The A. I. Lack Master Series at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music presents distinguished artist-teachers in a series of free master classes and recitals, providing a broader educational experience for Moores School students and the Houston community. The endowment that supports the series was established in memory of Abram I. Lack in 1989. His daughter, legendary violinist and teacher Fredell Lack Eichhorn was the C. W. Moores Professor of Violin at the University of Houston, where she served for 50 years until her retirement in 2009.

Previous Lack Series guests have included violinists Pinchas Zukerman, Yung Uck Kim, Ruggiero Ricci and Midori; vocalists Diana Soviero, Marilyn Horne, Frederica von Stade, and Samuel Ramey; pianists Christoph Eschenbach and Jeffrey Siegel; flutists Julius Baker and Paula Robison; and composers Philip Glass and Richard Rodney Bennett, among others.

View Lack Series Guests 1992-Present

All Lack Series events are FREE and open to the public.

2023-2024 A. I. Lack Master Series Events 

FALL 2023

Thu., Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m., Dudley Recital Hall
Voice Master Class                                                  
REGINALD SMITH, Jr., baritone

Thu., Nov. 9, 7 p.m., Choral Recital Hall
Violin Master Class
ERNEST SALEM
California State University-Fullerton
 
Thu., Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Dudley Recital Hall
Voice Master Class
SERGEI LEIFERKUS, baritone
World renowned artist and soloist in MSM's Rachmaninoff Festival Concert Dec.2, featuring The Bells.

SPRING 2024

Tue., Jan 23, 7:30 p.m., Dudley Recital Hall
Voice Master Class
NICOLE HEASTON, soprano
 
Fri., Feb. 9, 1 p.m.             
    Violin Master Class, Location TBA
    CHARLES YANG
    Time for Three
    Co-sponsored by Performing Arts Houston                AND

    Double Bass Master Class, Location TBA
    RANAAN MEYER
    Time for Three
    Co-sponsored by Performing Arts Houston
 
Sun., Feb. 11, Time TBA, MSM RM 160
Cello Master Class
YOSHIKA MASUDA
Faculty, Chapman University