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No Proscenium: A Visit to Cosm with Ricardo Romaneiro

No Proscenium: A Visit to Cosm with Ricardo Romaneiro

An exclusive interview with Ricardo Romaneiro at Cosm Studio at the University of Utah campus, and a preview of his immersive Liquidverse project.

Flame Keepers: Magic Between the Layers

Flame Keepers: Magic Between the Layers

Jakub Ciupinski, creator of Flame Keepers talks about the exploration of time and the intersection of music and technology during a pandemic.

Brooklyn Magazine: At Home With "Brownstone"

“Give these young performers points for novelty. “

Brooklyn Magazine: At Home with “Brownstone”: the Metropolis Ensemble Celebrates Ten Years

Brooklyn Magazine: At Home with “Brownstone”: the Metropolis Ensemble Celebrates Ten Years

What makes “Brownstone,” as an evening-long event and as an individual piece of music, different is “that individual audience members have near total control over how they experience and hear the work,”

The New Yorker: Goings On — Brownstone

“Give these young performers points for novelty. “

Village Voice: Classical Music Gets Casual

“It’s not about gimmicks, it’s about feeling allowed to break with convention and enjoy the music as you like.”

Vice: Multisensory Concert Experience Marries Food, Music, and Art

“A sensory overload in an Upper East Side mansion.”

Associated Press: Student who ran rogue eatery trying to find post-grad path

“This week, a day before he graduated, the economics and sociology major cooked up his experimental cuisine.”

Washington Post: Music takes over every inch of the Phillips Collection

“The Phillips Collection had an artsy, New York vibe on Sunday when the Metropolis Ensemble took over the place, literally.”

Edible Manhattan: At This Pop-up, a Composer and a Chef Sync Performances

Edible Manhattan: At This Pop-up, a Composer and a Chef Sync Performances

Jonah Reider is the culinary half of the duo behind “Brownstone,” a food- and music-based pop-up billed as “an experiential treasure-hunt of sound, taste and color.”

Wall Street Journal: 'Brownstone’ Is Half Concert and Half Art Installation

Wall Street Journal: 'Brownstone’ Is Half Concert and Half Art Installation

In the Upper East Side townhouse that the American Irish Historical Society calls home, a violinist ambled down the stairs while tuning her instrument and a harpist improvised with electronic sounds that came from the walls.

Concord Monitor: Chamber group brings site-specific composition to Kimball House at Capitol Center for the Arts

Concord Monitor: Chamber group brings site-specific composition to Kimball House at Capitol Center for the Arts

This site-specific electro-acoustic composition living art installation by Jakub Ciupinski will not only be performed this weekend, but it will be performed by Metropolis Ensemble through the historic, Victorian-era Kimball House at the Capitol Center for the Arts.

Portland Press Herald: Victoria Mansion will become a stage for the Metropolis ensemble’s ‘Brownstone’

Portland Press Herald: Victoria Mansion will become a stage for the Metropolis ensemble’s ‘Brownstone’

The New York-based ensemble, with roots in Maine, will perform at the Portland mansion on Oct. 3.

Bates: Andrew Cyr ’96 and Metropolis offer concert, workshops

“With its performers dispersed throughout the Olin Arts Center at Bates College, Metropolis presents the innovative site-specific piece Brownstone.”

New York Times: Adopted by a Brownstone

New York Times: Adopted by a Brownstone

Metropolis Ensemble transformed the house into a concert hall. A string quartet and a harpist were stationed in the parlor, percussion and vibraphone could be heard on the second floor, and a violin and a woodwind trio occupied the third floor.

ProSoundEffects: BBC Sound Effects to be used in Metropolis Ensemble Brownstone Concert

“Pro Sound Effects is participating in a unique, location-specific music concert called Brownstone, conceived by the New York City-based chamber orchestra Metropolis Ensemble.”