Including New Music and Video Art Reflecting on Hurricane Harvey, Musiqa Presents Eclectic Show
Apr. 28, 2023
THIS WEEKEND, HOUSTON’S intrepid new-music-presenting organization Musiqa continues to stretch its programming ambitions with New Dimensions in Sight & Sound (Apr. 29 and 30 at MATCH), an eclectic concert of works by composers Sky Macklay, Du Yun and Ryne Siesky — and a new music and video collaboration between Musiqa 2022 Emerging Composer Commission winner Sam Wu and socially engaged multi-disciplinary artist Carrie Marie Schneider.
It’s a challenging, provocative program, and includes several Houston-based artists.
Wu is currently pursuing his DMA in composition at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and Schneider has been an active part of Houston’s socially engaged art and performance world for some time now. Their collaboration, Weather Models, was commissioned by Musiqa.
The piece features an onstage, kinetic video installation by Schneider. The footage, recorded from 2017 to 2021, finds Houstonians creating miniature, symbolic weather events inside fish tanks and other containers with plastic dolls and other objects — a sort of hands-on therapeutic activity to address the trauma of Hurricane Harvey and climate change.
The music Wu has composed for Weather Models will “underscore the elemental nature of the subject matter,” says a Musiqa rep, and includes a part for a mezzo-soprano singing text created in collaboration with Schneider and inspired by “early language development.” In performance, the projected surface Schneider has created will rise and fall in time with the music.
Rounding out the program is Macklay’s Many Many Cadences, Du Yun’s i am my own achilles’ heel, and Siesky’s /ˈɪn/bluːm/, which was also commissioned by Musiqa. The featured musicians include violinist Mary Grace Johnson, who recently led Houston’s Kinetic Ensemble in a powerful performance of Nicky Sohn’s Home, and mezzo-soprano Jillian Krempasky.
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THE OWNER OF Houston’s popular Kin Dee Thai has launched a ghost kitchen — a delivery- and to-go-only concept that first became popular during the pandemic — in the Galleria area. M Express Thai Kitchen sells unique Thai takes on American fast-food favorites like hot dogs, burgers, wraps and wings.
Restaurateur Lukkaew Srasrosiwan — who will also debut fine-dining restaurant MaKiin in the Hanover River Oaks highrise this summer — opened M Express with plans to expand the concept to other areas of Houston.” M Express Thai Kitchen represents a unique addition to the vibrant and diverse Houston culinary community, and we are ecstatic to bring a new level of convenience to Houstonians and visitors alike,” says Srasrisuwan in a press release. M Express is located within the Fair Food Co. ghost kitchen facility.
The 13-item menu features American comfort foods mostly eaten out of hand that are amped up with Thai flavors using authentic, quality ingredients. For instance, the Basil Beef burger is topped with Thai basil sauce and the usual fixings, or have it your way with bacon, cheese and a fried egg, while the chicken club sandwich is served with panang curry sauce. Its beef “drunken” hot dog is gussied up with ground beef topping, sauteed peppers and onions (chili, if you will), along with drunken noodle sauce and fried basil garnish. That’s no Coney dog!
Snacky bites perfect for late-night cravings include shrimp nuggets, Sriracha wings, crispy wonton pad Thai, and several intriguing Thai-style dips from sriracha to Laab dip for its wonton chips, sweet potato chips, and to flavor other dishes. As per the usual with ghost kitchens, items can be ordered for pick-up or delivery via third party food delivery platforms like UberEats, ChowNow, DoorDash and GrubHub.
To develop the new menu, Srasrisuwan collaborated with two local award-winning Thai chefs, who take the nicknames “Chef O” and “Chef Bell.” Together, they bring cooking experience from resorts in their native Thailand as well as working as consultants for Kin Dee. Chef O has won culinary competitions in Thailand and proudly dons his awards in photos.
Chef O and Chef Bell
Green curry pork burger
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