Here Be Monsters 2026

Hundreds of people are expected to  voluntarily step outside of their musical genre mode this weekend and hear something new, and different and maybe even odd.

It’s time for the annual HERE BE MONSTERS, Austin’s Indie-Classical music festival. 

Co-director Michael Zapruder of Tetractys says this is a growing movement within the classical or near classical genre of new music.

Here are links to some of the stories mentioned in the Classical Music In Colors podcast. 

The Black Declaration of Independence

The Het Concertgebouw’s Festival Mind the Gap!

The Chicago Sinfonietta

Nina Simone and Samuel Waymon Music Scholarship Fund