“a stunning mix of music and history”
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“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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2025/26 Season: Twists of Fate

Bach’s Divine Comedy
Friday, September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center

Fatal Attractions
Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Duncan Recital Hall, The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

Love Untamed
Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center

Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center

The Watchmen’s Song
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
St. Philip Presbyterian Church

Monteverdi’s Orfeo
Friday, May 29, & Saturday, May 30, 2026
at 7:30 PM
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center

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