Are you a fan of the performing arts and interested in supporting future actors, musicians and vocalists?
For nearly two decades, Lone Star College-CyFair’s Center for the Arts has given hundreds of students a place to learn and practice the skills of their respective interests in the arts, while providing the Cy-Fair community a place to bring the family to enjoy many evenings of entertainment.
The visual, theatrical, musical, instrumental and choral events showcase the hard work, skills and creativity of the college’s students, faculty and staff as well as visiting artists.
“Supporting our Center for the Arts programs and events, in addition to providing student scholarships, are members of our Society for the Arts,” said Joshua Estrada, Fine Arts Coordinator. “Our students deserve an audience and our audience deserves to see the talent at LSC-CyFair, therefore our ultimate goal is to be an artistic hub for the community."
Join LSC-CyFair’s season opening celebration Aug. 25 for a free preview of this year’s upcoming musical and theatrical productions.
The college’s Center for the Arts in partnership with the LSC-CyFair Society for the Arts will present this event featuring performances by award-winning faculty artists in recital at 7 p.m. in the Main Stage Theatre. Students will also have the opportunity to get information on all the fine arts programs have to offer as well as meet their professors
Audiences will also learn more about student successes that began at LSC-Cy-Fair. Among those continuing their journey toward careers in the visual and performing arts field that began at LSC-Cy-Fair are alumni Baylee Kilgore - an opera singer, Vicky Suarez - an award-winning ceramics artist and Gracie Lopez – clarinetist and future band director.
Kilgore performed with the choir program, in many vocal masterclasses, student recitals and even a Bosque Gallery reception while at LSC-CyFair before earning a Bachelor of Music at the University of North Texas. She is an opera singer whose career goal includes a hope that she can inspire a love for operatic performance in younger generations.
Suarez, whose unique artwork often reflects her love of nature and animals, already created a sculpture as a memorial tribute for an LSC-CyFair professor earlier this year and is part of a public art project to be installed on campus by Spring 2023. She is also one of six Houston student artists recently chosen to showcase her artwork this October in the inaugural Collegiate Art Collective at the 50th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown.
Lopez is a longtime clarinetist who participated in both LSC-CyFair’s Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band and then went on to perform with the Sam Houston State University Marching, Symphonic and Concert Bands. She is well on her way to becoming a high school band director, having earned certification to teach music, giving private lessons, helping prepare Huntsville Independent School District students with University Interscholastic League competitions and set to start student teaching in Katy ISD this fall.
In addition to the season opening celebration, save the dates Sept. 30, Oct. 28 and Nov. 18, to join in an afternoon of all things visual and performing arts featuring the talented students of drama, music, art and creative writing in the monthly Fine Arts Showcase 1 p.m. events.
For art exhibition information, go to LoneStar.edu/BosqueGallery. For performing arts and ticket information, go to LoneStar.edu/boxoffice.
For information on supporting LSC-CyFair’s visual and performing arts program and future artists, go to LoneStar.edu/society-for-arts.
Registration for fall classes starting Aug. 29 is underway. For information, go to LoneStar.edu/regcyfair or LoneStar.edu/registration.