Events — Metropolis Ensemble

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Rivington Residencies

If Not, Winter

If Not, Winter

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

Loisaida

Loisaida

CENTERED AROUND TWO SONGS THAT CELEBRATE NEW YORK CITY, REFLECTING VIOLINIST/COMPOSER JESSIE MONTGOMERY’S LOWER EAST SIDE UPBRINGING AND ECLECTIC INFLUENCES. SELECTIONS FROM HER BAND BIG DOG LITTLE DOG AND BY VIOLIST/COMPOSER JESSICA MEYER TIE TOGETHER A CELEBRATION OF PLACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND PROCESS.

October 24, 2019

Carrot Revolution

Carrot Revolution

A SWEEPING CONCERT FEATURING CELLIST GABRIEL CABEZAS WITH THE RECENTLY GRAMMY-NOMINATED AIZURI QUARTET

May 29, 2019

Soloicity

Soloicity

A NIGHT OF COMPOSER-PERFORMER SETS WITH STYLES RANGING FROM FOLK TO POP TO EXPERIMENTAL, AS PART OF MOLLY JOYCE’S LIGHT SERIES WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE

February 7, 2019

Furl

Furl

A COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMPOSER COLLECTIVE KINDS OF KINGS AND METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, AS PART OF MOLLY JOYCE’S LIGHT SERIES

December 9, 2018

Argus Quartet

Argus Quartet

ARGUS QUARTET PERFORMS WORKS BY CHRISTOPHER CERRONE, TED HEARNE, AND JURI SEO, AS PART OF CERRONE’S REITERATIONS SERIES WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE

December 3, 2018

Reiterations

Reiterations

A 4-CONCERT SERIES WITH COMPOSER CHRISTOPHER CERRONE

December 2018 - February 2019

Light

Light

A 3-CONCERT SERIES WITH COMPOSER AND PERFORMER MOLLY JOYCE

October 2018 - February 2019

Waypoints

Waypoints

A roving concert series in collaboration with cellist Gabriel Cabezas

Crisis Music

Crisis Music

A 4-concert series with composer Patrick Higgins

EVRLY MVSIC, Bach Bizarre, Tenebrae Responsories + Hyperborea
More info TBA.

A Stone's Throw

A Stone's Throw

A concert series with composer Kati Agócs

Quodlibet Ensemble

Quodlibet Ensemble

MAINSTAGE CHAMBER MUSIC IN AN INTIMATE SETTING
December 9, 2017

5 Nights 11 Pianists

5 Nights 11 Pianists

PIANO PHILHARMONIC: TIMO ANDRES, DAVID KAPLAN, ANDREW HSU AND MIKA EMILY SASAKI PILE ONTO THE PIANO BENCH TO PERFORM MUSIC ORIGINALLY FOR ORCHESTRA.

September 17, 2017