Composer Nathan Felix Present 6-Pianos "In Surround Sound"

Houston, TX, April 23, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Self-taught composer Nathan Felix and Sawyer Yards to hold the 6-Piano Project, an immersive classical music performance where the audience sits in the middle of six pianos, on May 4 at the Art Alley at Sawyer Yards (1502 Sawyer St.) to benefit lower-income schools in the Houston area through enhancement of their music programs with pianos.

After living in Los Angeles, Felix realized the importance and value of the "arts" in community integration. With that in mind, he took to creating a performance to not only involve the community, but benefit it as well. The idea is to collect six pianos that are considered “trash” to some, and convert them into “treasures” for others. The restored pianos will be used in a night of performances by Houston artists, and concluding with Felix’s six piano composition where the audience sits center to the strategic positioning of pianos creating a surround-sound experience.

Felix introduced the 6-Piano Project in the Rundberg neighborhood (a neighborhood overlooked in terms of arts events) in North Austin, TX in November of 2015 and has since brought the project to San Antonio, Barcelona Spain and Melbourne Australia. Felix hopes this ongoing project will contribute to community by providing resources for a new generation of artists/musicians. “I want to contribute in any way possible to the grooming and growing of the next crop of young, aspiring musicians,” Felix said.

In early 2019, Felix met with Sawyer Yards Creative Director, Grace Zuñiga to bring the 6-Piano Project to the Houston community. Realizing they share a passion for exposing arts/music to new listeners and outreach to their respective local communities, Zuñiga and Felix set out to include Houston as the next installment in the 6-Piano Project Series. The concert will be held on May 4th at 7PM (doors at 6:30) at the Art Alley at Sawyer Yards, 1502 Sawyer St.