“a stunning mix of music and history”
— Houston Chronicle
“sensitive…excellent, impressive.”
— Early Music America
“sophisticated musical prowess… [an] exuberant—even playful—approach to performance”
— San Diego Story
Timeless Stories | Transcendent Music
Ars Lyrica Houston specializes in music from the Baroque era, the “golden age” of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as performed on period instruments with careful attention to historical style and context. Founded in Houston in 1998 by harpsichordist and conductor Matthew Dirst, this Grammy-nominated ensemble provides audiences with world-class performances of a wide range of dramatic, sacred, and chamber works.
Embracing a historically informed perspective, Ars Lyrica Houston seeks to harness the continued vitality and expressive power of classical music to engage, educate, and entertain diverse audiences in Houston and around the world.
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Recent Press
Houston’s Grammy-Nominated Music Org Gets ‘Bach’ to Basics with Concert and Book Release
-Chris Becker, Houston CityBook
20 Years of Magic at Ars Lyrica Houston
-Sherry Cheng, Arts and Culture Texas
Ars Lyrica serves up a delightful Handel rarity
-Steven Brown, Texas Classical Review
The Glories of Spanish Baroque Music Celebrated by Ars Lyrica Houston
–Ken Herman, San Diego Story
Ars Lyrica’s season-opener a stunning mix of music and history
–Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle
2023/24 Season: 20 Years of Magic
Fallen Angels
Friday, September 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall
Ecstatic Visions
Friday, November 3, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall
Awe and Wonder
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 7:30 PM
St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Fugal Games
Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 4 PM
Duncan Recital Hall, Rice University
Visions and Reveries
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall
Amadigi di Gaula
Friday, May 24 & Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall
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