October 28–31, 2025
Presenting newly commissioned with BalletCollective’s 2025 developing choreographers.
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Festivals
June 7, 2025
Presenting World Premiere works by University of Buffalo artists at Silo City, celebrating the festival’s 50th anniversary.
February 14, 2025
Weaving together modern jazz quartet and baroque instruments.
January 16—19, 2025
Director Mary Birnbaum and music director Andrew Cyr present Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann’s haunting new opera at Prototype Festival.
August 31—September 29, 2024
Discover an immersive soundtrack across New York City’s neighborhoods.
June 10—24, 2023
New music in new places that celebrate our city’s diverse neighborhoods.
December 12-20, 2020 / Online Event
Global program with artists, performing arts professionals and audiences from 6 countries
October 27, 2020 / Online Event
Metropolis Ensemble’s Debut Digital Festival, curated by Immanuel Wilkins, Erika Dohi, Daniel Anastasio, and Ryan Francis and hosted by House of Yes and (Le) Poisson Rouge.
GUATEMALAN-BORN SINGER-SONGWRITER GABY MORENO IS JOINED BY THE WOMEN OF LATIN ALTERNATIVE QUARTET LADAMA AND THE GRAMMY-NOMINATED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE (ELINOR RUFEIZEN, GUEST CONDUCTOR) TO PERFORM MUSIC FROM ¡SPANGLED!—HER COLLABORATIVE NONESUCH ALBUM WITH AMERICAN MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER, ARRANGER AND PRODUCER VAN DYKE PARKS.
December 2, 2019
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE IS THRILLED TO JOIN THE COLLECTIVE 37D03D (UPSIDE-DOWN “PEOPLE”) TO GATHER FOR A WEEK TO COMPOSE, COLLABORATE AND PRESENT MUSIC, VISUAL ART, AND LITERATURE IN A VARIETY OF SPACES AND SETTINGS.
November 22-23, 2019
OPERA IN DEVELOPMENT BY COMPOSER CHRISTOPHER CERRONE, LIBRETTIST STEPHANIE FLEISCHMANN, AND DIRECTOR MARY BIRNBAUM
October 12, 2019
A COLLECTION OF SONGS EXPLORING SECULAR SPIRITUALITY, COMPOSED BY WILLIAM BRITTELLE, AT SOUNDS FROM A SAFE HARBOUR FESTIVAL
September 15, 2019
A WALK-ABOUT CONCERT AND LISTENING PARTY IN THE STYLE OF A ROVING ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC MINI-FESTIVAL FEATURING PERFORMANCES AND HARD-WIRED INSTALLATIONS HAND-CRAFTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE "PROFOUNDLY HIGH-FIDELITY" (NEW YORK TIMES) CUSTOM-BUILT SOUND SYSTEM AT PUBLIC RECORDS
June 25, 2019
EMILY WELLS, BROOKLYN-BASED SINGER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PERFORMS WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, OPENING FOR LEGENDARY EXPERIMENTAL ROCK BAND TORTOISE
June 22, 2019
TWO-MOVEMENT PIANO TRIO BY PATRICK HIGGINS FEAT. VICKY CHOW, JAY CAMPBELL, AND MARIEL ROBERTS, AS PART OF HIGGINS’ CRISIS MUSIC SREIES AND METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS IN VISIBLE ROADS PIANO FESTIVAL
March 20, 2019
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE CONCERTMASTER KRISTIN LEE AND PIANIST/IMPROVISER/COMPOSER JEREMY JORDAN CELEBRATE A DIVERSITY OF 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN MUSIC FROM RAGTIME TO TODAY, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON IMPROVISATION, AS PART OF METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS IN VISIBLE ROADS PIANO FESTIVAL
March 19, 2019
A 3-CONCERT SERIES WITH COMPOSER AND PERFORMER MOLLY JOYCE
October 2018 - February 2019
A roving concert series in collaboration with cellist Gabriel Cabezas
A 4-concert series with composer Patrick Higgins
EVRLY MVSIC, Bach Bizarre, Tenebrae Responsories + Hyperborea
More info TBA.
A concert series with composer Kati Agócs