BREATH OF LIFE + Special Guests Reception (CME)

Lone Star Lyric’s 18th summer festival of lyric theater explores the work of Houston-based composer J. Todd Frazier. Breath of Life is inspired by an early heart transplant procedure performed in Houston, TX, and based on real events, people, and situations.

Special Guest Panel Discussion ( + CME for Physicians)

Joseph G. Rogers, MD | The Texas Heart Institute (Moderator)
O.H. Frazier, MD | The Texas Heart Institute
J. Todd Frazier | Houston Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine
Brian Gowan, MDiv, BCC | Chaplain Houston Methodist Heart Transplant Clinic
Kelli Estes | Executive Director, Lone Star Lyric Opera
Dr. Michael Remson| Librettist
Ally Babineaux | Bionic Bride™

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CME Available Separate Registration Required

Houston Methodist is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Houston Methodist designates this Live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Behind the Scenes

Breath of Life is a story about medical advances meeting unprecedented ethical and spiritual challenges through this most dramatic and transformative procedure – a heart transplant. Learn more about the story through the five-part interview series with Houston-based composer J. Todd Frazier.

“Choices and Humanness”

“Hymn, Leitmotiv”

“Shaping the Libretto

“Time

“LSL Production”

Community Partners

LifeGift is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) health services organization. As the organ procurement organization (OPO) for North, Southeast and West Texas, we partner with more than 200 hospitals across 109 counties to save and heal lives. LifeGift is a founding member of Donate Life Texas, the organization that manages the organ, eye and tissue donor registry. Please visit www.LifeGift.org.

Nora’s Home offers solid organ transplant patients and their families an affordable place to stay in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) where they can find support and share experiences with others, in the comfort of a home-like environment. The home is located 2.5 miles from the TMC and serves patients suffering from end-stage organ disease and facing the need for life-saving transplant surgery. Medical care often requires families to travel far from home, and many patients awaiting transplants, undergoing surgery, or having follow-up care must stay in Houston for many months. We are proud to have welcomed guests from 38 states and five other countries.