Metropolis Ensemble is pleased to announce its upcoming 2010-11 season, featuring 12 world premieres and collaborations with (Le) Poisson Rouge, Meet the Composer, MATA Festival, and a new education initiative at The Teak Fellowship. Here is a preview of the upcoming projects:
Brownstone
October 28, 2010 at 224 Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, NY.
An electo-acoustic installation created and composed by Jakub Ciupinski, placing musicians throughout three floors of an historic Brooklyn brownstone. Co-produced by
and
.
It takes a long time to become a good composer
December 9-10, 2010 at 111 West 67th Street, 34D in New York, NY
An intimate solo piano recital featuring composer/pianist Timothy Andres performing the world premiere of his own new suite paired with Schumann’s youthful masterpiece,
Kreisleriana
. A collaboration with
.
Hallucinations
January 27-28, 2011 at (le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY
A mind-bending concert featuring a world-premiere electro-acoustic
remix
by Ricardo Romaneiro of John Corigliano’s
Three Hallucinations
, from his stunning film score of
Altered States
, paired with new works by Du Yun, Gity Razaz, and Ricardo Romaneiro.
Meet the Composer Festival
April 7, 2011 at Symphony Space in New York, NY
Metropolis Ensemble and
collaborate to present new music by rising star composer Kati Agocs.
MATA Festival
May 12, 2011 at (le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY
Metropolis Ensemble and
, the new music festival founded by Philip Glass, collaborate to present new works by Ryan Carter (MATA commission) and the world premiere of
The Oracle Hysterical
, a hip-hopera retelling of The Rake’s Progress by Brad Balliett and Elliot Cole (Metropolis commission).
Renderings
May 18, 2011 at Angel Orensanz Center in New York, NY
Metropolis Ensemble presents three world premieres inspired by the music of J.S. Bach:
Violin Concerto
by Vivian Fung (Kristin Lee, solo violin),
Cantata
by Ray Lustig, based on fragments of a lost Bach cantata, an electro-acoustic arrangement by Jakub Ciupinski of Bach’s
The Musical Offering
, and a performance by
, one of New York’s preeminent vocal ensembles.
New Education Initiatives and Partnerships
Metropolis Ensemble is thrilled to collaborate with
, in a newly created partnership with our innovative education program, Youth Works. The Teak Fellowship helps talented New York City students from low-income families gain admission to and succeed at top high schools and colleges.
for Brownstone. Additional details about the upcoming projects will be released over the coming months. We look forward to sharing the full concert experience with you!