METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE DEBUTS AT NATIONAL SAWDUST IN A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE ICONIC SILENT FILM METROPOLIS SET TO ORIGINAL MUSIC BY RICARDO ROMANEIRO
March 10, 2020
JENNY BECK’S SETTING WRAPS SAPPHO’S AND CARSON’S WORDS IN A DREAMY, IMMERSIVE SOUNDSCAPE SO THAT WE MIGHT HEAR SAPPHO’S POETRY OUT LOUD ONCE MORE, PERHAPS NOT AS SHE WOULD HAVE HAD IT, BUT HOW IT SINGS TO US NOW: DISTANT, PRESENT, LOST, REACHABLE, AND EXQUISITELY ALLURING.
February 20, 2020
COMPOSER-COLLECTIVE ORACLE HYSTERICAL, WITH COLLABORATORS HUB NEW MUSIC, ARE CREATING AN EVENING-LENGTH COLLECTION OF SONGS INSPIRED BY THE EXPEDITIONS OF A WIDE-RANGING GROUP OF AMBITIOUS, GRITTY – AND OFTEN NAIVE, CRUEL, AND MYOPIC EXPLORERS.
January 17, 2020
GRAMMY-NOMINATED METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE GATHERS A SUPER-GROUP OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SOLOISTS AND COMPOSER/PERFORMERS FROM BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA, SPAIN, AND THE UNITED STATES TO SHOWCASE FOLK-INSPIRED NUEVO LATINO MUSIC AS IT INTERMIXES WITH NEW YORK’S CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL SCENE.
January 7, 2020
A MODERN ADAPTATION OF THE 16TH-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.
January 3, 2020
CHAMBERQUEER'S GETTING COZY FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH SOME OF OUR MOST BELOVED CHAMBER MUSIC, FROM STRING SEXTETS TO MOZART OPERA, ALL PERFORMED IN THIS FREE CONCERT BY SOME OF NYC'S BEST QUEER MUSICIANS.
December 29, 2019
JOIN NEWAM AND METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE FOR OUR HOLIDAY PARTY!
December 12, 2019
IN TANDEM WITH JACK’S PROGRAM TO COMMISSION ARTISTS WHO OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLES, THE QUARTET IS PARTNERING WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE TO HOST A READING SESSION FOR SIMILAR ARTISTS WITH EXISTING WORKS FOR QUARTET.
December 9, 2019
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
ALBUM RELEASE FOR NATHAN SCHRAM'S OAK AND THE GHOST ON NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS. FEATURING THE ATTACCA QUARTET, SCHRAM’S MUSIC MESHES THE ACOUSTIC WORLD OF CLASSICAL STRING QUARTET WITH THE BUMPS, BRUISES, AND RICHNESS OF MODERN ELECTRONICA.
November 23, 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
UNHEARD-OF//ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AN ECLECTIC PROGRAM OF TRIO WORKS FOR CLARINET, VIOLIN, AND CELLO
October 29, 2019
CENTERED AROUND TWO SONGS THAT CELEBRATE NEW YORK CITY, REFLECTING VIOLINIST/COMPOSER JESSIE MONTGOMERY’S LOWER EAST SIDE UPBRINGING AND ECLECTIC INFLUENCES. SELECTIONS FROM HER BAND BIG DOG LITTLE DOG AND BY VIOLIST/COMPOSER JESSICA MEYER TIE TOGETHER A CELEBRATION OF PLACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND PROCESS.
October 24, 2019
OPERA IN DEVELOPMENT BY COMPOSER CHRISTOPHER CERRONE, LIBRETTIST STEPHANIE FLEISCHMANN, AND DIRECTOR MARY BIRNBAUM
October 12, 2019
COMPOSER MOLLY HERRON AND ARGUS QUARTET CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR ALBUM WITH MUSIC AND POETRY THAT EXPLORE HISTORY AND TRANSFORMATION.
October 11, 2019
JOIN VIOLIN/VIOLA DUO ANDPLAY FOR AN EVENING OF MUSIC, DRINKS, AND TREATS TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF ITS DEBUT CD, PLAYLIST.
October 4, 2019
DESDEMONA AND ADAM HOLMES TEAM UP FOR AN EVENING OF STRING TRIO AND PERCUSSION, FEATURING VIDEO PROJECTIONS, A WORLD PREMIERE, AND DISTURBING QUESTIONS ABOUT CAPITALISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
October 1, 2019
SHOWCASING THE BAROQUE ERA'S VIOLA D'AMORE AS AN EXPRESSIVE INSTRUMENT FOR A DIVERSITY OF MUSIC FROM OUR TIME AND WORLD. FEATURING COLORADO-BASED VIOLIST MATTHEW DANE, CELLIST GREG BEAVER, AND FLUTIST CHRISTINA JENNINGS PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF REENA ESMAIL, CONOR ABBOTT BROWN, JAKE HEGGIE, GARTH KNOX AND A PREMIERE FROM ERIC SAWYER.
September 15, 2019
A COLLECTION OF SONGS EXPLORING SECULAR SPIRITUALITY, COMPOSED BY WILLIAM BRITTELLE, AT SOUNDS FROM A SAFE HARBOUR FESTIVAL
September 15, 2019
NEW SOUNDS FROM A MODERN STRING BAND, FEATURING ALEXI KENNEY, VIOLIN, AYANE KOZASA, VIOLA, GABRIEL CABEZAS, CELLO, AND PAUL WIANCKO, CELLO WITH MUSIC RANGING FROM THE FRENCH BAROQUE, TRADITIONAL SWEDISH FOLK TUNES, THROUGH TO NEW WORKS AND ARRANGEMENTS BY PAUL WIANCKO AND GABRIELLA SMITH
September 7, 2019