Feast of Music: Metropolis Ensemble Celebrates 10 Years of Musicmaking at Angel Orensanz Center
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.
Celebrate: Metropolis Ensemble Turns Ten
Celebrate a decade of innovation in music with a roving party.
Brooklyn Magazine: At Home With "Brownstone"
“Give these young performers points for novelty. “
Brooklyn Magazine: At Home with “Brownstone”: the Metropolis Ensemble Celebrates Ten Years
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,”
New York Times: Al-Quds Jerusalem
Mohammed Fairouz, a prolific and inventive young composer, has written a new oratorio seeking to capture some of Jerusalem’s complex dynamics and sounds.
Village Voice: Classical Music Gets Casual
“It’s not about gimmicks, it’s about feeling allowed to break with convention and enjoy the music as you like.”
Vice: Multisensory Concert Experience Marries Food, Music, and Art
“A sensory overload in an Upper East Side mansion.”
Associated Press: Student who ran rogue eatery trying to find post-grad path
“This week, a day before he graduated, the economics and sociology major cooked up his experimental cuisine.”
Washington Post: Music takes over every inch of the Phillips Collection
“The Phillips Collection had an artsy, New York vibe on Sunday when the Metropolis Ensemble took over the place, literally.”
Brownstone
Involving musicians and electronic elements placed through several floors, galleries, and former domestic spaces of The Phillips Collection.
May 8, 2016