Tam Lin — Metropolis Ensemble

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

FIONA GILLESPIE AND ELLIOT COLE: TAM LIN

Friday, January 3, 2020
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY 10011
7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Tickets: $15 general / $5 students

A modern adaptation of the 18th-century Scottish ballad "Tam Lin” — a story of transformation and love to life in a musical drama weaving traditional Celtic, medieval, and modern musical threads.

This world premiere performance will feature Fiona Gillespie, Elliot Cole, Bradley King, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Sian Ricketts, Paul Morton, Loren Ludwig, Caitlin Hedge, Ben Matus, Tracy Cowart, Genevieve Gillespie, and Dylan Greene.

Illustrated projections by Sasha Welm to accompany the performance.

on the program

Elliot Cole/Fiona Gillespie: Tam Lin*
*World Premiere

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

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ELLIOT COLE / COMPOSER/PERFORMER

Elliot Cole (*1984) is a composer and "charismatic contemporary bard" (NY Times). He has performed his music with Grammy Winners Roomful of Teeth, Grammy Nominees A Far Cry and Metropolis Ensemble, as well as the Chicago Composers Orchestra, New Vintage… READ MORE

FIONA GILLESPIE / COMPOSER/SOPRANO

Fiona is a New York City-based classical and folk singer. Raised in a family of traditional Celtic musicians in Bethlehem, PA, Fiona grew up step dancing, singing ballads, and playing the Irish whistle, on which she competed nationally and internationally until 2006… READ MORE

KIVIE CAHN-LIPMAN / VIOLA DA GAMBA & LIRONE

While all the other kids were learning addition in first grade, Kivie Cahn-Lipman was running around the classroom singing that he was a yeti. His kindly teacher said he was very musical, so Kivie was allowed his choice of instruments along with the therapy. He told… READ MORE

TRACY COWART / MEZZO-SOPRANO/MEDIEVAL HARP

Tracy Cowart enjoys a wide range of interests, from twelfth-century polyphony to contemporary art music. She has sung with period ensembles including Apollo’s Fire, La Donna Musicale, Exsultemus, Musica Pacifica, Opera Lafayette, the Newberry Consort… READ MORE

DYLAN GREENE / PERCUSSION

Dylan Hunter Chee Greene, is an Asian-American drummer and composer, improvisor and producer based in NYC. In 2020, a number of projects from and featuring Greene will be released. Alongside Angel Bat Dawis, Dylan will be featured on ‘Buffering Juju’ by Dumama… READ MORE

CAITLIN HEDGE / VIOLIN/VIOLA

Violist, violinist, and folk musician based in Youngstown, Ohio, Caitlin Hedge serves as Principal Viola of Opera Western Reserve and the Warren Philharmonic, and performs regularly with the Youngstown Symphony, Butler County Symphony, Ashland Symphony, and…

BRADLEY KING / TENOR

Praised by reviewers and audiences for his “profound” and “engaging” style, Bradley King establishing himself as one of the most versatile singers in the country. Bradley performs regularly with Boston Early Music Festival, the Rose Ensemble, Pomerium, Mountainside… READ MORE

LOREN LUDWIG / VIOLA DE GAMBA

Loren studied viola da gamba at Oberlin Conservatory and holds a PhD in Critical and Comparative Studies in Music from the University of Virginia. As a viol player, Loren performs widely as a soloist and chamber musician. He is a co-founder of critically acclaimed… READ MORE

BEN MATUS / BASSOON

Ben Matus has always had a penchant for beautiful and odd sounds. Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Ben frequently sang in choirs dedicated to Renaissance Polyphony and practiced his overtone singing on the side. His parents were in no way… READ MORE

PAUL HOLMES MORTON / BAROQUE GUITAR/THEORBO

Lutenist, theorist, banjoist, guitarist, lyricist, composer, arranger, historical archeologist, soloist, chamber musician; the music of Paul Holmes Morton is defined less by genre than by a fascination with history, a cultivation of creativity, and a belief that music once born… READ MORE

SIAN RICKETTS / VOICE/RECORDERS/DOUÇAINES

Sian Ricketts enjoys a multi-faceted career as a singer and period woodwinds specialist. This season, she performs medieval, Renaissance and baroque chamber music and orchestral repertoire with ensembles such as Alkemie (NY), Bach Collegium Fort Wayne (IN)… READ MORE

A.R. WELM / ILLUSTRATOR

A. R. Welm (Sasha) is the author and illustrator of a book of poetry, My Eden Home (2013). She has also illustrated books such as Artravesty: A Collection of Essays (2014), by Elena L. Rubinova, and From a Thankful Nation (2014), published under the auspices of Princeton… READ MORE