Henri Star Muhammad, maestro of Muhammad School of Music

Henri Star

Join Henri Star and Muhammad School of Music on Friday, October 16 at Saints Columba Brigid Church, 75 Hickory Street, Buffalo, New York 14204 for an outstanding evening of music, celebration, and purpose. For tickets, information, to book a performance, and to donate visit www.henristar.com/hsm50

Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Henri Star comes from a family of changemakers, including his father who was among Buffalo’s first Black firefighters in the 1970’s, and his aunt, Buffalo born and first Black supermodel, Beverly Johnson.

As a youth during Henri Star’s classical music and violin study, he often found himself to be the only Black musician in the various orchestras he was selected to perform with. In 1999, a year after graduating from college he founded Muhammad School of Music (MSOM). MSOM has made its mission to inspire Black youth to take an interest in classical music. One of Henri Star’s goals is to establish institutions throughout America to make classical music study more accessible to young people.

Now celebrating 27 years, Henri Star Muhammad and MSOM continue to serve students from Buffalo, the larger Western New York region, nationwide through MSOM’s virtual instruction platform, and to students who travel into Buffalo from all over the country. In addition to weekly classes and instruction, Henri Star and MSOM present regular concerts, recitals, and performance experiences throughout Western New York and nationwide.