Claire Dickson's Starland — Metropolis Ensemble

Claire Dickson's album release celebration, with Grey Mcmurray and Lesley Mok

Starland is Claire Dickson's debut album as a solo artist and producer, created on a tall ship in the Arctic Circle and in her Brooklyn apartment. With guitarist Grey Mcmurray and drummer Lesley Mok, this music comes alive with added spontaneity and imagination.

*Free album download included with all ticket purchases!

Claire Dickson is a vocalist, composer, and producer from Medford, Massachusetts currently based in Brooklyn. She creates as a solo artist, songwriting and improvising with voice and electronics, and co-leads the songwriting project Myrtle (with singer/songwriter Camila Ortiz).

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

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Grey Mcmurray

Guitarist, singer and producer Grey Mcmurray has been called “sublimely odd” (New York Magazine) and “the world’s least obtrusive guitarist” (The Guardian). He will release his first solo album on Figureight Records in summer 2019. He has performed/recorded with Gil-Scott Heron, Meshell Ndegeocello, Tyondai Braxton, Alarm Will Sound, Olga Bell, Skuli Sverrissonn, Ali Sethi, Theo Bleckmann, Beth Orton, ACME, Colin Stetson, So Percussion, Shahzad Ismaily, Sam Amidon and John Cale, among others…

Claire Dickson

Claire Dickson is a vocalist, composer, and producer from Medford, Massachusetts, currently based in Brooklyn. Much of her work is self-contained: using her voice, field recordings, synthesizers, and samples she builds instruments and sound worlds that investigate dream states and sensation…

Lesley Mok

Informed by Afrological principles of drum ensemble playing, Lesley Mok performs on a percussion kit assembled especially for the ensemble. She combines bongos, cowbells, temple blocks, cymbals, and floor tom, and employs diverse performance techniques to produce a dynamic range of timbres and orchestrations. A true experimentalist, she has been mentored by Vijay Iyer, Henry Threadgill, Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington, and others.

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.