Pop-Up NYC • June 10–24, 2023

Discover new music around every corner of the city this summer.

Explore the series

Biophony is a series of citywide site-specific music experiences for everyone.

28,000+

audience participants since 2021

530

musicians and composers employed

40

new original works commissioned

120

event locations across New York City

Expanding community access to the arts

The annual Biophony festival and pop-up concert series brings new music to world-class institutions, open streets, and public parks across the city in multi-year partnerships with organizations including Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Make Music New York, and NYC Department of Transportation.

Explore recent events

Recent and upcoming Biophony events

Supporting 500+ expert musicians since 2021

Our diverse independent artists in the Metropolis community collaborate to create each site-specific Biophony event using a self-organizing digital platform and present flexible musical works for any combination of instruments at a variety of scales.

Meet the artists

Meet some of our Biophony artists

Producing a kaleidoscope of musical adventures

Biophony events are free, immersive, accessible, and “pandemic proof” experiences that draw thousands of participants to unexpected areas in the city that are rarely offered new music, uniting neighbors and artists together in locally-relevant spaces.

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Go behind the scenes at our concerts.

Looking for the next Biophony event? Be the first to hear new music from Metropolis. Go behind the scenes at our concerts.

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Creative Collaborators

Special thanks to the Metropolis Brain Trust: our thought-partners who helped make each Biophony project possible:

Jakub CiupinskiRyan FrancisKate GilmorePaula MatthusenPhong Tran Amelia Brey Jay Julio Lesley MokIsabel Crespo PardoRicardo Romaneiro

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100% of your donation can brings our Biophony projects to life, empowering and employing hundreds of artists. Together we can amplify impact and promote greater access to the arts.

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