Textures of Change

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Kinetic opens its 2020-2021 Season with a concert of dynamic reflection at the Live Oak Friends Meeting House. Experience Strauss’s Metamorphosen for string septet, amidst transforming string textures under the skyspace- at sunset. Shaw’s Limestone and Felt represent symbolic surfaces that resonate far beyond the walls of James Turrell’s art installation. Also featured is a new commissioned work written in response to the current pandemic by award-winning, emerging composer, Paul Novak. 

Curated by Tonya Burton.

Program

Caroline Shaw: Limestone & Felt for violin & viola
Paul Novak: Commissioned Work for string quartet (world premiere)
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for string septet

Performers

Samuel Park, violin
Jacob Schafer, violin
Sebastian Stefanovic, viola
Sergein Yap, viola
David Olson, cello
Bree Ahern, cello
Mas Podgorny, bass

Important

The health and safety of our musicians and community is our first priority.

To that end, this performance will be professionally video recorded and live streamed on November 1, 2020 at 7pm.

All ticket holders will be provided a unique link to watch the performance online from your home. Ticket holders will also have continual access to re-watch the video after the live stream date.

For questions or concerns, please email us at info@kineticensemble.org. Thank you for being a part of Kinetic's 2020-2021 season and for supporting our work!

Guest Artist

Rejecting grandiose narratives, the music of Paul Novak (b. 1998) is driven by a love of small things: miniature forms, delicate soundscapes, and condensed ideas. His compositions, which explore the subtleties of instrumental color and draw influence from literature, art, and poetry, have been performed throughout the United States and abroad. Novak’s recent collaborators include the Austin Symphony, Orlando Symphony, Reno Philharmonic, NYO-USA, American Composers Orchestra, the Amaranth and Rosco Quartets, Nunc Ensemble, Hear&Now Ensemble, Texas New Music Ensemble, LIGAMENT, So Percussion, NODUS Ensemble, MotoContrario Ensemble, Tribeca New Music, Blackbox Ensemble, and Luna Nova Ensemble.

Novak’s upcoming projects in 20/21 include chamber commissions from the Boston New Music Initiative and KINETIC Ensemble; an orchestral commission from the American Composers Orchestra; new works for Quince Ensemble and for Ekmeles with Sandbox Percussion; and dialogues in color, a new work for string orchestra and percussion for Rice’s Hear&Now Ensemble inspired by the artwork of Ellsworth Kelly. Originally from Reno, NV, Novak completed his undergraduate studies at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he studied with Kurt Stallman, Pierre Jalbert, Anthony Brandt, and Karim Al-Zand. In Fall 2020, he will begin his PhD at the University of Chicago, where he will study with Augusta Read Thomas and Sam Pluta.