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Late Fridays: Music in the Galleries | An Evening of Song with Reginald Smith Jr.

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Fri. Aug. 28, 2026 7 PM-8 PM
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Location Main Campus | Beck Building

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Late Fridays: Music in the Galleries | An Evening of Song with Reginald Smith Jr.

Date & Time

Fri. Aug. 28, 2026 7 PM-8 PM
This event has passed

Location Main Campus | Beck Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

LATE FRIDAYS: MUSIC IN THE GALLERIES
Music and the visual arts harmonize at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Join Reginald Smith Jr. for an evening of song, accompanied by pianist Mary Box and surrounded by European paintings and sculptures from the 13th century to the early 20th century.

Music in the Galleries is a monthly series that brings Houston’s renowned music ensembles and solo performers into the Museum’s immersive gallery spaces. Looking for more to do during Late Friday? Enjoy a drink at Happy Hour Friday or join a guided tour of the galleries.


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About the Performers
Operatic baritone Reginald Smith Jr. is a Grammy and Emmy Award winner who has been lauded as a "passionate performer" (New York Times) with a voice that is "electric, hall-filling" (Baltimore Sun), making him "one of the most exciting baritone sounds to come along in years" (Opera News). He has performed with leading companies worldwide.

Mary Box is a conductor and pianist who has been involved in over 50 opera productions across the United States. She has conducted the Houston Women's Chamber Orchestra and Opera in the Heights, among others, and is the founder and executive director of Montrose Project, a nonprofit organization devoted to celebrating works by female composers.

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Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.
 
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.