Ensemble Highlights
Browse through the dozens of commissions, premieres, and unforgettable collaborations of our ten-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 Monds’ Stages for String Trio
and Kyle Rivera’s Merge for String Trio
2020
Texas Premiere:
Patrick Harlin’s Art of Flight
Collaboration
with NobleMotion Dance and Musiqa
Commission & Premiere:
Paul Novak’s A String Quartet is like a Flock of Birds
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)
2022
World Premiere:
Anthony Brandt’s Concerto/Five
World Premiere:
Nicky Sohn’s What Happens If Pipes Burst?
World Premiere:
Patrick Harlin’s The Wilderness Anthology
2023
World Premiere:
Nicky Sohn’s Lullaby for Those Fast Asleep for string quintet
World Premiere:
Nicky Sohn’s Home for solo violin and string orchestra
World Premiere:
Theo Chandler’s Beyond the Sanctuary Walls for solo soprano, solo double bass and string orchestra
Collaboration
with Houston Chamber Choir
CD Release:
Kinetic (Bright Shiny Things)
CD Release:
Daniel Knaggs’ Two Streams (Cappella Romana)
2024
Collaboration
with Frame Dance Productions
Collaboration
with Asia Society Texas Center
US Premiere:
Ekrem Zeki Ün’s String Quartet No. 1
Residency
at Sam Houston State University
CD Release:
Daniel Knaggs’ The Joyful Mysteries (Acis Productions)