Our mission is to produce extraordinary professional theatrical experiences and to set a high standard for excellence in acting, direction, and design.

A.D. Players at the George Theater seeks to be the leading Christian theatre company in the world; transforming hearts and minds for the Kingdom of God by providing our audiences with challenging, redemptive, and joyful stories that move our spirits towards something greater than ourselves.

Apollo's mission is to connect communities and cultures through globally inspired music

Ars Lyrica Houston specializes in music from the Baroque era, the “golden age” of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as performed on period instruments with careful attention to historical style and context

The Axiom Quartet is a dynamic and passionate string quartet that explores all genres of music with no boundaries or limits.

Now in their fifth season, the Carya String Quartet strives to create community through performances of new and old chamber music from around the world.

The Catastrophic theatre is an ensemble-based theatre company dedicated to creating a meaningful exchange between artists and audiences through the creation and performance of new works of all sorts.

Chamber Music Houston’s 64th season brings a series of stories told through the music, as lines in motion, each with a diversity of style, rhythm and texture.

The Classical Theatre Company is dedicated to boldly re-envisioning classical drama on the stage, in the community, and in the classroom through engaging and enlightening plays that brings them new life and relevance while maintaining the integrity that the works deserve. The Classical Theatre Company is the only professional theatre company in the Houston area that produces year round classical drama.

Da Camera's mission is to inspire individuals and enrich communities through diverse and inventive musical experiences.

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. creates multi-faceted theatrical productions that enrich and entertain audiences, inspire artists, and honor playwrights.

ECHO is a musical organization dedicated to the enhanced appreciation and understanding of orchestral music, which may include collaboration with other arts organizations, within the Energy Corridor of Houston, TX, and the surrounding communities.

The mission of The Ensemble Theatre is to preserve African American artistic expression and enlighten, entertain and enrich a diverse community.

Frame Dance Productions is dedicated to bringing the transformative power of modern dance to Houston through radically inclusive dance education, collaborative creation, and public-facing performance. 

The mission The Garden Theatre is to bring quality, artist-driven storytelling and forward-thinking theatrical experiences to audiences as diverse as the City of Houston.

The Grammy® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir is a professional ensemble under the direction of Founder & Artistic Director Robert Simpson. We are dedicated to increasing the awareness, appreciation, and esteem of choral music and musicians through performance, outreach, and education.

Houston Choral Society is professional quality, civic chorus that has been serving the greater Houston area for more than 35 years. The mission is to perform great choral music and advance the choral arts to Houston audiences. 

The Houston Contemporary Dance Company’s mission is to ignite passion for contemporary dance by providing world-class professional repertory concert performances and community engagement activities that are accessible to all regardless of race, culture, sexual orientation, gender, gender variance, or nationality.

Houston Early Music presents historically informed performances of music from Medieval through Classical periods by internationally-recognized artists

The mission of Houston Ebony Music Society is to provide performance and on-going professional development opportunities for African-American choral and opera singers from Houston and the nation; to foster, in broad-based audiences, an appreciation of opera and concert music including the African American Spiritual; and to sustain and expand the African American presence in voice-associated classical music in general.

Ishida Dance Company presents original poetic narratives told through the beauty of the human form and works by up-and-coming and established choreographers consisting of high caliber contemporary dance performances. These works invite self-reflection and encourage communal regard by prompting existential questions. Choreographers and composers premiere new works as well as past works that have never been performed for audiences in Texas. As the Company becomes more established, it will tour nationwide and internationally to provide performances which transmute thinking or everyday being.

Kinetic is an ensemble of 16 young professional string players committed to amplifying diverse, under-represented, and newly composed classical music to communities in and beyond Houston, through flexible chamber and orchestral ensemble performances.

La Speranza evokes the vibrant life of the Enlightenment through historically informed chamber music performances. One of the preeminent American ensembles dedicated (exclusively) to the performance of 18th and 19th century chamber music repertoire, La Speranza infuses performances with passionate authenticity.

Main Street Theater’s mission is to create theater that challenges its audience to think and its artists to grow. We accomplish this by presenting an articulate and compelling product in an intimate setting, creating significant employment for Houston-based artists, and memorable theatrical experiences for audiences of all ages.

Mercury is a groundbreaking chamber ensemble that seeks to redefine the orchestra with performances that faithfully present the music of great composers in settings that make audience members an equal part of the experience—not simply a spectator.

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company seeks to challenge audiences and theatre artists by creating and performing bold, innovative, and fresh theatrical works grounded in the best traditions of the dramatic arts.

Led by four composers, Musiqa’s mission is to enrich and inspire our community through programs that integrate new music with other modern art-forms. With its innovative collaborations and educational programming, Musiqa strives to make modern repertoire accessible and vital to audiences of all ages and musical backgrounds.

Opera in the Heights (Oh!), a professional regional company, exists to provide a stage for emerging artists and to bring affordable and accessible opera to the Greater Houston area.

Operativo Houston strives to provide local artists with performance experience and additional income, and local audiences with quality chamber performances where they can also make meaningful connections with their local artists.

Rec Room exists to develop innovative work by emerging and established artists across disciplines in order to energize a new generation of audiences for theatre.

Shaping the Future of Classical Music through Energizing, Modernizing, and Personalizing the Concert Experience

Silambam Houston seeks to increase the appreciation and understanding of Indian artistic traditions across cultural boundaries, through comprehensive arts education, outreach, and exceptional arts programming, and by creating opportunities for young artistes to develop, perform, and collaborate.