Get a preview of the world premiere of “The Rake,” a hip-hopera retelling of The Rake’s Progress.

Ayane Kozasa shares tracks she has leaned on heavily over the last year for escape, comfort, inspiration, and hope.

Guitarist and composer João Luiz shares a playlist that features composers and performers achieving a powerful communication with the listener.

Han Chen talks with composer Jihyun Kim about her musical background and studying in America.

Harpist Ashley Jackson shares a playlist celebrating the women who sang about it all: love, loss, legacy, and uplift. Issa vibe, from spirituals to southern grit, and everything in between.

The second installment of a five-part series commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble released October 27 on New Amsterdam Records.

What if a concert could go on forever? This fall, we're launching a new digital installation conceived by Jakub Ciupinski.

Schooled in the classics, Vivian Fung writes music that speaks to the experiences of 21st-century audiences. "I feel like this is my role, she says, whether composing for orchestra, or other ensembles. "It has to be of our time. "

Get an all-access, ad-free, streaming music experience on Metropolis Ensemble’s Soundcloud Channel.

Metropolis Ensemble’s series, House Music, reflects its values of putting community at the heart of its practice, and allows it to continue to create opportunities for artists to do what they do best: make and share new music.

JOIN NEWAM AND METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE FOR OUR HOLIDAY PARTY!

December 12, 2019

Composer William Brittelle has shared the full score for and story behind "Forbidden Colors," the fifth track from his new album, Spiritual America, out now on Nonesuch/New Amsterdam Records.

“William Brittelle – Spiritual America – Wye Oak, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Metropolis Ensemble/Andrew Cyr (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due May 3, 2019)”

For this world is too ___ for you, Emily Wells works in the space between art-pop and neoclassical chamber music using electronic and acoustic instruments and hip-hop production in elegant layers to support her singular and dramatic vocals.

SANDCASTLE NEW MUSIC COLLECTIVE WITH MOIRAE ENSEMBLE
June 8, 2017