Spring has finally arrived! Please follow along on our Social Media Manager's, Jerry Zhang's, take on the Romantic Era and how it has influenced classical music today! The Romantic Era was a stylistic movement in art, literature, and most importantly music. Lasting from the 1830’s to the early 1900’s, the Romantic era rejected the enlightenment and emphasized emotion and nature. Compositions became incredibly expressive and started incorporating new techniques such as chromat

There is nothing more enjoyable than listening to Beethoven's Pathétique (Piano Sonata No.8) or Pastoral on Houston's rainy days. Please enjoy a little introduction to Beethoven written by our new HIMC PR manager, Alex Wang. Ludwig Van Beethoven is one of the most renowned music composers to ever live and left behind a legacy very few could surpass. Beethoven was estimated to be born around December 1770 in Bonn, Germany. Beethoven’s father had rigorously pushed him to succee