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Discovering Identity Through Music, Rejecting Categorization
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.
Samora Pinderhughes' Grief
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.
The Meta Simulacrum
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.
House Music: Conor Hanick performs "Endangered Species"
Pianist Conor Hanick performs from the Hudson Valley.
The Journey to Life Returns
Witness a yearlong time-lapse musical performance of an original work by composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor.
On Self-Reliance and the Power of Reading
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.
Thomas Edison's A Christmas Carol
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.
Matthew Evan Taylor: Postcards to the Met
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.
Neon Jazz: The Unheard Mixtape 1: Interview with Jazz Saxophonist, Composer & Educator Matthew Evan Taylor
“Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist, Composer & Educator Matthew Evan Taylor.”
Holland Andrews Makes It Personal
“Within ourselves, we get to have renewals whenever we want, and this just felt like the best time to be allowing for this change.”
Metropolis Radio: South American Roots
JP Jofre shares a playlist of composers from Argentina and Uruguay he has been listening to lately.
Metropolis Radio: futures
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.
Vivian Fung Inspirations on Spotify
Composer Vivian Fung created this Spotify playlist, including Violin Concerto from our studio album, Dreamscapes, performed by violinist Kristin Lee.
Metropolis Radio: Immersive Spaces
Jenny Beck shares a collection of tracks that invoke entire worlds where the senses intermingle and the very air is sonified.
Migration Music
Join pianist Han Chen for a video series of interviews with immigrant composers and performances.
Metropolis Radio: Tyondai Braxton: 2020
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.
On the Life of a Mexican-American
In the debut episode of Migration Music, Han Chen talks with composer Reinaldo Moya about his opera Tienda and his immigrant story.
LIFE SUPPORT Playlist
Arone Dyer shares a smattering of what she listens to for emotional inspiration.
Quiescent Intensities
Rajna Swaminathan shares a playlist questioning -- what intensities and multitudes are contained within this unprecedented stillness?
Live From Carthage
Brittelle formulates a playlist around the artists and inspiration behind the release of his recent digital single "Dido's Lament (Revisited)."

