SANDCASTLE NEW MUSIC COLLECTIVE WITH MOIRAE ENSEMBLE
June 8, 2017

So, it was only fitting that for their 10th Anniversary this past Tuesday, Metropolis took over the Angel Orensanz Center on the Lower East Side for an ambitious party that offered free flowing wine and dozens of works, some performed simultaneously.

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

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.

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

Since 2006, Metropolis has encouraged creativity and self-expression through teaching composition to NYC students in our education program, Youth Works.

Metropolis Ensemble, a talented freelance orchestra, responded with skill and exuberance to Mr. Tan’s thrusting arms and clutching fingers.

Hallucinations, Metropolis Ensemble’s recent production at (Le) Poisson Rouge, was a mind-bending juxtaposition of acoustic, orchestral instruments with electronics.

On a beautiful early spring evening, over 150 friends and patrons of Metropolis Ensemble gathered to honor our “founding visionaries.”

Metropolis Ensemble presents a seductive vision of classical music’s future: young violin virtuosos and guys in jeans playing pieces on laptops.