November 1–2, 2024
Paula Matthusen’s expansive, twenty-four hour, multi-tiered space for sonic engagement and reflection presented at Wesleyan University.
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Artist Series
September 21, 2024
An intimate evening of solo piano works from composer/pianist Timo Andres and works by Duke Ellington, Philip Glass, Frederic Rzewski, and Gabriella Smith.
May 5, 2023
Explore an alternate reality internet of mythological nostalgia.
February 14, 2023
Join us for the digital premiere of Life Returns, our March 2022 concert at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
June 11, 2022
Larger-than-life bird stilt walkers and bird puppets dance to processional music in Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
March 24, 2022
An evening-length composition at The Met drawing on African American, South Indian, and European musical practices.
December 14th, 2021
Erika Dohi and Lauren Cauley co-present two intimate sets of reflective, electro-acoustic experimentation. Featuring Dohi performing songs on keyboards and synths from her latest album I, Castorpollux, out now on 37d03d, and new works by Cauley for prepared violin and electronics.
Craft cocktails and other surprises await.
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE DEBUTS AT NATIONAL SAWDUST IN A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE ICONIC SILENT FILM METROPOLIS SET TO ORIGINAL MUSIC BY RICARDO ROMANEIRO
March 10, 2020
JENNY BECK’S SETTING WRAPS SAPPHO’S AND CARSON’S WORDS IN A DREAMY, IMMERSIVE SOUNDSCAPE SO THAT WE MIGHT HEAR SAPPHO’S POETRY OUT LOUD ONCE MORE, PERHAPS NOT AS SHE WOULD HAVE HAD IT, BUT HOW IT SINGS TO US NOW: DISTANT, PRESENT, LOST, REACHABLE, AND EXQUISITELY ALLURING.
February 20, 2020
A COLLECTION OF SONGS EXPLORING SECULAR SPIRITUALITY, COMPOSED BY WILLIAM BRITTELLE, AT SOUNDS FROM A SAFE HARBOUR FESTIVAL
September 15, 2019
NEW SOUNDS FROM A MODERN STRING BAND, FEATURING ALEXI KENNEY, VIOLIN, AYANE KOZASA, VIOLA, GABRIEL CABEZAS, CELLO, AND PAUL WIANCKO, CELLO WITH MUSIC RANGING FROM THE FRENCH BAROQUE, TRADITIONAL SWEDISH FOLK TUNES, THROUGH TO NEW WORKS AND ARRANGEMENTS BY PAUL WIANCKO AND GABRIELLA SMITH
September 7, 2019
A SWEEPING CONCERT FEATURING CELLIST GABRIEL CABEZAS WITH THE RECENTLY GRAMMY-NOMINATED AIZURI QUARTET
May 29, 2019
TWO-MOVEMENT PIANO TRIO BY PATRICK HIGGINS FEAT. VICKY CHOW, JAY CAMPBELL, AND MARIEL ROBERTS, AS PART OF HIGGINS’ CRISIS MUSIC SREIES AND METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS IN VISIBLE ROADS PIANO FESTIVAL
March 20, 2019
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN LYRIC THEATER, ALT ALUMNI: COMPOSERS AND LIBRETTISTS IN CONCERT
March 3, 2019
SANDBOX PERCUSSION PERFORMS WORKS BY CHRISTOPHER CERRONE, VIET CUONG, AND JULIA WOLFE, AS PART OF CERRONE’S REITERATIONS SERIES WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, MODERATED BY A CONVERSATION WITH POET G.C. WALDREP AND FEATURING VOCALIST ELSPETH DAVIS
February 24, 2019
ALBUM RELEASE AND LISTENING PARTY FOR ELLIOT COL'E’S NIGHTFLOWER, ALSO INCLUDING A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY KATIE HYUN (VIOLIN) AND NIGHTFLOWER ARTISTS JORDAN DODSON (GUITAR) AND GAVRIEL CABEZAS (CELLO) PREVIEWING MUSIC FROM COLE’S NEXT RELEASE
January 26, 2019
PERCUSSIONIST ANDY MEYERSON PRESENTS A SOLO RECITAL OF ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC WORKS, INCLUDING MUSIC BY SAMUEL ADAMS, CHRISTOPHER CERRONE, SARAH HENNIES, ADRIAN KNIGHT, AND AMADEUS REGUCERA, AS PART OF CERRONE’S REITERATIONS SERIES WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE
January 8, 2019
A 3-CONCERT SERIES WITH COMPOSER AND PERFORMER MOLLY JOYCE
October 2018 - February 2019
A roving concert series in collaboration with cellist Gabriel Cabezas
A 4-concert series with composer Patrick Higgins
EVRLY MVSIC, Bach Bizarre, Tenebrae Responsories + Hyperborea
More info TBA.