METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS
12th Season Debut: Folia
Celebrating the interplay between baroque and contemporary music
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
6:30pm (doors) / 7:00pm (event)
Tickets: $20 General / $10 Students (free for members, RSVP required)
Wine reception included
Metropolis Ensemble is thrilled to begin a new season with a colorful chamber music concert inspired by the virtuosic interplay of baroque and new contemporary works.
Join Artistic Director Andrew Cyr for premieres from Jenny Beck, Elliot Cole, and Michael Oesterle expressly commissioned for a trio of exceptional Metropolis artists: Katie Hyun (violin), Jordan Dodson (guitar), and Gabriel Cabezas (cello).
This concert also kicks off our 2018 Metropolis Ensemble membership drive!
Become a member today and support our dynamic community of composers and performers — benefits include free tickets to Metropolis concerts for you and a friend!
Banner Art Credit: “An American Dream” (detail), by Augustine Boyce Cummings, courtesy of the artist and SitE:LAB
on the program
Jenny Beck: Into This Dim Light*
Elliot Cole: Journals*
Dai Fujikara: Kusmetche
David Ludwig: Kantigas
Michael Oesterle: Folias de Espana*
HIF Biber: Mystery Sonata no. 1
Philip Glass: Piano Etude No. 1
Fujikura: Sparks
Fujikura: Moment
*World Premiere Metropolis Ensemble Commission
CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
COMPOSERS
Jenny Beck grew up in rural Pennsylvania where the sounds of the woods stirred her imagination at a young age. She went on to study composition at the Peabody Conservatory and Rutgers University. Regarding her music, Jenny writes… READ MORE
Elliot Cole (*1984) is a composer and "charismatic contemporary bard" (NY Times). He has written for and performed with Grammy Winners Roomful of Teeth, Grammy Nominees A Far Cry and Metropolis Ensemble… READ MORE
Dai Fujikura was born in 1977 in Osaka, Japan. He was fifteen when he moved to UK to complete his secondary education. His studies continued in college, where, during his sophomore year, he won the Serocki International Composers… READ MORE
David Serkin Ludwig is “a composer with something urgent to say” (Philadelphia Inquirer) whose music has been described as “arresting and dramatically hued” (The New York Times) and “supercharged with electrical… READ MORE
Michael Oesterle is a Canadian composer living in Deux-Montagnes Quebec. His music has been performed and commissioned by orchestras, ensembles, and chamber musicians throughout Canada and Europe. He has been awarded… READ MORE
PERFORMERS
“An intense player who connects to music naturally, without artifice, and brings a singing line to the cello” (The Oregonian), Gabriel Cabezas is one of America’s most sought after young musicians. Combining a superb technique... READ MORE
Jordan Dodson, “one of the top young guitarists of his generation” (Performance Today), is continually expanding the guitar’s repertoire through commissioning, arranging, and composing, and has premiered dozens of... READ MORE
A winner of Astral’s 2016 National Auditions, violinist Katie Hyun has appeared as soloist with the Houston Symphony, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Columbia Festival Orchestra, among others... READ MORE
