Current Season
2016-17 Concert Season
Rob Smith, director
Alejandro Basulto Martinez, assistant director
Avatars
Monday September 26, 2016, 7:30pm — Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House
Crossroads
Monday November 14, 2016, 7:30pm — Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House
Memory Web
March 9, 10 & 11, 2017, 8:00pm — Midtown Arts Theater Complex Houston (MATCH)
In Search Of
Monday April 24, 2017, 7:30pm — Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House
Avatars
Monday September 26, 2016
Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House
An evening of musical avatars
Axioms (2005) – Clint Needham (b.1981)
flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussion
Push/Pull (2013/2015) – Nick Omiccioli (b.1982)
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussion
House of Mirrors (2016) – Eamon Carmody (b.1993) – world premiere
flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussion
An Oboe Book (1999) – Ned Rorem (b.1923)
oboe & piano
Grabbing – Snatching – Blink – and You – Be Gone (2016) – Rob Smith (b.1968)
violin, cello & piano
Crossroads
Monday November 14, 2016
Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House
with special guests:
Kamran Ince, composer
Melanie Sonnenberg, mezzo-soprano
Waves of Talya (1988) – Kamran Ince (b.1960)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion
Abandoned (2014) – Kamran Ince (b.1960)
mezzo-soprano, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin & cello
Turquoise (1996) – Kamran Ince (b.1960)
flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, trumpet,
violin, viola, cello, electric bass, synthesizer & percussion
Drawings (2002) – Kamran Ince (b.1960)
flute & piano
Road to Memphis (2008) – Kamran Ince (b.1960)
viola & harpsichord
Memory Web
March 9, 10 & 11, 2017
Midtown Arts Theater Complex Houston (MATCH)
A collaborative concert with
Psophonia Dance Company
Les Moutons de Panurge (1969) – Frederic Rzewski (b.1938)
large chamber ensemble
Only the Piano Will Give Us Our Peace (2004) – Matthew Van Brink (b.1978)
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello & piano
coming around… (1995) – Belinda Reynolds (b.1967)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano
Distant Memories (2015) – HyeKyung Lee (b. 1962) - world premiere
viola & piano
Falling Still (2001/2009) – Emily Doolittle (b.1972)
clarinet, violin, viola & cello
In Search Of
Monday April 24, 2017
Moores School of Music, Moores Opera House
A collaborative concert with Creative Writers
from the UH Hispanic Department and
music by Latin-American composers
featuring creative writers:
Mabel Cuesta
Cristina Rivera Garza
Pedro Gutierrez
Paco Estrada M
Jose Ramon Ruisanchez Serra
and the following works:
S.O.S. (2006) – Enrico Chapela (b.1974)
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, & piano
Cielo e Infierno (2010) – Hermes Luaces (b.1975)
flute, violin, viola, cello, & piano
New Work (2016) – Victor Rangel (b.1996) – world premiere
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussion
Petites Catàstrofes (2010) – Ramon Humet (b.1968)
solo percussion
Blank Space (2009) – Juan Sebastian Lach Lau (b.1970)
clarinet, piano & electro-acoustic sounds