Lenten Lunch Recital Series V
Join us during Lent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2022 Lenten Lunch Recital Series Dates:
Lenten Lunch Recital Series I - March 9
Lenten Lunch Recital Series II - March 16
Lenten Lunch Recital Series III - March 23
Lenten Lunch Recital Series IV - March 30
Lenten Lunch Recital Series V - April 6
Lenten Lunch Recital Series IV
Join us during Lent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2022 Lenten Lunch Recital Series Dates:
Lenten Lunch Recital Series I - March 9
Lenten Lunch Recital Series II - March 16
Lenten Lunch Recital Series III - March 23
Lenten Lunch Recital Series IV - March 30
Lenten Lunch Recital Series V - April 6
Lenten Lunch Recital Series III
Join us during Lent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2022 Lenten Lunch Recital Series Dates:
Lenten Lunch Recital Series I - March 9
Lenten Lunch Recital Series II - March 16
Lenten Lunch Recital Series III - March 23
Lenten Lunch Recital Series IV - March 30
Lenten Lunch Recital Series V - April 6
Lenten Lunch Recital Series II
Join us during Lent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2022 Lenten Lunch Recital Series Dates:
Lenten Lunch Recital Series I - March 9
Lenten Lunch Recital Series II - March 16
Lenten Lunch Recital Series III - March 23
Lenten Lunch Recital Series IV - March 30
Lenten Lunch Recital Series V - April 6
Lenten Lunch Recital Series I
Join us during Lent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2022 Lenten Lunch Recital Series Dates:
Lenten Lunch Recital Series I - March 9
Lenten Lunch Recital Series II - March 16
Lenten Lunch Recital Series III - March 23
Lenten Lunch Recital Series IV - March 30
Lenten Lunch Recital Series V - April 6
Midwinter Choral Concert
The TCU Concert Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Christopher Aspaas, and the Duncanville High School Choir, under the direction of Jesse Cannon, II, and De'Evin Johnson, will present a Midwinter Choral Concert as part of the St. Monica Fine Arts series.
All are invited to join hear these choral ensembles perform in the lovely acoustics of St. Monica Catholic Church.
Harold Martina - Piano Recital
St. Monica Fine Arts presents Harold Martina, pianist, on St. Monica Parish's new Schimmel K230 Konzert Grand piano. Mr. Martina is Professor of Piano in the Texas Christian University School of Music.
This is the first solo piano recital presented in the St. Monica Fine Arts concert series. Please join us for this free event.
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Harold Martina was born in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. He began to study music as a small child. He furthered his training with the Italian pianist Annamaria Pennella at the Fine Arts Institute of Medellín, Colombia, where he graduated Cum Laude. He completed his advanced studies in Europe with Professor Richard Hauser at the Vienna Academy of Music and the Performing Arts, and became the first student to graduate Summa Cum Laude by unanimous vote from the Academy. In conjunction with this distinction the Austrian Ministry of Culture awarded him a special prize.
In 1975, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands appointed him as a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his outstanding contribution to music. In 1990, the National Committee of Honorary Membership of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international fraternity of music, selected Harold Martina as a National Arts Associate. In 2001, the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia, named its recital hall Harold Martina Auditorium.
Founder and conductor of Chamber Orchestra of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia.
Director of Music Conservatory of the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia.
Cofounder and international advisor of the Curaçao International Festival of the Arts.
Consecutive faculty of Piano Texas since 2000.
Consecutive performer in the Festival of Latin American Music since 2000 at TCU.
Frequent performer in Mimir Chamber Music Festival at TCU.
Mr. Martina has made several recordings: one in Holland, three in Belgium, six in Colombia, and two in the United States. He has been referenced in ten books. He has performed as soloist in the U.S. with the State Symphony Orchestra of New Jersey, the Boston Symphony Players, the Dallas Symphony, the East Texas State Orchestra, the Knox Galesburg Symphony, the Butler University Symphony Orchestra, the Texas Christian University Symphony Orchestra, and the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra. He toured with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Zinman.
Harold Martina has accompanied world-renowned performers, such as: violinists Eugene Fodor, Daniel Heifetz, Henryk Szering, Erick Friedman, and Ruggiero Ricci; cellists Pierre Fournier, André Navarro, Carlos Prieto, Leonard Rose, Christine Walevska, Paul Tortelier, Adolfo Odnoposoff, and Janos Starker; sopranos Maria Stader and Sheila Armstrong; flautists James Galway and Gary Schocker, and bandoneonist Daniel Binelli. He has performed in Europe, the United States of America, Central and South America, Israel, China and Japan, with extraordinary acclaim by both audiences and critics.
At present, he is a Professor of Professional Practice in Piano at the School of Music of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
Lenten Lunch Recital Series I (Copy)
Join us for a piano recital featuring Harold Martina. This event is free and will take place inside of the Church.
Advent Lunch Recital IV
Join us during Advent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2021 Advent Lunch Recital Dates:
Advent Lunch Recital I - December 1
Advent Lunch Recital II - December 8
Advent Lunch Recital III - December 15
Advent Lunch Recital IV - December 22
Advent Lunch Recital III
Join us during Advent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2021 Advent Lunch Recital Dates:
Advent Lunch Recital I - December 1
Advent Lunch Recital II - December 8
Advent Lunch Recital III - December 15
Advent Lunch Recital IV - December 22
Advent Lunch Recital II
Join us during Advent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2021 Advent Lunch Recital Dates:
Advent Lunch Recital I - December 1
Advent Lunch Recital II - December 8
Advent Lunch Recital III - December 15
Advent Lunch Recital IV - December 22
Advent Lunch Recital I
Join us during Advent for a short program featuring musicians from the St. Monica Music Ministry. Light refreshments will be provided following the program.
2021 Advent Lunch Recital Dates:
Advent Lunch Recital I - December 1
Advent Lunch Recital II - December 8
Advent Lunch Recital III - December 15
Advent Lunch Recital IV - December 22
Fine Arts Weekend
Preview of the Music Ministry Groups during masses. Second Collections during all masses will benefit St. Monica Fine Arts.
THIS IS MY SONG - 2021 Annual Picnic and Patriotic Concert
St. Monica Fine Arts is excited to present our Annual Patriotic Concert! Please join us for our annual picnic before the concert!
Fort Bend Boys Choir Concert
The award-winning Fort Bend Boys Choir of Texas embarks on their 2021-We Will Sing On! summer performance tour to Dallas on Sunday, June 6. After a concert at A&M United Methodist Church in College Station at 4:00 p.m., the choirboys continue on to Dallas where they will perform two additional concerts - Monday, June 7 at St. Monica Catholic Church at 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday, June 8 at Cathedral Guadalupe at 7:00 p.m. Covid-19 safety protocols will be in effect for all concerts.
For more information, visit: https://fbbctx.org/the-fort-bend-boys-choir-of-texas.