September 16, 2009 | 6:30-9:30pm | Le Poisson Rouge | 158 Bleecker Street

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The Performers


Jenny Lin
Piano
Jakub Ciupinski
Electronics
Andrew Cyr
Artistic Director / Conductor

Lance Suzuki
Flute
Andrew Rehrig
Flute
Elizabeth Janzen
Flute

Dane Johansen
Cello
Ashley Bathgate
Cello
Jane O'Hara
Cello

The Composer


Jakub Ciupinski
Composer

On the Program

Ever wanted to compose music and instantly hear it live by an ensemble of professional musicians? Well, there's an app for that: composer Jakub Ciupinski made one just for you to use tonight.

Metropolis Ensemble, New York's "hippest classical gang in the city" (Manhattan Users Guide), presents composer Jakub Ciupinski (b.1981) in a mind-blowing night of interactive musical performances. Join us for composing and cocktails at 6:30 and stay through until the after-party!

New Music 101: Intro to Electronica will unfold in three distinct parts, from involving audience members to conduct and compose live music via an iPhone application, to an after-party with a live set of minimal house loops and electronica beats composed by Jakub and performed in real-time by a gesture-controlled system of his design... you have to see it to believe it!

Metropolis Ensemble is a nonprofit professional chamber orchestra dedicated to emerging the next generation of performers and composers. Learn more...

Le Poisson Rouge (LPR) is a multimedia art cabaret founded by musicians on the site of the historic Village Gate. Learn more...

The Young Patrons of Lincoln Center (YPLC) is a membership group for professional New Yorkers in their 20s through early 40s dedicated to celebrating, supporting, and promoting the world's largest performing arts center. Learn more...

 

Composing and Cocktails

Dinner and drinks for the first hour. Experience a real-time composing system using iPhones. Loops and rhythms composed by Jakub Ciupinski. Learn more...

Download the music menu (PDF)...

Strings and Speakers

Conversation

Strings and Speakers.

Demonstration

Extending the piano through electronics.

Morning Tale

for piano and electronics

Composed by Jakub Ciupinski. Featuring Jenny Lin on piano. Learn more...

The Sublime Groove

Conversation

The Sublime Groove: Experimental Pop + High Art.

Demonstration

External elements and the new generation.

Street Prayer — world premiere

for three flutes, three celli, piano, and electronics

Composed by Jakub Ciupinski. A unique blend of classical minimalism and non-classical electronica. Learn more...

Music from Air

Conversation

Music from Air: Unifying composition and performance.

Demonstration

From drum bass to dance music.

After-Party

Journey through electronica, from drum and bass to dance music. Performed on theremins and electronics. Learn more...

 

Morning Tale and Street Prayer are commissions from the Metropolis Ensemble.


Apple MacBooks for New Music 101 generously loaned by