H Project Performing Arts Association

H Project Performing Arts Association The H Project is a non-profit organization based in Austin/San Marcos, Texas. The mission of H Project is to continually re-imagine the performance experience.

H Project Performing Arts Association (HPPAA) โ€” a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to fostering creativity through live jazz, visual arts, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
๐Ÿ”น https://hanksjazz.com/hppaa
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://tinyurl.com/HPPAA-LinkedIn H Project fulfills its mission through commissioning, performing, presenting, recording and publishing contemporary music, and collaborating with, mentoring and encouraging other artists.

๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™re honored to announce that H Project Performing Arts Association (HPPAA) has been awarded a 2026 Elevate Grant fro...
03/19/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™re honored to announce that H Project Performing Arts Association (HPPAA) has been awarded a 2026 Elevate Grant from the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, Culture, Music, and Entertainment (AACME) program.

This support will fund Double Vision: ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘ง ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ โ€” a series of original jazz performances featuring collaboration, mentorship, and community engagement across Austin.

Led by pianist Hank Hehmsoth and saxophonist John Mills the project brings together artists, students, and audiences through new compositions, interdisciplinary work, and live performance experiences.

โ€œThe goal is to create a space where original music, collaboration, and mentorship all intersect.โ€

This project continues H Project Performing Arts Association's mission to support artists, expand access to contemporary jazz, and foster meaningful cultural engagement in our community.

๐Ÿ™ Thank you to the City of Austin and AACME for supporting this work.

๐Ÿ”— Learn more: hanksjazz.com

Proud to share a new publication from HPPAA President/Artistic Director Hank Hehmsoth, now live on ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‰๐š๐ณ๐ณ:๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ...
03/04/2026

Proud to share a new publication from HPPAA President/Artistic Director Hank Hehmsoth, now live on ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‰๐š๐ณ๐ณ:

๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ฆ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ง โ€” ๐€ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’
A research-driven, first-recording-date chronology of Dorhamโ€™s original compositionsโ€”showing how his writing evolved from bebop craft through Afro-Cuban design into post-bop clarity.

At H Project Performing Arts Association, this is exactly what we support: ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ + ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ + ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€”connecting the music to the historical record in a way thatโ€™s useful to students, listeners, and working musicians.

๐Ÿ“– Read online: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/kenny-dorham-the-composer-in-the-horn-a-verified-chronology-1953-1964

๐Ÿ“„ Clean PDF copy:https://hanksjazz.com/s/2026-03-03-Dorham-The-Composer-in-the-Horn-All-About-Jazz.pdf

If you value independent arts education and jazz research in the community, please follow H Project Performing Arts Association for upcoming performances, workshops, and interdisciplinary programs.

Now on View in San MarcosHPPAA is pleased to share that Hank Hehmsothโ€™s artwork โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’โ€ is currently on exhibit at th...
02/26/2026

Now on View in San Marcos

HPPAA is pleased to share that Hank Hehmsothโ€™s artwork โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’โ€ is currently on exhibit at the ๐’๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ) through Saturday, March 21. Arts-San Marcos, Texas City of San Marcos - Parks & Recreation

This piece is part of Hankโ€™s ongoing ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ / ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ creative arc โ€” exploring the intersection of jazz improvisation and visual abstraction.

If youโ€™re in or visiting San Marcos, we encourage you to stop by and experience the work in person.

๐Ÿ“ San Marcos City Hall
๐Ÿ—“ On view through March 21

A strong year of live jazz through HPPAA โ€” 52 shows and growing.Thank you to the venues, collaborators, and supporters w...
02/25/2026

A strong year of live jazz through HPPAA โ€” 52 shows and growing.
Thank you to the venues, collaborators, and supporters who sustain this work.

๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ.

Grateful for every stage, every audience, and every moment of shared music in 2025.

From the Elephant Room to Parker Jazz Club, Monks Jazz, Nica on 4th, and beyond โ€” thank you to everyone who listened, supported, and made this year unforgettable.

Looking forward to what 2026 brings. ๐ŸŽนโœจ

02/23/2026

H Project Performing Arts Association was proud to support Jazz & Poetry at Historic ๐‚๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž โ€” Friends of Cephas House โ€” bringing live improvisation and spoken word into one of San Marcosโ€™ most meaningful historic spaces.
Would you like to see more Jazz & Poetry collaborations?
The Calaboose African American History Museum Arts-San Marcos, Texas

As we conclude our two-month residency at Brazosport College, we reflect with gratitude.The program included a solo exhi...
02/21/2026

As we conclude our two-month residency at Brazosport College, we reflect with gratitude.

The program included a solo exhibition of 27 abstract jazz works at the Brazosport Art Gallery and a fully documented concert featuring 12 original compositions โ€” recorded in 4K for archival and educational use.

This residency brought together visual art, live performance, lecture, and community engagement โ€” embodying HPPAAโ€™s mission to integrate music, history, and interdisciplinary creative practice.

Thank you to the students, faculty, and community who made this collaboration so meaningful.

Full concert playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvTQNNamp01EHydAE4qg-qGi4VLDGCF89

An inspiring collaboration with the Brazosport College ๐‰๐š๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐š๐ง๐, bringing together performance, mentorship, and the sha...
02/08/2026

An inspiring collaboration with the Brazosport College ๐‰๐š๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐š๐ง๐, bringing together performance, mentorship, and the shared language of jazz.

This concert was the culmination of a week-long residency centered on listening, process, and artistic exchange โ€” the kind of experience where students and professionals meet on equal creative ground.

Deep thanks to for his leadership and to the students for their focus, openness, and commitment to the music.

๐ŸŽฅ Full performance:
https://vimeo.com/event/5711529







This residency perfectly reflects HPPAAโ€™s mission: interdisciplinary collaboration, education, and community engagement ...
02/07/2026

This residency perfectly reflects HPPAAโ€™s mission: interdisciplinary collaboration, education, and community engagement through the arts.

Weโ€™re grateful to Brazosport College, the Clarion, faculty, students, and community members for such a meaningful week of learning and creative exchange. ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽจ

๐‡ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is proud to support ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ โ€” ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, an interdisciplinary residency a...
02/01/2026

๐‡ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is proud to support ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ โ€” ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, an interdisciplinary residency at Brazosport College bringing together visual art, jazz performance, and community engagement.

The residency includes a gallery exhibition, public artist reception, live jazz performances, and student collaboration โ€” all centered on the shared language of sound and image.

Grateful to our partners at Brazosport College and The Clarion at Brazosport College for creating space for this work.
๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‰๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ, ๐š๐ซ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž.
Thanks to The Facts and Brazosport College for the thoughtful interviews and coverage around the upcoming ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ โ€” ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ residency, including the Double Vision concert and jazz collaboration with the BC Jazz Band.
๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ :
https://thefacts.com/living/double-vision-to-bring-immersive-jazz-experience-to-the-clarion/article_4bc24cac-7c69-45e3-96b1-4b65b880c280.html
๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘ :
https://www.brazosport.edu/about-bc/newsroom/2026-news-stories/january-2026-news-stories/hank-hehmsoth-to-bring-immersive-art-jazz-residency-to-brazosport-college.php
๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž:
โ€ข๐‘†๐‘’๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ โ€” ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ visual art exhibition
BC Art Gallery โ€” now through February
โ€ข ๐…๐ž๐› ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ โ€” Public artist reception (BC Art Gallery)
โ€ข ๐…๐ž๐› ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ โ€” Double Vision concert (The Clarion)
โ€ข ๐…๐ž๐› ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ โ€” BC Jazz Band with special guest Hank Hehmsoth (The Clarion)
Grateful for the chance to share this work with the Brazosport community.
๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽจ





Today Iโ€™m sharing a small tribute to my friend ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐๐ž๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ก โ€” pianist, composer, and one of the most fearless musical ...
01/29/2026

Today Iโ€™m sharing a small tribute to my friend ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐๐ž๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ก โ€” pianist, composer, and one of the most fearless musical thinkers of his generation.

Richie asked me years ago for a transcription I made of โ€œ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘˜๐‘ข.โ€ Revisiting this music now feels like a quiet conversation across time โ€” about sound, risk, intellect, and heart.

Born ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ• ยท New York
Passed ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ยท Worms, Germany

Richie Beirach may not have been a household name, but serious pianists know. His influence runs deep โ€” from his modernist harmonic language to his lifelong partnership with Dave Liebman โ€” and his music continues to teach.

๐ŸŽน ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSrAEWhex7o

With gratitude and respect,
Hank

Proud to support this live, free jazz stream presented by Brazosport College.
01/28/2026

Proud to support this live, free jazz stream presented by Brazosport College.

๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž & ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ & ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€” ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒJoin us for an afternoon with jazz pianist, c...
01/24/2026

๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž & ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ & ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€” ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ

Join us for an afternoon with jazz pianist, composer, and visual artist Hank Hehmsoth Hehmsoth at the Brazosport College Art Gallery for a special two-part public program exploring creativity, process, and the connection between music and visual art.

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ โ€” ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž & ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค-๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก
Designed for students and the general public, this informal lecture and guided walk-through offers reflections on creativity, artistic process, improvisation, and listening, presented in the context of the exhibition
๐‘†๐‘’๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ / ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ

๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ โ€” ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ & ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Guests are invited to meet the artist, view the exhibition, and enjoy refreshments in a relaxed gallery setting.

Presented in partnership with ๐๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž.

๐Ÿ“ Brazosport Art Gallery โ€” Lake Jackson, TX
๐Ÿ“… Tuesday, February 3, 2026
๐ŸŽŸ Free and open to the public

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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