​Our mission is to embrace the cultural beauty and future of choral music. Houston Cecilia seeks to engage audiences through shared experiences of sound, texture, and color while actively seeking opportunities for community outreach. Since its beginning in 2010, under founding-director Justin Smith, Houston Cecilia has established a tradition of high-quality, innovative choral performances.  In August of 2019, Houston Cecilia was a recipient of the Motif Awards for Humanity and Fine Arts. The Motif Awards showcase young music professionals that have made strategic and deliberate efforts to exceed the limits beyond the world of many challenges. In October of 2011, Houston Cecilia performed the premiere of University of Houston composer Michael Bryson’s A Time and Season.  In May of 2012, the choir collaborated with VOX and the HSPVA Treble Choir in two highly-acclaimed performances of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS, the first time the piece had been performed in Houston. Houston Cecilia continues to support local Houston composers in premiering new and invigorating choral works of the 21st century.