Han Chen talks with composer Vivian Fung about how she discovered her own identity through listening to music outside the Western music canon, and why she rejects the idea of being categorized.

Grief is a new project of revolutionary songs by pianist-vocalist-composer Samora Pinderhughes. It speaks truth to power, calling out the sufferings caused by racial capitalism, policing and prison systems, and oppressive ideologies. These are freedom songs, abolitionist songs, and songs that unpack what so many have experienced this past year, while also suggesting pathways for collective response and resistance.

Using the symbology of our shared past to look forward into an uncertain future of climate change, machine sentience, and the ever-expanding cyber universe, this extraordinary collective debuts the first material generated through the Meta Simulacrum, an interdisciplinary, alternate-reality digital platform designed by composer/producer William Brittelle.

Pianist Conor Hanick performs from the Hudson Valley.

Witness a yearlong time-lapse musical performance of an original work by composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor.

Han Chen talks with Chinese-American composer Lei Liang about his immigrant story and how he looks up to the artistic giants who have inspired his composition.

December 24, 2020 / Online Event

Watch the premiere of a new live score co-commissioned by Kennedy Center and Metropolis by electro-acoustic composer Ricardo Romaneiro.

March 2021—March 2022

The Metropolitan Museum of Art / MetLiveArts and Metropolis Ensemble present a monthly video series featuring composer and performer Matthew Evan Taylor.

“Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist, Composer & Educator Matthew Evan Taylor.”

“Within ourselves, we get to have renewals whenever we want, and this just felt like the best time to be allowing for this change.”

JP Jofre shares a playlist of composers from Argentina and Uruguay he has been listening to lately.

Violinist Lauren Cauley shares a group of fifteen songs that helped her escape to possible futures, a glimpse into her exploration of comfort and the comfort she found in exploration.

Composer Vivian Fung created this Spotify playlist, including Violin Concerto from our studio album, Dreamscapes, performed by violinist Kristin Lee.

Jenny Beck shares a collection of tracks that invoke entire worlds where the senses intermingle and the very air is sonified.

Tyondai Braxton shares selections he sat with in 2020, a year that forced a reexamination on how we go about our daily lives as well as our relationship with time.

In the debut episode of Migration Music, Han Chen talks with composer Reinaldo Moya about his opera Tienda and his immigrant story.

Arone Dyer shares a smattering of what she listens to for emotional inspiration.

Rajna Swaminathan shares a playlist questioning -- what intensities and multitudes are contained within this unprecedented stillness?

Brittelle formulates a playlist around the artists and inspiration behind the release of his recent digital single "Dido's Lament (Revisited)."

Pianist Erika Dohi curates a playlist that tries to find stillness amidst the chaos, with music reminding us that we will be okay.