Technology
Metropolis Ensemble brings together innovative artists and creators to produce ambitious, highly-technical, immersive, multi-sensory experiences on digital and in-person platforms.
Featured Project
DRIFT / LOOP
In 2024, composer and electronic artist Paula Matthusen created an expansive, twenty-four hour, multi-tiered space for sonic engagement and reflection presented at Wesleyan University featuring live streams, radio transmissions, and community participation.
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A Memorial Tribute to late American composer Ingram Marshall featuring Metropolis artists at The Greene Space and live on WNYC.
March 2021—March 2022
The Metropolitan Museum of Art / MetLiveArts and Metropolis Ensemble present a monthly video series featuring composer and performer Matthew Evan Taylor.
Using the symbology of our shared past to look forward into an uncertain future of climate change, machine sentience, and the ever-expanding cyber universe, this extraordinary collective debuts the first material generated through the Meta Simulacrum, an interdisciplinary, alternate-reality digital platform designed by composer/producer William Brittelle.
December 24, 2020 / Online Event
Watch the premiere of a new live score co-commissioned by Kennedy Center and Metropolis by electro-acoustic composer Ricardo Romaneiro.
December 12-20, 2020 / Online Event
Global program with artists, performing arts professionals and audiences from 6 countries
October 27, 2020 / Online Event
Metropolis Ensemble’s Debut Digital Festival, curated by Immanuel Wilkins, Erika Dohi, Daniel Anastasio, and Ryan Francis and hosted by House of Yes and (Le) Poisson Rouge.
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
DESDEMONA AND ADAM HOLMES TEAM UP FOR AN EVENING OF STRING TRIO AND PERCUSSION, FEATURING VIDEO PROJECTIONS, A WORLD PREMIERE, AND DISTURBING QUESTIONS ABOUT CAPITALISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
October 1, 2019
Metropolis Ensemble and a global company of 100+ artists performs Him Sophy’s theatrical requiem for Cambodia.
July 16–18, 2008 at Le Poisson Rouge and Celebrate Brooklyn!
Stravinsky's riot-inducing modern icon The Rite of Spring, remixed through the lens of electronica, paired with indie sensation Deerhoof.
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