Upcoming Event
BalletCollective: Echoes of the Unseen
October 28–31 / 7:30pm / Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Metropolis Ensemble and BalletCollective are collaborating to present newly commissioned works with choreographers Alysa Pires and Chloe Crenshaw, composers Nicky Sohn and 7038634357 (Neo Gibson), and visual artists linn meyers and Siyan Camille Ji.
Upcoming Album
Erika Dohi: Myth of Tomorrow
Album Release October 24 on Switch Hit / Figure 8 Recording
Myth of Tomorrow, the second album by composer-pianist Erika Dohi, is a sonic meditation on catastrophe, resilience, and rebirth. The record is produced by Grammy-winning composer and producer William Brittelle and with support from Metropolis Ensemble.
Recent Project
Celebrating the Summer Solstice
On June 20, Metropolis Ensemble presented two World Premieres at Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Matthew Evan Taylor’s Afropneuma at sunrise and Erik Hall’s reimagining of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians at sunset—two powerful works inspired by breath and transformation.
Ongoing Project
Flame Keepers
Experience our real-time perpetual sonic art installation created by Jakub Ciupinski. 140+ composer contributors since 2021, weaving together multiple streams of music into unexpected, evolving combinations.
News Alert
New York Times: The Best Classical Music of 2025, So Far
“Part murder mystery, part psychological séance, In A Grove became the highlight of this year’s Prototype in January. Metropolis Ensemble’s shimmering performance contributed to the dream-like unreality... leaves listeners suspended between ambiguity and wonder.”
Upcoming Album
Forward Into Light
A New Album from Sarah Kirkland Snider on New Amsterdam Records
Metropolis Ensemble is collaborating with composer Sarah Kirkland Snider and Grammy-winning producer Silas Brown to record her acclaimed orchestral works.
Your sustaining gift will support Sarah's $100K Challenge Grant and help bring this new recording project to life in partnership with our world-class artists and studios.
Studio Albums
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Him Sophy: Bangsokol
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Vivian Fung: Dreamscapes
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Molly Joyce: Loud and Soft
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Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann: In A Grove
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Tyondai Braxton: Telekinesis
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Questlove and The Roots: Undun
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Timo Andres: Home Stretch
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Ricardo Romaneiro: The Coarse Air
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Emily Wells: this world is too ___ for you
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William Brittelle: Spiritual America
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Pieta Brown: We Are Not Machines
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William Brittelle: Alive in the Electric Snow Dream
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Matthew Evan Taylor: The Unheard Mixtapes
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Phong Tran: The Computer Room
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Jakub Ciupinski: Flame Keepers
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Wye Oak: Shriek Variations
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Samora Pinderhughes: Grief
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Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
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Kalia Vandever: Regrowth
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Gity Razaz: The Strange Highway
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Ricardo Romaneiro: Liquidverse
News Alert
2025 Grammy Award Nominee
Best Engineered Album, Classical — Timo Andres: The Blind Banister
“The orchestra suddenly falls away, leaving the pianist to wrestle with the two basic elements of the piece, rising and falling.” —Timo Andres
Our recent studio album is nominated for engineers Silas Brown, Doron Schachter, and Michael Schwartz and mastering engineer Matt Colton, performed by Metropolis Ensemble, conductor Andrew Cyr, Timo Andres, and Inbal Segev.
Ongoing Project
Liquidverse
Now playing at Cosm LA and Cosm Dallas
"Cosm offers a canvas for boundless creativity." —Ricardo Romaneiro
Experience composer Ricardo Romaneiro’s immersive audiovisual symphony created for Cosm, the world’s first 87-foot diameter 12K LED dome and spatial audio system.
Listen to 118 artists from Metropolis Ensemble (Andrew Cyr, conductor) and The Crossing (Donald Nally, Conductor), with producers Silas Brown and Andrew Cyr.
Explore our bold, genre-defying projects that transform how music is experienced.
