and her three children, who are from an eighth-generation Texan family and fourth generation family born and raised in Houston, Texas, the Calmecac creates educational sessions, both public and private, helping to establish a consistent Native American (Indigenous) presence in Houston for the past 25 years.
Most recently, the Calmecac, in partnership with the Prairie Association of Texas, has collaborated with the environmental sciences magnet at Lantrip Elementary this past school year where they have a community garden and a Brighter Bites food distribution site. They have also adopted Lantrip as the pilot school for the launch of the SEMILLAS program beginning with the rematriation awareness and recognition of indigenous lands event in March of 2023. The Calmecac and its founding family are currently the subject of a forthcoming PBS documentary series highlighting traditional communities across the United States.

Underground Sounds: DACAMERA
2023-10-05 19:00 - 19:30, 2023-10-06 19:00 - 19:30, 2023-10-07 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-10-08 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-10-08 17:30 - 18:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
UPDATE: All DACAMERA performances are now SOLD OUT! For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
The next “Underground Sounds” is with vocalist Alexandra Smither and bassist Austin Lewellen on October 26 – 29 . Tickets are available starting Friday, September 29 at 9am.
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Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
About this program: DACAMERA has commissioned Houston composer Mark Buller (an alumnus of the DACAMERA Young Artist Program) to create a new, site-specific work for the Cistern which will be performed by current DACAMERA Young Artists.
Tickets available starting Friday, September 8 at 9am.
Cost: $25
Performance Times:

October 5 at 7pm
October 6 at 7pm
October 7 at 4pm
October 7 at 5:30pm
October 8 at 4pm
October 8 at 5:30pm

DACAMERA is an internationally recognized producer and presenter of chamber music and jazz, committed to bringing its audiences transformative musical experiences. DACAMERA’s Education and Community Initiatives have received national attention for its Young Artist Program, a professional development program for outstanding musicians that emphasizes community advocacy and brings Young Artist-teachers into classrooms, introducing music into STEM and humanities lessons.

Sound Healing Meditation
2023-10-08 10:00 - 10:45 (America/Chicago) | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
This event is canceled.
Find your center and practice meditation in the spacious and tranquil Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Offered in collaboration with Union is Creation, this meditation series will feature the use of singing bowls and wind chimes to encourage mindfulness and connectivity.
Guests should bring their own cushions or mats and water only in a non-glass container. No food or non-water drinks are allowed inside the Cistern. Sound Healing Meditation can be loud for those with sensitive hearing. Earplugs will be available for purchase in the visitor’s center.
Cost: $15
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Underground Sounds: Alexandra Smither and Austin Lewellen
2023-10-27 19:30 - 20:00, 2023-10-28 18:30 - 19:00, 2023-10-29 17:00 - 17:30, 2023-10-29 18:30 - 19:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Update: Tickets for the Underground Sounds with vocalist Alexandra Smither and bassist Austin Lewellen performances are SOLD OUT. For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking a first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
About this program: A collaborative creation between soprano Alexandra Smither and double bassist Austin Lewellen, this program, entitled Ground/Water, will include solo works from Éliane Radigue’s Occam series, complemented by a co-composed work written in collaboration with Houston poet, Aris Kian, that meditates on water and the Cistern and encourages audience participation.
Tickets available starting Friday, September 29 at 9am.
Cost: $25
Performance Times:

October 26 at 6:30pm
October 27 at 7:30pm
October 28 at 5pm
October 28 at 6:30pm
October 29 at 5pm
October 29 at 6:30pm

Alexandra Smither and Austin Lewellen are a vocalist/double bass duo. An adventurous performer and one of the CBC’s 2017 “30 Young Hot Classical Musicians Under 30”, Canadian soprano Smither is a fresh fixture on the worldwide stage. From the thorniest contemporary scores to the lyricism of Mozart, Smither brings her artistry and intellect to every engagement. Double bassist Lewellen’s interests lie primarily in the creation of living music, through active collaboration with composers. He is most at home in small ensembles, recording studios, and opera pits, though his technique has a firm grounding in the orchestral tradition of the Common Practice Era.

Underground Sounds: Alexandra Smither and Austin Lewellen
2023-10-28 17:00 - 17:30 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Update: Tickets for the Underground Sounds with vocalist Alexandra Smither and bassist Austin Lewellen performances are SOLD OUT. For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking a first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
About this program: A collaborative creation between soprano Alexandra Smither and double bassist Austin Lewellen, this program, entitled Ground/Water, will include solo works from Éliane Radigue’s Occam series, complemented by a co-composed work written in collaboration with Houston poet, Aris Kian, that meditates on water and the Cistern and encourages audience participation.
Tickets available starting Friday, September 29 at 9am.
Performance Times:

October 26 at 6:30pm
October 27 at 7:30pm
October 28 at 5pm
October 28 at 6:30pm
October 29 at 5pm
October 29 at 6:30pm

Alexandra Smither and Austin Lewellen are a vocalist/double bass duo. An adventurous performer and one of the CBC’s 2017 “30 Young Hot Classical Musicians Under 30”, Canadian soprano Smither is a fresh fixture on the worldwide stage. From the thorniest contemporary scores to the lyricism of Mozart, Smither brings her artistry and intellect to every engagement. Double bassist Lewellen’s interests lie primarily in the creation of living music, through active collaboration with composers. He is most at home in small ensembles, recording studios, and opera pits, though his technique has a firm grounding in the orchestral tradition of the Common Practice Era.

Underground Sounds: Musiqa
2023-11-09 19:30 - 20:00, 2023-11-10 19:30 - 20:00, 2023-11-11 18:30 - 19:00 UTC | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
UPDATE: All Musiqa performances are now SOLD OUT! For any additional guests wishing to attend, we will be taking an in-person, first-come-first-served waiting list beginning exactly 30 minutes prior to each performance time.
This concludes our ticket sales for the 2023 “Underground Sounds” series.
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Join us for Underground Sounds, a unique music series in the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern!
This fall, four Houston-based music organizations will perform specially composed or arranged works that highlight the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
About this program: This Musiqa performance features the world premiere of a new composition by artist board member Pierre Jalbert that takes advantage of the Cistern’s unique reverberation. Performers include Jacob Schader (violin), Chris Ellis (cello), Nicholas Bissen (saxophone), Sophie Volpe (trombone) and Terry McKinney (percussion).
Tickets available starting Friday, October 13 at 9am.
Cost: $25
Performance Times:

November 9 at 7:30pm
November 10 at 7:30pm
November 11 at 5:30pm
November 11 at 6:30pm
November 12 at 5:30pm
November 12 at 6:30pm

Led by four composers, Musiqa’s mission is to enrich and inspire their community through programs that integrate new music with other modern art-forms. Each season, Musiqa programs a diverse series of public performances introducing Houston audiences to dynamic and challenging music by contemporary composers, making it one of the most active contemporary music ensembles in the United States.
