Joseph Houston: Quietly Rising

Supported by the Goethe-Institut

Joseph Houston is a British pianist based in Berlin. His performance practice, described as “breathtakingly virtuosic” (Die Zeit) and marked by “technical mastery” (Stuttgarter Zeitung), encompasses contemporary and experimental music, late 19th and early 20th century piano repertoire, music for alternative keyboard instruments, and his own compositions.


Schedule:

25.9.25 University of Alberta, Edmonton Campus, Edmonton: Lecture and demonstration of extended techniques for piano + workshop and performance of student works written for Houston

26.9.25 University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Camrose: Performance QUIETLY RISING + lecture and master class for student performers

1.10.25 University of Victoria, Victoria: Performance QUIETLY RISING

2.10.25 University of Victoria, Victoria: Workshop for student composers + masterclass for student pianists

5.10.25 Arraymusic, Toronto: Performance QUIETLY RISING as part of the FreeSound series

7.10.25 Le Vivier, Montreal: Performance QUIETLY RISING


Quietly Rising Program:

Bryn Harrison: Quietly Rising [2008]
Joseph Houston: Duo [2023] (w/ electronics)
Chiyoko Szlavnics: Constellations I-III [2011] (w/ electronics)
Linda Catlin Smith: The Underfolding [2001]
Max Murray: Ágnes Wrote [2020] (w/ electronics)
Cassandra Miller: Philip the Wanderer (1 to 3) [2012]