Ensemble Highlights

Browse through the dozens of commissions, premieres, and unforgettable collaborations of our nine-year history.

2015

Inaugural Concert
at First Evangelical Lutheran Church Houston

Commission & Premiere:
Daniel Knaggs Two Columns at Sea

2016

Commission & Premiere:
Tommy Dougherty’s Egyptian Ratscrew Fantasy

First Performance
at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH)

Performance
of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht at the James Turrell Skyspace

2017

Commission & Premiere:
Alexandra T. Bryant’s Paper Dreams

Premiere:
Karim Al-Zand’s Luctus profugis

Texas Premiere:
Pierre Jalbert’s String Theory

Music & Dance Collaboration
with Open Dance Project & Musiqa

Performance
at ANCC Conference with Metdance

2018

Performance of
Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
with Robert Johnson & Christopher Bozeka

Commission & Premiere:
Giancarlo Latta’s Borrowed Density

First Kinetic & Friends Chamber Music & Market Popup
with Kathrine Zeren

Commission & Premiere:
Daniel Temkin’s Ocean’s Call for string orchestra

Recording Release:
Studies in Nature by Karim Al-Zand, featuring Kinetic

2019

Collaboration
with Aperio & Clarice Assad

Collaboration
with Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Commission & Premiere:
Shane MondsStages for String Trio
and Kyle Rivera’s Merge for String Trio

2021

World Premiere:
Daniel Knaggs Two Streams for choir and string orchestra

Collaboration
with Houston Chamber Choir

World Premiere:
Peter Klatzow’s World of Miró for marimba and string quartet

CD Release:
Pierre Jalbert: String Theory (Orchid Classics)