- Date: May 13 - 15, 2015
- Organizers: Asia Society Texas Center, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
- Site: http://music.rice.edu/21C/
"Common Practice 21C: Classical, Contemporary and Cross-Cultural Music,” a three-day music festival in Houston featuring a Taiwanese orchestra, had a successful showing from March 13 to 15.
Directed by Dr. Chen, a professor at the Shepherd School of Music, the "Common Practice 21C” project included 3 concerts and 8 lectures. Taiwan's Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra (小巨人絲竹樂團) and students and faculty members from the Shepherd School of Music — including Norman Fischer, Paul Kantor, and Michael Webster — performed and premiered a mixture of traditional and newly composed works for Chinese and Western instruments.