METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

Solos and Improvisations

March 27th, 2022
6:30PM Doors / 7:00PM Show

1 Rivington Street
2nd Floor (Buzzer #1)
New York, NY 10011

Proof of Vaccination and Masks required

Tickets
$15 General / $10 Student

Musicians from PinkNoise Ensemble explore music that pushes the sound world of each instrument, including two World Premiere performances from Mert Morali and Jen Baker.

Complete Program:

Jen Baker: The Great Bridge and a Lion’s Gate for flute (world premiere)

Mert Moralı: Quintet for bass flute (world premiere)

Johnna Wu: solo improvisations & improvisations with Simon Kanzler on electronics

Nirmali Fenn: Scratches of the Wind for alto flute

Roberta Michel & Johnna Wu: improvisation

Image Credit: Fred Michel

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Featured

Johnna Wu

Violinist Johnna Wu is a performer and improviser active in North America, Europe, and Asia. She is the founder and artistic director of the electro-acoustic chamber ensemble PinkNoise. Johnna obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Music History and Theory at Columbia University, Masters of Music at the Juilliard School, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin. She is a doctorate student at the Graduate Center in the City University of New York and is on the faculty of CUNY-College of Staten Island and the Lucerne Festival Academy.

Roberta Michel

Brooklyn-based flutist Roberta Michel is dedicated to the music of our time. She has commissioned and premiered hundreds of new works and has worked with many notable composers of our day. Roberta is the flutist and Co-Director of Wavefield Ensemble and is a member of PinkNoise and Duo RoMi.

Metropolis Ensemble’s COVID PROTOCOLS for Rivington

We’re beyond thrilled to host you in our space after more than a year away. To make sure this in-person experience keeps you, our staff, and our performers safe and healthy, we are requiring all attendees to follow our Covid-19 guidelines. We will be updating our Covid-19 policies to keep in line with official guidance, this version has been updated August 4th 2021. Please contact info@metropolisensemble.org if you have any questions or concerns.

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WHEN YOU ARRIVE

Once doors open a half hour before the performance start time, our front of house staff will check your ticket and proof of vaccination at the exterior door. Once checked in you’ll be able to enter the space.

In addition to having your ticket or QR code ready when you reach the door, you will also be required to provide proof of full Covid-19 vaccination and a photo ID. IN ALIGNMENT WITH CDC GUIDELINES, FULL VACCINATION INCLUDES 2 WEEKS POST FINAL DOSE.

If you do not have either of these pieces of information, we will not be able to admit you. Our front of house staff will issue a full refund for your ticket.

ACCEPTABLE PROOF IS ONE OF:

Excelsior pass, offered by the State of New York here
-A CDC Covid vaccination card
-A clear photo of your CDC card which shows your name and date(s) of vaccination
-Other electronic record of vaccination that includes name and date (e.g., some chain pharmacies have an app with this information)

In all cases the name on the vaccination record must match that on your ID. All staff and performers will also be vaccinated. You are, of course, welcome to continue wearing a mask.

Shows will be running at reduced capacity. Those will be noted in the event descriptions.

WEARING A MASK INDOORS

Because of an increase in Delta breakthrough cases, we are requiring that everyone be masked. We have masks available at the door and inside the venue if you need one!

Performers are encouraged to be masked when backstage or in the house but are not required to wear their masks onstage. All staff will be masked.

OTHER COVID SAFETY MEASURES

Before and after each show, our staff sanitizes chairs, bathrooms, and any other surface our audience or performers come in contact with. We’ve also just installed brand new MERV-13 filters in our air filter system.