Self-taught composer Nathan Felix and the San Antonio Museum of Art (200 W Jones Ave, San Antonio, TX 78215) will present a unique classical music performance on Friday November 12th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The performance, originally scheduled for September 3rd, was postponed due to the rise in Delta variant cases but still performed for a virtual audience. The newly composed orchestral suite, Black Neon Rose, was written by Felix for four harpsichords, strings and choir.

To begin the event, local harpsichord builder Gerald Self will give a brief discussion on the history of harpsichords and give insight into his building process. In early 2019, Felix and Self met and discussed a grandiose presentation utilizing Self’s harpsichords but those plans were stalled due to the pandemic. This summer, Felix reached out to Self and talks quickly escalated with an agreement to premiere the collaboration at The San Antonio Museum of Art. The music drew inspiration from SAMA’s fall 2021 exhibition America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution.

Felix is known for his guerilla style approach in presenting classical music in unconventional spaces and 4-Harpsichords in Surround Sound is given no exception, with a performance utilizing space and acoustics.