Vision: 

To raise the stature and visibility of the Indian classical performing arts to be on par world over with that enjoyed by Western classical performing arts.

Objectives:

Our Journey:

Founded in 1993, the Classical Arts Society of Houston is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the rich heritage of the classical performing arts of India. The founders of the Classical Arts Society are (late) Indu Krishnamurthi, Nalini Mukhopadhyay & Prabha Bala. The Classical Arts Society of Houston emerged as a formal organization in the year 1993 out of an ad-hoc group that gathered annually to conduct the Tyagaraja Aaradhana in the Houston area during the 1980s under the leadership of Smt. Indu Krishnamurthy. Since its inception in 1993, the Classical Arts Society has been conducting the annual Tyagaraja Music Utsavam (Festival) each year without a break. The festival’s permanent venue has been the beautiful campus of the Sri Meenakshi Temple in Pearland. The serene ambience of the temple has been an ideal location for the young and the old among the Houston area Carnatic music community to gather to perform their Aaradhana to the great composer Sri Tyagaraja and to enjoy a grand classical music and dance festival featuring leading professional artists in concerts, lecture demonstrations and in highly informative panel discussions. The co-sponsorship of the Sri Meenakshi Temple for this festival is an added blessing. While this annual festival in Spring remains the anchor event of the organization, Classical Arts Society additionally holds a Fall Music Festival and other arts events featuring upcoming diaspora artists from within the Houston community and elsewhere throughout the year. The events are held either at the temple or other Houston area venues such as the MATCH, Asia Society, and the Stafford Civic Center.