METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE AT BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! FESTIVAL

EMILY WELLS WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE


Emily Wells, Brooklyn-based singer and multi-instrumentalist, performs with the Metropolis Ensemble, opening for legendary experimental rock band Tortoise


Saturday, June 22, 2019
Prospect Park Bandshell / 9th Street & Prospect Park West / Brooklyn, NY
6:30pm (gates) / 7:30pm (show)

 
 
“Wells builds dense layers of breathtaking strings and electronics while questioning life’s ultimate purpose”
— Robin Hilton, NPR Music
“The musician, composer, and producer has clearly hit her stride with on her sixth release, a masterful, epic collection of songs...haunting, emotional, and suspenseful.”
— Sarah C. Jones, BUST Magazine

Emily Wells “works in the space between art-pop and neoclassical chamber music.” (New Sounds with John Schafer) The Brooklyn-based singer and multi-instrumentalist is joins Metropolis Ensemble, who commissioned and perfomed on her ethereal new album This World Is Too _____ For You.

The legendary experimental rock band Tortoise will play its “weirdly beautiful and impossible to pin down” (Pitchfork) 1998 masterpiece TNT start to finish.

Metropolis Ensemble artists appearing:

Jennifer Liu, violin
Lauren Cauley, violin
Emily Brandenburg, viola
Mariel Roberts, cello
Evan Runyon, bass
Rachel Drehmann, french horn
Andrew Cyr, conductor

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

 
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EMILY WELLS / COMPOSER/PERFORMER
EMILY WELLS / COMPOSER/PERFORMER

Emily Wells is known for her varied use of classical and modern instrumentation, deft approach to live sampling, and “dramatic, meticulous and gothic songs” (New York Times) that blend “traditionalism with electronic ambiance” (NPR). On stage… READ MORE

SHAYNA DUNKELMAN / PERCUSSION
SHAYNA DUNKELMAN / PERCUSSION

Shayna Dunkelman is a musician and a percussionist based in Brooklyn, NY. Dunkelman is known for her versatile and unique techniques, and her use of a electronics to access a sonic pallet not found in acoustic percussion. While performing as a solo percussionist… READ MORE

TOPU LYO / CELLO
TOPU LYO / CELLO

Topu Lyo is a Korean American multi faceted composer, producer, and cellist. He uses cello and electronics as his primary tool to compose and perform. He has been a co-leader of two piece band Live Footage for over 12 years touring throughout Europe, Asia, and… READ MORE

MICHI WIANCKO / COMPOSER
MICHI WIANCKO / COMPOSER

Michi Wiancko is an internationally-acclaimed and multi-dimensional composer, violinist, and collaborator. Strad Magazine described her music as “intriguing and exquisitely beautiful...music that breaks through the pop classical barrier.” Michi’s compositions and… READ MORE