Crisis Music

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

A 4-concert series with composer Patrick Higgins

The Crisis Music series is a program of curated works by Patrick Higgins, situating challenging new music alongside surprising historical works. These concerts each in their way suggest and engage a moment of crisis - climate collapse, ethical atonement, lost time, social confusion - ultimately offering no answer, but affirming the positive ritual value of performance practice in situ.

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Two-movement piano trio by Patrick Higgins feat. Vicky Chow, Jay Campbell, and Mariel Roberts, as part of Higgins’s Crisis Music series and Metropolis Ensemble x BLUEPRINTS Piano Series.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
7:00pm

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Piano As Machine: Timbre and Technology of a Most Familiar Instrument

An artist talk featuring composer Patrick Higgins and pianist Conrad Tao in which the surprising history of the keyboard will be examined from a contemporary and creative perspective.

Thursday, Mar 21, 2019
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
7:00pm

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EVRLY MVSIC

Patrick Higgins and Josh Modney duo - guitar, electronics, and violin.

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Bach Bizarre

An array of soloists offering new takes on the Baroque master's work.

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Tenebrae Responsories + Hyperborea

A unique pairing of Higgins' string arrangement of Gesualdo's Renaissance vocal music along with an original work for string quartet, live electronics and immersive video - premiered by the Netherlands Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra in 2017.

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CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Artists Crisis Music (Higgins)

PATRICK HIGGINS / COMPOSER

Described by The New Yorker magazine as one of the "prime movers of the local avant-garde", and an "exacting avant-classical guitarist" by TimeOut NY, Patrick Higgins is a New York based composer/performer of experimental music. Higgins has composed works for… READ MORE

JAY CAMPBELL / CELLO

Armed with a diverse spectrum of repertoire and eclectic musical interests, cellist Jay Campbell has been recognized for approaching both old and new works with the same probing curiosity and emotional commitment. His performances have been called “electrifying”… READ MORE

VICKY CHOW / PIANO

With her expressive and nuanced interpretations of contemporary works, Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has been described as “brilliant” (New York Times), “new star of new music” (Los Angeles Times) and “one of our era’s most brilliant pianists” (Pitchfork)… READ MORE

JOSH MODNEY / VIOLIN

Josh Modney is a violinist devoted to creative musicmaking. A “new-music luminary,” “superb violinist” (The New York Times), and “multitasking virtuoso” (The New Yorker) hailed for “jaw-dropping technical skill…” and as “one of today’s most intrepid experimentalists”… READ MORE

MARIEL ROBERTS / CELLO

Trailblazing” cellist Mariel Roberts (Feast of Music) is widely recognized as a deeply dedicated interpreter of contemporary music. Recent performances have garnered praise for her “technical flair and exquisite sensitivity” (American Composers Forum), as well as her… READ MORE

CONRAD TAO / PIANO

Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer, and has been dubbed a musician of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by TheNew York Times, a “thoughtful and mature composer” by NPR, and “ferociously talented” by Time Out New York… READ MORE