If you want to hear a stirring rendition of the classical composition “The Blue Danube”, you may choose to attend the Houston Symphony or catch a visiting performer. You probably wouldn’t think of finding it at a busy downtown underpass.
“When I first came, it was good to listen to it, but after a while, you keep listening to the same thing, and sometimes I start humming it and I’m like, huh,” Thomas, a man experiencing homelessness, said.
It’s mostly the unhoused you’ll find spending significant time at the Pierce elevated underpasses at Main and Fannin. Those who spoke to ABC13 said they remember hearing the music for months, while others said years. What some could agree on is why it’s classical music, loud, and on a loop…