Lisa Falkenberg was born and raised in the small South Texas town of Seguin, near San Antonio, the daughter of a truck driver and a homemaker. She was the first…

As a former farmer and real estate developer, Scott Snodgrass works at the intersection of people + plants + place to create healthy communities. His work at Meristem Communities pushes…

Cellist Daniel Saenz has performed and presented master classes throughout South America, Mexico, and the USA. A graduate of Rice University and the Eastman School of Music, Saenz is associate…

Guitarist Alejandro Montiel performs throughout the United States, Mexico, Spain, and Italy. He holds graduate degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and the University of Texas. In addition to performing, arranging…

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…