Nameless Sound

By now, many of you have read about the termination of already-awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and about the potential termination of the Endowment itself.

Nameless Sound has consistently received annual support from the NEA since 2012. $25,000 was awarded to us for 2025, not a dollar of which had yet been received.

These funds are not for concerts, but are specifically earmarked for Creative Music Communities - our daily program that serves over 1600 youth annually with creative music workshops. These workshops use trauma-informed collaborative music sessions towards goals of healing, learning, creativity and play. They serve some of the most marginalized Houstonians: homeless, victims of domestic abuse, refugees, and people with disabilities.

This program is the result of 25 years of research, practice, data-collection, assessment, and training. This program is now at risk.

Will you contribute RIGHT NOW to Nameless Sound to help us make up the gap in this funding? We are setting a fundraising goal of $25,000. All donations to this campaign will go directly to Nameless Sound’s Creative Music Communities.

Perseverance, Commitment, and Gratitude - Nameless Sound

Urgent Situation | Please Help William Conway Adams, Joan Albert, John Alderman, Sarah Ruth Alexander, Surpik Angelini, Nisa Ari, Sarah Atwood, Andrew Baker, Christine P. Baker, E. Bartell, Tom Bickley, John O. Bieser, Douglas Bishea, Jack & Annis Bowen, Patrick Brooks, Bradley Burkons, Douglas Colton, Austin Cooley, Kimberly A.....

This Saturday - Curley Cormier and the legendary band from the Silver Slipper! Donations collected will benefit Nameless Sound. Wear your dancing shoes!

In 2024, Nameless Sound’s weekly They, Who Sound series featured 54 concerts by 112 individual creative musicians. Of those: 74 were Houston artists, 17 were regional, 10 were national, and 11 were international.

In addition, NS brought you concerts from the likes of William Parker’s Mayan Space Station, Tar Baby, and Myra Melford’s Fire and Water Quintet.

Every single one of these events was free of charge.
It is impossible to continue this without the support of our audience. If you have ever attended one on of these events, please consider a donation to our year-end campaign.

Thank you to all who have attended, and thank you for your consideration.

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Please consider a donation of any amount. Every effort is vital for keeping us together and maintaining our spirit in these unprecedented times.

"If I’m stressed out or going through something, coming here helps me. It calms me down. It makes me happy, because I like being around y’all and everyone making music. Music is my passion."
- Ethan, 13 years old

Now more than ever, our communities are in need of healing, educational, creative, and joyful arts engagements.

Whether it’s refugee youth escaping political violence, youth who are victims of domestic abuse, LGTBQ+ youth, homeless young adults, or musicians in an underserved public school system. Nameless Sound is there with youth-centered and trauma-informed programs that use collaborative music-making for learning, community building, and healing.

Or maybe it is for you?! Perhaps you rely on our concerts to provide a moment of transport and an opportunity to commune. Or maybe you have honed your own creative voice in our workshops.

It’s time to secure and safeguard the community movements and creative practices that sustain us, bring us together, nurture us, and help us to survive.

‍We are Sounding the Call for All.

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Houston. Remember this badass performance by Audrey Chen and Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - "Beam Splitter"? Audrey will be back this Monday at Lawndale, performing with the legendary Phil Minton. Event page in comments.

Beam Splitter Beam SplitterApril 3, 2023Presented by Nameless Sound and Lawndale Art Centerat Lawndale Art CenterHouston, TXThis video is part of “They Sounded”, a series ...