Cambodian Living Arts Festival
December 12-20, 2020 / Online Event
Global program with artists, performing arts professionals and audiences from 6 countries
Free Assembly
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.
Ecstatic Music: ¡Spangled!
GUATEMALAN-BORN SINGER-SONGWRITER GABY MORENO IS JOINED BY THE WOMEN OF LATIN ALTERNATIVE QUARTET LADAMA AND THE GRAMMY-NOMINATED CHAMBER ORCHESTRA METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE (ELINOR RUFEIZEN, GUEST CONDUCTOR) TO PERFORM MUSIC FROM ¡SPANGLED!—HER COLLABORATIVE NONESUCH ALBUM WITH AMERICAN MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER, ARRANGER AND PRODUCER VAN DYKE PARKS.
December 2, 2019
Eaux Claires Hiver
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE IS THRILLED TO JOIN THE COLLECTIVE 37D03D (UPSIDE-DOWN “PEOPLE”) TO GATHER FOR A WEEK TO COMPOSE, COLLABORATE AND PRESENT MUSIC, VISUAL ART, AND LITERATURE IN A VARIETY OF SPACES AND SETTINGS.
November 22-23, 2019
In A Grove at MASS MoCA
OPERA IN DEVELOPMENT BY COMPOSER CHRISTOPHER CERRONE, LIBRETTIST STEPHANIE FLEISCHMANN, AND DIRECTOR MARY BIRNBAUM
October 12, 2019
Sounds From A Safe Harbour
A COLLECTION OF SONGS EXPLORING SECULAR SPIRITUALITY, COMPOSED BY WILLIAM BRITTELLE, AT SOUNDS FROM A SAFE HARBOUR FESTIVAL
September 15, 2019
William Brittelle's Forbidden Colors
A WALK-ABOUT CONCERT AND LISTENING PARTY IN THE STYLE OF A ROVING ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC MINI-FESTIVAL FEATURING PERFORMANCES AND HARD-WIRED INSTALLATIONS HAND-CRAFTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE "PROFOUNDLY HIGH-FIDELITY" (NEW YORK TIMES) CUSTOM-BUILT SOUND SYSTEM AT PUBLIC RECORDS
June 25, 2019
Emily Wells at Celebrate Brooklyn
EMILY WELLS, BROOKLYN-BASED SINGER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PERFORMS WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, OPENING FOR LEGENDARY EXPERIMENTAL ROCK BAND TORTOISE
June 22, 2019
Americana
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE CONCERTMASTER KRISTIN LEE AND PIANIST/IMPROVISER/COMPOSER JEREMY JORDAN CELEBRATE A DIVERSITY OF 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN MUSIC FROM RAGTIME TO TODAY, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON IMPROVISATION, AS PART OF METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS IN VISIBLE ROADS PIANO FESTIVAL
March 19, 2019
Crisis Music
A 4-concert series with composer Patrick Higgins
EVRLY MVSIC, Bach Bizarre, Tenebrae Responsories + Hyperborea
More info TBA.
Bon Iver and TU Dance
August 5, 2018 at Hollywood Bowl
William Brittelle's Spiritual America, featuring Wye Oak and Metropolis Ensemble, opens for Bon Iver and TU Dance.
5 Nights 11 Pianists
PIANO PHILHARMONIC: TIMO ANDRES, DAVID KAPLAN, ANDREW HSU AND MIKA EMILY SASAKI PILE ONTO THE PIANO BENCH TO PERFORM MUSIC ORIGINALLY FOR ORCHESTRA.
September 17, 2017
San Fermin
February 12, 2015 at The Appel Room
The enveloping swell of Ellis Ludwig-Leone’s baroque pop project San Fermin rises from grand-scale compositions complete with string and brass quartets and operatic vocals.
Electronium
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson (The Roots) returns to BAM with an all-star mash-up that celebrates the pioneering works of electronic music.