A listening room in East Fort Worth

When words fail, music speaks.

Granite Shoals Studio is a home concert venue with a small stage, a real sound system, and an audience that came to listen. Free, invitation-based house concerts showcasing local musicians and songwriters.

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Why a house concert?

The music is the whole point

No noisy bar, no expensive drinks, no craning past a crowd. Just songs, the people who wrote them, and a room full of friends who came to hear both.

The Granite Shoals concert room set with rows of chairs facing the lit stage — The listening room, set for a concert night

A true listening room

Seating in rows or at tables, an in-house sound system, and a quiet, attentive audience. Performers tell us it's the rarest thing in live music: a room that actually listens.

Free, friendly, direct

Concerts are private gatherings among friends — free to attend, by RSVP. If you'd like to support the artist, your donation goes straight to them. The venue takes nothing.

A community, not a crowd

Easy parking, early start, home at a reasonable hour — and a room where friends and soon-to-be friends gather around live local music, twice a month or so.

Next up on our stage

Upcoming concert

Coming Soon

Spooktacular Strings

Quartet Chromatica – Spectrum Chamber Music Society

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Doors 6:00 PM · Music 7:00 PM

Spectrum Chamber Ensemble comprised of musicians from the Fort Worth Symphony performs Halloween-themed selections.

Get ready for a spine-tingling good time with Spectrum Chamber Music Society and Quartet Chromatica! Spooktacular Strings features delightfully eerie classics like Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre and Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, alongside mischievously modern favorites such as “This Is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas and iconic themes from the films Halloween and Psycho. Whether whimsical or wicked, these haunting melodies will thrill and entertain the whole family.

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See details, past shows, and how to RSVP →

How it works

Your first house concert, in four steps

1 · RSVP

Email or call us for the concert you'd like to attend. Attendance is by invitation and RSVP.

2 · Get the address

We share the street address and parking notes when you RSVP — it's our home, so we keep it off the public page.

3 · Settle in & listen

Doors open one hour early. Bring a snack or beverage to share, meet like-minded people, and enjoy the show.

4 · Support the artist

If the music moved you, give directly to the performer — every dollar goes from you to them.

As featured in

The Fort Worth Report

“Where I Live: East Fort Worth couple open their home for community concerts” — the Report visited Granite Shoals Studio and told the story of how Myra and Phil turned their home into a stage for local musicians.

Read the article ↗

So impressed with your work and your continuing generosity of spirit and welcome.

"Timeloop Traveller" | Guest

Thanks to the Hennens for their hospitality and to the audience for their energy. We had such a good time.

Morgan Sullivan | Performing Artist

Local Musicians & songwriters

Looking for a room that listens?

Stage, sound system, and an attentive, appreciative audience — booked the friendly way, without the bar-scene runaround.

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