Flame Keepers: Celebrating 100 Commissions

Since 2021, Metropolis Ensemble has commissioned 100+ composers for Flame Keepers, our perpetual sound art installation, producing over 3,000 musical stems.

Conceived and designed by Jakub Ciupinski, with code developed by Avneesh Sarwate and Ryan Rose, Flame Keepers was created by Metropolis for composers during the pandemic and beyond. The 100th Flame Keeper is Chatterbox, the Brooklyn pop vocal trio Jolee Gordon/Priya Carlberg/Isabel Crespo Pardo.

Explore the live-streaming installation and use FlashBack to travel back in time to any past Flame Keeper’s work.