2019-2020

PRELUDES @ PLAY
September 28, 2019
First Congregational Church of Houston

Tsoof Baras: “The Angels are Coming”
Evan Chambers: “Love Dogs”
Aftab Darvishi: “Nesyan”
Ying Chen Kao: “530.623”
James MacMillan: “Memento”
Jessie Montgomery: “Strum”
Karalyn Schubring: “Blossom”

Performed by
Ingrid Gerling, violin
Jackson Guillen, violin
Patrick Moore, cello
Roy Park, clarinet
Mayara Velasquez, cello
Sergein Yap, viola

FRANCOSONIC
October 18, 2019
MATCH

Raphaèle Biston: “Repercussions”
Guillaume Connesson: “Songs of Agartha”
Marc-André Dalvabie: “Palimpseste” for sextet
Betsy Jolas: “Trio sopra ‘et sola facta'”
Luis Naon: “Alto Voltango”

Performed by
Leone Buyse, flute
Dan Gelok, saxophone
Jackson Guillen, violin
Jeremy Kreutz, cello
Tali Morgulis, piano
Michael Webster, clarinet
Blake Wilkins, percussion
Jerry Hou, conductor
Olivier Modr, visual artist

NARI WARD: WE THE PEOPLE
November 14, 2019
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Joseph Pereira: “Aldebaran”
Eleanor Alberga: “Ride Through”
Olly Wilson: “Echoes”
Kinen Azmeh: “It’s About Time”
Sky McKlay: “The Braid”

Performed by
Joe Desotelle, percussion
Stefani Feldman, clarinet
Max Geissler, cello
Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp
Chapman Welch, electronics

FREE/FLOW
January 11 & 12, 2020
MATCH

Christopher Cerrone: “High Windows”
Pierre Jalbert: “Autumn Rhapsody” and “Elegy”
Jessie Montgomery: “Starburst” and “Strum”
François Rabbath: “Poucha-das”

Performed by
NobleMotion Dance
Kinetic, the Conductorless Ensemble

WILL BOONE: THE HIGHWAY HEX
January 30, 2020
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Karen Tanaka: “Shibuya Tokyo”
Nina C. Young: “Ainsi soit-il”
Gabriel Bola
ños: “Greenlandic”
Karola Obermueller: “xs”
Michael Ippolito: “String Quartet No. 3”
Max Vinetz: “Stars on the Ground”

Performed by
Samuel Park, violin
Evie Chen, violin
Sergein Yap, viola
Max Geissler, cello

KASSANDRA / THE LEADER
February 23 & 29, 2020
Opera In The Heights

Anthony Brandt: “Kassandra”
Karim Al-Zand: “The Leader”

Performed by
Zachary Averyt, Megan Berti, Christopher Besch, Mark Diamond, Lindsay Russell, Penelope Shumate, Albert Stanley, Jason Zacher