Kinetic Ensemble: The Strangers' Case

The first of two chamber music performances in intimate venues around the city, The Strangers’ Case features a preview performance of a new work for voice and strings by the phenomenal Houston composer Karim Al-Zand. Firecracker performer Alexandra Smither, who last sang with Kinetic in May 2023, returns to sing the Al-Zand premiere, along with selections from Errollyn Wallen’s songbook.

— curated by Tonya Burton, violist, and Austin Lewellen, bassist

Andy Akiho: Portal (2023 — Texas Premiere)

Karim Al-Zand: The Strangers’ Case (2024 — Preview Performance)

Errollyn Wallen: Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals? (1994)

Paul Wiancko: American Haiku (2014)

Host or Publisher Kinetic