Sean Lee: "I love the way music takes the listener on a real journey: from the most intimate moments to glorious peaks." read more...Concerts
March 5, 2012 3:46 am
Metropolis at The Armory Show
Metropolis Ensemble artists performing on Opening Day (March 7, 2012, 2pm and 3:30pm, at Pier 94) at The Armory Show this week, presenting the U.S. premiere of Icelandic artist Örn...
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March 4, 2012 10:14 pm
Music Box: Old Songs, New Voices
Harpist Bridget Kibbey had a concept for a concert: to celebrate the diverse and colorful cultures that make up the American musical fabric. She commissioned pieces from composers born...
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January 4, 2012 6:54 pm
Bridget Kibbey on Music Box
Photo by Kristen Somody Whalen [This is an excerpt from the program notes by Metropolis harpist Bridget Kibbey, providing some background on the upcoming Resident Artist Series concert,...
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October 5, 2011 2:01 am
Opening the Season: Renderings
Metropolis Ensemble launched its new season on September 15 with Renderings, showcasing music from Ray Lustig, Vivian Fung, and Timo Andres at the fantastically whimsical, Tim Burton-esque...
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September 13, 2011 5:20 am
Kung Fu Heroes Meet High-Octane Music: The Martial Arts Trilogy
On September 12, in the Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, celebrity composer Tan Dun led the Metropolis Ensemble in an audacious multimedia mesh of Eastern and Western sounds, forms,...
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September 6, 2011 8:21 pm
Violinist Kristin Lee Discusses the Challenges of a World Premiere
Since joining Metropolis Ensemble two years ago, violinist Kristin Lee has quickly made herself irreplaceable to Metropolis Ensemble as both concertmaster and chamber musician. Next...
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August 31, 2011 3:01 pm
Raymond Lustig’s Musical Ghosts
As composers, we all live with ghosts. They sit on our shoulders as we write, encouraging us, chastising us, eternally challenging us. Occasionally, we even enter into a direct dialogue...
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June 29, 2011 2:37 pm
A Burst of Blinding Clarity
On May 12, 2011 at the 2011 MATA Festival hosted by (le) Poisson Rouge, Oracle Hysterical members Elliot Cole, Brad Balliett, and Doug Balliett brought us probably the most twisted...
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February 19, 2011 10:28 pm
The Electro-Acoustic Adventure
Metropolis Ensemble ushered in a packed house of excited audience members at (le) Poisson Rouge on January 27-28 for its surreal Hallucinations concert events. The back-to-back evenings...
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Youth Works
BAM Shuffle Culture
The Armory Show
Music Box
Renderings
Martial Arts Trilogy
MATA Festival
Three City Dash
Inaugural Benefit
Hallucinations
Grammy Nomination Party
It takes a long time to become a good composer
Brownstone
Home Stretch
I found it by the sea
Love Letter to Haiti
CD Launch & Concert
Reverb
New Music 101
Glimpses
Groanbox
The Rite: Remixed
LOOP
Digital Sustain
On Record
There and Back Again
All About Love
Voices of Night

