MISSION
Our mission is to encourage, create, support and present music of today, that positively impacts people in Houston and beyond.
VISION
Our vision is to enhance, stimulate and educate our community through high-quality contemporary performing arts programs and collaborations that are inclusive and accessible to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds and socio-economic levels.
HISTORY
Second only to the Houston Symphony in the number of composers featured annually, the Foundation for Modern Music (FMM) provides a uniquely dedicated and growing performance platform for modern day composers and performing artists. Founded in 1986, with concerts beginning in 2002 at one central location and audiences initially averaging only 300 per year, FMM now presents citywide concerts in venues such as the MFAH, Zilkha Hall, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Rothko Chapel, and others with annual attendance of over 8,000 and growing.
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Inspired by the legacy of former Artistic Director and composer/pianist Robert Avalon following his untimely death in 2004, the Foundation is dedicated to building audiences and public support for contemporary music in the classical tradition through concerts, educational outreach, and encouraging and supporting young composers. Culturally diverse programming and performers along with extensive cross-disciplinary collaborations reflect the values our city celebrates. This richness of diversity drives our day-to-day philosophy and operations.
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Our performance seasons have evolved to offer dynamic educational outreach including free-of-charge events for the public. This has gained extensive sponsorship/coverage from entities such as UNIVISION TV, KPRC Local 2, KUHA Classical 91.7, Great Day Houston, KTRK Channel 13, KRIV Fox 26, the Houston Chronicle, La Subasta Newspaper, La Voz de Houston, and others. The private sector has further demonstrated investment in our mission through support from United Airlines, Texas Children’s Hospital, Heineken, CITGO, Fiesta, Silver Eagle, Wood MacKenzie, the Houston Astros,...more
"...active in the Houston artistic community and beyond, using the arts to celebrate diversity, inclusion, well-being and unity..”
Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, September 25, 2021
Composers
Daniel Adams
Karim Al-Zand
Fernando Luque Alandro
Rafael Alberti
Luis Fernandez Ardavin
Dominick Argento
Jose Luis Armenteros
Robert Avalon
Saul Avalos
Stephen Bachicha
Samuel Barber
Gabriel Bata
Ofer Ben-Amots
David Bernstein
Aaron Bielish
Georges Bizet
Brett Bohman
William Bolcom
Margaret Bonds
Chico Bouchikhi
Douglas Boyce
Johannes Brahms
Renato Brogi
Leo Brower
Emily Elizabeth Brown
Alexandra T. Bryant
Mark Buller
Luis A. Calvos
Roberto Cantoral
John Carewe
Julian Carrillo
Chandler Carter
Ignacio Cervantes
Carlos Chavez
Elliot Cole
Aaron Copeland
Chick Corea
John Corigliano
John L. Cornelius, II
Jonathan Craft
George Crumb
Richard Danielpour
Manuel DeFalla
James DeMars
Pablo DeSarate
Alberto Dominguez
Carlos Gonzalez Del Toro
Alfred Desenclos
Alberto Domiguez
Cheryl Donlin
Antal Dorati
Avner Dorman
Michael Calvin Dotsey
Stefano Dounady
Henri Dutilleux
Pedro Eustache
Felix Eduardo Fabini
Mohammad Fairouz
Brent Faris
Gabriel Faure
Heraclio Fernandez
Luis Figueroa
Pedro Flores
Antonio Fortunato
Lukas Foss
Gabriela Lena Frank
Kenneth Frazelle
Todd Frazier
Miles Jefferson Friday
Matthew Fuerst
Mamoru Fujieda
Andres Gaos
George Gershwin
Alberto Ginastera
Umberto Giordano
Vinko Globokar
Christopher Goddard
Osvaldo Golijov
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki
Arthur Gottschalk
Morton Gould
Enrique Granados
Eliseo Grenet
Maria Grever
Ross Griffey
M. Camargo Guarnieri
Gerardo Guevara
Julio Gutierrez
Tim Hagans
Daron Aric Hagen
Joshua Hahn
Charles Halka
John Harbison
Lou Harrison
Ava Leavell Hayman
Ted Hearne
Jake Heggie
Jacsha Heifetz
Heraclio Hernandez
Pablo Herrero
Lee Hoiby
Chris Howard
Andrew Hsu
Langston Hughes
Samuel Hunter
Jacques Ibert
Bryce Ingmire
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Daniel Karcher
Roger Keele
Aaron Jay Kernis
Edward Kilenyi
Jerome Kitzke
Sharon Klander
Jeremiah Klarman
Erich Korngold
Sebrina Kovalchuk
Ken Kreuger
Rathna Kumar
Kenneth LaFave
Mark Landson
Aguston Lara
Libby Larsen
Philip Lasser
Nancy Laupheimer
Steve Laven
Richard Lavenda
Ernesto Lecuona
Tania Leon
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Michael Levinas
Lowell Liebermann
Max Lifchitz
Franz Lizst
Israel Lopez
Ricardo Lorenz
Alexina Louie
Timo Lozano
Witold Lutoslawski
Eden MacAdam-Somer
Bruno Maderna
Benedeto Marcello
Valerie Martinez
Jean Paul Egide Martini
Bahuslav Martinu
Kazunori Maruyama
Robert McCauley
Robert McClure
Gabriel Medina
Quirino Mendoza y Cortez
Olivier Messiaen
Peter S. Michaelides
Ellsworth Milburn
Darius Milhaud
Eduardo H. Moncada
Meredith Monk
Federico Moreno Torroba
Bill Morrison
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Jin Nam
Robert Nelson
Vern Nelson
Ian Ng
Gary Norian
Manuel Pereja Obregon
Luis Ochoa
Reynaldo Ochoa
Babatunde Olatunji
Poul Rovsing Olsen
Matthew O’Neill
Yoko Ono
Jorge Orta
Jaime Ovalle
Seth Paynter
Felix Pena
Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar
Astor Piazzolla
Walter Piston
Anthony Plog
Manuel M. Ponce
Richard Power
Almeida Prado
Andre Prevost
Giacomo Puccini
Nicola Radan
Gonzalo Ramos
Maurie Ravel
Mahmoud Reda
Fabian Rehfeld
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Steve Reich
Michael Remson
Christian Restrepo
Terry Riley
George Rochberg
Jody Rockmaker
Joaquin Rodrigo
Juan Luis de Pablo Enriquez Rohen
Ned Rorem
Buck Ross
Frederic Rzewski
Kaija Saariaho
Eleonor Sandresky
Yakub Sapruta
Alessandro Scarlatti
Peter Schickele
Arnold Schoenberg
Paul Schoenfield
Franz Schubert
Mark Schultz
Joseph Schwantner
Francis Schwartz
Guillermo Fernandez Shaw
Dmitri Shostakovich
Efrain Silva
Perez Soriano
Pablo Sorozábal
Greg Steinke
Igor Stravinski
Rafael Suarez
Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Takuma Tanikawa
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Adam Tendler
Maria Teresa Lara
Christopher Theofanidis
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Matthew Tommasini
Francesco Paolo Tosti
Joan Tower
Bruce Trinkley
Stephen Tsui
Larry Unger
Maria Fernanda Urbaez
Rima Vallbona
Theodoro Varcarcel
Consuelo Velasquez
Nils Vigeland
Heitor Villa Lobos
Amadeo Vives
Richard Wagner
Christpher Walczak
Errollyn Wallen
Robert Ward
Mary Carol Warwick
Kurt Weill
Travis Weller
David Ashley White
Alec Wilder
Alexander Winkler
Wenhui Xie
Hua Yang
Samuel Zyman
Performers
Chauncey Aceret
Maria Andrea Acosta
Clyde Adams
Daniel Adams
Whitney Adkins
James Alexander
Catherine Allen
Tanya Amira
Olga Amelkina-Vera
Krume Andreevski
Jessica Anderson
Linda Angkasa
Celia Araujo
Gerardo Araujo
Alegria Arce
Robert Atherholt
Robert Avalon
German Avila, Jr.
Thomas Bacon
Nicholas Leh Baker
Brooke Barnes
Scarlett Barnes
Jacob Barr
Victoria Bass
Gabriel Bata
Jule Bata
Ashley Bathgate
Eryn Bauer
Darryl Bayer
Aimee Beaton
Bryant Beauchamp
Joanna Becker
Kris Becker
Brandon Bell
Angel “Angelucho” Bermudez
Richard Berry
Shankar Bhattacharyya
Aaron Bielish
Troi ArYana Bingham
Joan Biship
Ana Teresa Black
Cheryl Blanchard
Karl Blench
Wilmer Bolivar
Tianna Bonser
Haley Boone
Konstantin Boyarksy
Paul Boyd
Valerie Braddell
Michele Brangwen
Emily Broaddus
Emily Elizabeth Brown
Joan Brown
Richard Brown
Steve Brown
Nicholas Browne
Sonja Bruzauskas
Mark Buller
Whitney Bullock
Paul Busselberg
Jeff Butler
Sarah Cahill
Inex Alvarez Calderon
Solangel “Lali” Calix
Jeff Campbell
Padua Canty
Alejandra Cardenas
Sydney Carlson
Kathleen Carrington
Josue Casillas
Kevin Castillo
Nicholas Cathcart
Anne Chadwick
Keith Chambers
Marcie Chapas
Alexander Chaushian
Olive Chen
Anjali Chikkula
Richard Cholakian
Alicia Church
Mario Ciaccio
Erika Cikraji
Julia Cleworth
David Connon
Nathan Cook
Carlos Cordeiro
John Cornelius
Osvaldo Corral
Jonathan Craft
Leslie Cuenca
Michael Culbertson
Matthew Cunningham
Angela Dampeer
Dominika Dancewicz
Frances Dautant
DuWayne Davis
Traci Davis
Eduardo Lopez de Casas
Marcus deLoach
Vesselin Demirev
Valeria Deniz
Joan DerHovsepian
Jamie Desautel
Matthew Detrick
Marcia Diehl
Matthew Dirst
Jusy Dines
Matthew Dirst
Andrew Dixon
Vyacheslav Dobrushkin
Aralee Dorough
Michael Calvin Dotsey
Sara Draper
Matthew Dudzik
Debroah Duncan
Kevin Dvorak
Andre Dyachenko
Max Dyer
Sally Edmunson
Raul Orlando Edwards
Paul English
Nayeli Escamilla
Meryl Ettleson
Clifton Evans
Elizabeth Evans
Louis-Marie Fardet Brent Fariss
Andres Felix
Carmelis Figuera
Abigail Fischer
Norman Fischer
St.John Flynn
Lucas Foss
Julia Fox
Sydney Franz
Todd Frazier
Julie Fredericks
David Ramirez Freeman
Seth Freeman
Chris French
Michael Frigo
Mary Frometa
Sammy Fuks
Angela Fuller
Blythe Gaissert
Hansi Gajamayake
Mina Gajic
Sergei Galpirin
Isabelle Ganz
Arturo Garcia
Jeremias Garcia
Jesus Garcia
Nereida Garcia
Raul Garcia
Solomon Garcia
June Garrison
Robert Garza
Robert Jay Garza III
Kenneth Gayle
Christopher Goddard
Daniel Goldman
Kenneth Goldsmith
Andres Gonzalez
Arthur Gottschalk
James Graber
Alison Greene
Justin Greer
Ross Griffey
Andrew Griffin
Kenneth Grigg
Ben Grube
Michael Gurfield
Tim Hagans
Haley Hagendorf
Joshua Hanh
Eric Halen
Phillip Hall
Ian Hallas
David Hanlon
Master Shi Xing Hao
Sonja Harasim
Christopher Harris
Craig Hauschildt
Jared Hawkins
Shino Hayashi
Jane Hayes
Ted Hearne
Thomas Helton
Zina Hemingway
John Hendrickson
Nick Hennies
Brittany Henry
Timothy Hester
Ciaran Hinds
Mary Carmen Hines
Makiko Hirata
Scott Holshouser
Allan Hon
Chris Howard
Andrea Hoxie
Luke Hsu
Luke Hubley
Thomas Hulten
Samuel Hunter
Jody Ilgenfritz
Ioana Ionita
Heather Jackson
Tracy Jacobson
Vincent James
Myoung-Ji Jang
Juliette Javaheri
Annalee Jeffries
Lan Jiang
Kjiu Joh
James Johnson
Andrew Johnson
Chris Johnson
James Johnson
Kurt Johnson
Faith Magdelene Jones
Stephen W. Jones
Timothy Jones
Venu Josyula
Vladimir Kaliazine
Rohini Kambhampati
Ben Kamins
Keli Kathman
Kimi Kawashima
Roger Keele
Jennifer Keeney
Sam Kelder
Josh Kelly
Yvonne Kendall
Stephanie Key
Christine Kim
David Kim
Kathryn King
Anthony Kitai
Alina Klimaszewska
Nathan Koci
Lachezar Kostov
Leah Kovach
Daniel Kramlich
Anita Kruse
Cameron Kubos
Andre Kyachenko
Irma La Paloma
Paulette Labbe-Chiasson
Sarah Lamesh
John Landefeld
Olivia Landry
Mark Landson
Martin Langford
Eric Larson
Nathan Lassel
Nancy Laupheimer
Richard Lavenda
Alecia Lawyer
Jeewon Lee
Eun-Mi Lee
Anne Leek
Haerim Leek
Catherine LeGrand
Thomas LeGrand
Taylor Levine
Brian Lewis
Carey Lewis
Derrick Lewis
Max Lifchitz
Laura Llana
Jaemi Blair Loeb
Alejandro Lopez
Michelle Lopez
Timo Lozano
Gregory Luce
Richard Jason Lyders
Alexis Lyle
Adaiha MacAdam-Somer
Batya MacAdam-Somer
Eden MacAdam-Somer
IIan MacAdam-Somer
Cristian Macelaru
Eileen Mack
Stephanie Madinnis
Alejandro Magallon
Joseph Maile
Ashley Malloy
Erika Malmer
Amy Mason
Rangel Marao
Mollie Marcuson
Renee Marie
Richard Marshall
Karen Marston
Sandi Martinez
Amy Mason
Adam Matthes
Robert McCauley
Robert McClure
Janis McCrory De Lara
Robert McCullagh
Lindsey McGill
Steven McMillan
Christina Medawar
Gabriel Medina
David Medine
Laurie Meister
Simone Miotto
Benjamin Mitchell
David Mollenauer
Jose Antonio Monrouzeau
Andrea Moore
Latonia Moore
Marion Vernette Moore
Patrick Moore
Edgardo Morales
Rodolfo Morales
Niho Mozas
Kanosky Munoz
Karem Munoz
Ed Muth
Joseph Naeger
Ronald Neal
Tom Neil
Edith Nino
Candice Noel
Nooreddin
Gary Norian
Richard Nunemaker
Jason Oby
Reynaldo Ochoa
Jason Ogan
Juan Olivares
Sean O’Neal
Matthew O’Neill
Jorge “Cro-Cro” Orta
Pedro Ott
Sylvia Ouellette
Jennifer Owen
Amy Owens
Gerardo Flores Pacheco
Elizabeth Padgett
Dawn Padula
Caio Pagano
Sergio Pallotelli
Joanna Park
Natalie Parker
Zeljko Pavlovic
Seth Paynter
Andreina Pena
Misha Penton
Jairo Perea
Jane Perkyns
Tim Peters
Reenat Pinchas
Luis Pino
Howard Pollack
Rita Porfiris
Sasha Potiomkin
Richard Power
Patricia Rabaza
Anabel Ramirez
David Ramirez
Luis Ramirez
Anito Rao
Jonothan Reed
Christian Restrepo
Lucina Reyes
Tracy Rhodus
Alan Richardson
Ruby Rincon
Micah Ringham
Gregory Ristow
Isaiah Robinson
Erika Rodden
Eric Rodriquez
Jessika Rodriquez
Antonia Rogers
Sarh Rohrman
Monica Rojas
Juan Luis de Pablo Enriquez Rohen
Melisa Rose
Matthew Rose
Lawrence Rushdi
Marcia Sadberry
Kris Saebo
Daniel Saenz
Alejandro Salvia
Leticia Sanchez
Eleonor Sandresky
Maiko Sasaki
Brad Sayles
Bernardo Scarambone
Andrew Schneider
Christian Shubert
Francis Schwartz
Samantha Scioneaux
Ronen Segev
Vicky Seldon
Abhijit Sengupta
Cassandra Shaffer
Shobha Shankar
Rachel Shapiro
Richard Sharon
Christian Schubert
Rachel Shapiro
Govind Shetty
Siju Shin
Soya Shuhatovich
Susan Silas
Sophia Silivos
Barrett Sills
Efrain Silva
Eric Siu
Karen Slotter
Brian Smith
Emily Snyder
Patricia Solorzano
Melanie Sonnenberg
Oleg Soulyga
Marvin Sparks
Tereza Stanislav
John Stanley
Marcia Sterling
McMillan Steven
Elizabeth Steves
Daniel Stover
Susanna Stranders
Daniel Strba
Melissa Suhr
Loeg Sulyga
Kaoru Suzuki
Adriana Taboada
Charles Tauber
Nicholas Tavani
Adam Tendler
Mason Tenery
Kathryn Thomas
Marshall Thomas
John Thorne
Teruhiko Toda
Ruben Torres
Chloe Trevor
Trung Le Trinh
Tatiana Trono
Allison Truax
Erin Tsai
Patrick Tjusi
Tansu Turner
Anthony Turner
Larry Unger
Maria Fernanda Urbaez
Ivo-Jan van der Werff
Alejandro Vela
Fernand Vera
Valeria Vetruccio
Nester Vidal
Valerie Vidal
Artemio Villarreal
Russell Vogt
Errollyn Wallen
Sean Wang
Mary Carol Warwick
Rodney Waters
Terese Weber
Hellen Weberpal
Travis Weller
Alexandra Adkins Wenig
Larry Wheeler
Cassandra White
Dawson White
Ron Wiltrat
Gatot Winandar
Woody Witt
Micah Wright
Qyiao (Chaul) Yang
Richie Zha
Cristina Zapata
Michael Zuraw
Ellen Zwilich
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