METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS
Reiterations
A series with composer Christopher Cerrone
Photo by Alexander Robinson
Through repeat collaborations, repeat performances, or through musical repetition itself, the series explores how both sounds and working-relationships evolve over long periods of time. There are no world premieres on these concerts. Instead, the goal of this series is to give these artists the opportunity to develop work after its premiere—giving recently created work the chance to evolve the same way older work does. I am thrilled that Metropolis Ensemble offers such a flexible and supportive platform to share these ideas with you.
Argus Quartet
The series begins featuring the award-winning Argus Quartet (who continue their collaboration with Metropolis Ensemble), in works by Ted Hearne, Juri Seo, along with the NYC premiere of my Can’t and Won’t and How to Breathe Underwater for quartet and electronics.
Monday, Dec 3, 2018
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
7:00pm
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The Living Earth Show
The Living Earth Show presents American Music: a concert of works written for The Living Earth Show by eight of the most vital composers working today, each of whom was born in, immigrated to, or utilizes the musical traditions created within the current borders of the United States.
Monday, Jan 7, 2019
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
7:00pm
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Andy Meyerson
Percussionist Andy Meyerson will present a solo recital of electro-acoustic works, including the NYC premiere of a new solo arrangement of my piece A Natural History of Vacant Lots, originally commissioned by Third Coast Percussion and Miller Theatre.
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019
1 Rivington Street / 2nd Floor (Buzzer #1) / New York, NY
7:00pm
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Sandbox Percussion
Sandbox Percussion performs works by Andy Akiho, Christopher Cerrone, Viet Cuong, and Julia Wolfe, featuring vocalist Elspeth Davis.
Sunday, Feb 24, 2019
Caveat / 21 A Clinton Street / New York, NY
5:00pm
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CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Samuel Adams (b. 1985, San Francisco, CA) is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. His work has been hailed as “mesmerizing” and “music of a composer with a personal voice and keen imagination” by The New York Times… READ MORE
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Aman studied electronic music with Richard Festinger at San Francisco State University, followed by private instruction in composition with Dan Becker. Aman was a chorister with the… READ MORE
Born in post-revolutionary wartime in Iran, Aminikia was raised during a newly configured democracy that evolved from mass-executions, war, and violence into a society that—through the use of internet and technology—challenges… READ MORE
Praised for their “supreme melodic control and total authority” (Calgary Herald), the Argus Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation as one of today’s most dynamic and versatile young ensembles. Argus is dedicated to reinvigorating… READ MORE
Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984) is internationally acclaimed for compositions characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations… READ MORE
Originally from the Navajo Nation, Raven Chacon is a composer of chamber music, performer of experimental noise music, and installation artist. He earned his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Chacon’s work explores… READ MORE
Luciano Chessa is among the most interesting and inventive minds currently working in the Bay Area. Active as a composer, performer, conductor and musicologist, Chessa’s work draws heavy influence from experimentation, blending… READ MORE
Called “alluring” and “wildly inventive” by The New York Times, the “ingenious” and “knockout” (Times Union) music of Viet Cuong (b. 1990) has been performed on six continents by musicians and ensembles such as Sō Percussion… READ MORE
Elspeth Davis is a Brooklyn-based mezzo-soprano specializing in contemporary chamber music. This season, she sang György Ligeti’s Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel with Sandbox Percussion. She will be performing it again over the… READ MORE
Composer, singer, bandleader and recording artist Ted Hearne (b.1982, Chicago) draws on a wide breadth of influences ranging across music's full terrain, to create intense, personal and multi-dimensional works. The New York Times… READ MORE
Sarah Hennies (b. 1979, Louisville, KY) is a composer and percussionist based in Ithaca, NY. Her work utilizes an often grueling, endurance-based performance practice in a subversive examination of psychoacoustics… READ MORE
Adrian Knight (b. 1987, Uppsala, Sweden) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist, and an active member of several groups, including Blue Jazz TV, Private Elevators, and Synthetic Love Dream. His works are published by Project Schott… READ MORE
Called a “brilliant musical scientist” and lauded for “creating a stir with listeners for her breathless imagination and ability to capture Gen-X and beyond generation”, JUNO-nominated composer Nicole Lizée creates new music from an… READ MORE
The work of Amadeus Julian Regucera (b.1984) engages with the embodied and acoustical energy of sound and the erotics of its production. He has had the opportunity to present works around the world: notably, at the ManiFeste… READ MORE
Lauded by The Washington Post as “revitalizing the world of contemporary music” with “jaw- dropping virtuosity,” and “a bombshell of raw-talent” by I Care If You Listen, Sandbox Percussion has established themselves as a… READ MORE
Juri Seo is a composer and pianist based in Princeton, New Jersey. She seeks to write music that encompasses extreme contrast through compositions that are unified and fluid, yet complex. She merges many of the fascinating… READ MORE
Called “outstanding” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “transcendent” by the Charleston City Paper, and “a fully distorted perpetual motion of awesome” by I Care If You Listen, The Living Earth Show (guitarist Travis Andrews and percussionist Andy Meyerson)… READ MORE
Born and raised in Paris and currently residing in Los Angeles, Daniel Wohl's music blends electronics with acoustic instrumentation to often "surprising and provocative effect" (NPR). He has produced albums, orchestral and chamber works… READ MORE
Julia Wolfe’s music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. She draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres… READ MORE
