The Conrad O. Johnson Music & Superb Arts Basis will host a two-day celebration marking 25 years of service to Houston-area youth.
Vacation Pleasure: Vibrant Notes for Brighter Futures is the official identify of the two-day taking place.
The occasions, which can be held on the Ballroom at Tanglewood, 5430 Westheimer Courtroom, 77056, open on Saturday, December. 20, starting at 9 a.m., with a free grasp class by the award-winning Legal guidelines Household (Eloise, Ronnie, and Debra) and led by three-time Grammy nominee and Nationwide Endowment for the Arts lifetime achievement award winner, Hubert Legal guidelines.
On Sunday, the celebration will proceed with a star-studded Scholarship Brunch and Live performance, together with the Miola Legal guidelines Scholarship for Educational Achievement Award. The live performance will characteristic the Legal guidelines Household, our personal Artist-In-Residence, Joe Carmouhe, Kyle Turner, and the Conrad O. Johnson Regional Youth Ensemble, directed by OluToyin Onayemi and assisted by Cliff Gordon.
“As a part of our 25 years of empowering Houston-area youth via training and music excellence, this can be a uncommon alternative for our college students to obtain extra instruments, coaching, and self-discipline and acquire expertise as musicians and leaders from dwelling legends.”
Artie Onayemi, govt director of the Conrad O. Johnson Music & Superb Arts Basis
“As a part of our 25 years of empowering Houston-area youth via training and music excellence, this can be a uncommon alternative for our college students to obtain extra instruments, coaching, and self-discipline and acquire expertise as musicians and leaders from dwelling legends,” mentioned Artie Onayemi, govt director of the Conrad O. Johnson Music & Superb Arts Basis. “This festive weekend blends world-class artistry, youth excellence, and vacation spirit in help of the Basis’s scholarship and teaching programs.”
The occasion serves as the muse’s signature fundraiser for the 12 months. The Conrad O. Johnson Music & Superb Arts Basis recruits Houston-area highschool college students to develop into a part of the Conrad O. Johnson Regional Youth Orchestra (CJRYO).
Please help us in offering an unforgettable weekend by changing into an occasion sponsor, offering in-kind providers and presents (e.g., raffle gadgets, door prizes), or buying a desk for $1,000.00, which features a desk of ten for the occasion.
The CJRYO supplies a platform for younger musicians to develop and showcase their inventive abilities, distinctive to the jazz idiom.
Weekly rehearsals and public performances all through the tutorial 12 months present college students with an extra motivation to guide and carry out throughout the neighborhood, in addition to on the nationwide stage.
Armani Holmes, a 2025 graduate of HSPVA, is presently a freshman at DePaul College in Chicago. Holmes earned a full-ride scholarship primarily based on her mastery of the saxophone. An enormous a part of her development as a musician got here from her three years as a member of the CJRYO.
“The orchestra gave me my basis,” mentioned Holmes. “It taught me find out how to pay attention, find out how to mix, and find out how to take accountability for my position, which ready me for the expectations of HSPVA.
“That have helped me transfer confidently into each musical house after that.”
The celebration continues on Sunday, Dec. 21, with the annual Vacation Pleasure Live performance, held at The Ballroom at Tanglewood in Houston. Doorways open at 1:30 p.m., adopted by a reception at 2 p.m. and the live performance at 3 p.m.
To register for the free grasp class with the Legal guidelines household and/or to buy tickets to the Sunday live performance, go to https://www.conradjohnsonfoundation.org/occasions/2025/12/21/holiday-joy-2025.
