Lighting Designer

Harpist Destiny Muhammad and her stellar trio team up with guitarist Bobby Young (Cherokee Nation) & saxophonist Richard Howell (Cree Nation heritage) to honor the life and work of saxophonist/ vocalist Jim Pepper. A member of The Free Spirits—a late 1960s jazz-rock group—Pepper was of Kaw and Muscogee Creek Native heritage whose lengthy career was inspired by other notable Native jazz artists, including Don Cherry (Choctaw Nation) For this matinee we honor the Native American legacy in jazz music.

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Family Matinee w/ Destiny Muhammad Trio + Special Guests

SFJAZZ Center

Annie is an actress, Henry is a playwright, and fiction is the backdrop to life. Hardly a recipe for a faithful marriage, especially when it started as an affair.

But does it matter how it began if what they have is the real thing?

The Real Thing

The Old Vic

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s heart-wrenching opera tells the story of a woman – isolated, trapped in an extreme environment, with no way out – defending her marriage and defying her community of faith. 

Breaking The Waves

Detroit Opera House

Open to families with children. Adults must be accompanied by a child to attend.

Aptly described by KQED as a jazz “Jedi master,” acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and educator Richard Howell has performed and recorded with musical icons such as Etta James, Ray Charles, B.B. King, and Chaka Khan. He takes the stage with his swinging trio in this Novack Concert for Kids.

Novack Concert for Kids: Richard Howell Ensemble

The Culinary Institute of America at Copia

Houston finally gets its chance to see Breaking the Waves, the critically acclaimed contemporary opera from sought-after composer-and-librettist team Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, which made its world premiere in 2016. Adapted from the art film by Lars von Trier, the story transports audiences to 1970s Scotland, where the impressionable young Bess, part of a strict Calvinist community, wins permission to marry an outsider—the offshore oil rigger Jan. After the impatient lovers consummate their union at their own wedding, Bess embarks on a journey of sexual exploration that is tragically interrupted when Jan is paralyzed in an accident, setting off a series of shocking events that culminates in the unthinkable.  

Richard Howell

Lighting Designer

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 19 - May 4, 2025

Breaking the Waves · Houston Grand Opera

Past events

Nov 16, 2024

Family Matinee w/ Destiny Muhammad Trio + Special Guests · San Francisco Jazz

Aug 22 - Oct 26, 2024

The Real Thing · The Old Vic

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