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Ars Lyrica at Late Fridays: Music in the Galleries

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Fri. Jan. 09, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
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Location Main Campus | Beck Building

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Ars Lyrica at Late Fridays: Music in the Galleries

Date & Time

Fri. Jan. 09, 2026 6:30 PM-7:30 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

In response to the exhibition Art and Life in Imperial Rome: Trajan and His Times, Ars Lyrica Houston explores the soundscapes of early Italian music. The string quartet plays music from the 17th and 18th centuries that harkens back to the Classical era and resonates with the works on view.

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
Ars Lyrica Houston specializes in music from the Baroque era, the so-called “Golden Age” of the 17th and 18th centuries, as performed on period instruments with careful attention to historical style and context. Founded by harpsichordist and conductor Matthew Dirst, this Grammy-nominated ensemble seeks to harness the continued vitality and expressive power of classical music.

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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.