Michael Zuraw founded Aperio–Music of the Americas in 2006 to promote contemporary and new music by composers from the New World. Over the course of Aperio’s first decade, Zuraw curated…

Kathryn O’Rourke is a Professor of the History of Art at Trinity University. She earned a B.A. in Architecture from Wellesley College and a M.A. and Ph.D. in the History…

Ryland Angel is a Grammy-nominated countertenor and composer who has built an international reputation in opera and on the concert stage. His repertoire ranges from the Baroque to operatic commissions;…

Rick Erickson is the Director of Bach Society Houston and the cantor at Christ the King Lutheran Church, as well as a lecturer in church music at the Shepherd School…

Dr. Asim Shah is the Executive Vice Chair and Professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Baylor College of…

Ana Schick has been the Executive Director of Small Steps Nurturing Center in Houston for more than ten years. Small Steps’ two campuses provide high-quality education and other support to…

Thomas Peacock is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the recipient of an NSF CAREER…

Rafael Longoria is an ACSA Distinguished Professor of Architecture at the University of Houston. His areas of research include economic determinants of urban form, and architecture and planning in the cities of…

Judson W. Robinson III is a third-generation Houstonian. Judson received a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Fisk University. He began his professional career at IBM, where he excelled…

Rabbi Oren J. Hayon grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He received his undergraduate degree from Rice University and his rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in…