This was a Valentine’s Day we won’t soon forget, raising over $6,000 for Partners In Health and their world-class care to the people of Haiti.

“All told, twenty-six works of various lengths were performed, most contemporary and eclectic.”

Le Poisson Rouge
February 14, 2010

Metropolis was really an umbrella group that brought together instrumental soloists, chamber ensembles, singers and a few composers for a benefit performance for Partners in Health.

Former Tower Records
February 1, 2010

Watch concert highlights from Groanbox, New Music 101, Reverb, and Glimpses.

Make no mistake, these pieces sound ‘new’, but they also sound fresh and friendly, and surprisingly ‘original’, despite the obvious derivations. Performances are breathtakingly fine, and if you pass by this album you’re missing out on a disarmingly satisfying production. Go for it!

The piece has a virtuosic mandolin part and an amalgam of styles including Middle Eastern harmonies, lots of minor seconds, fluttering tremolos, and string bits that occasionally sound like something from a Bernard Herrmann film score.

With the start of the new year, we want to pause a moment to reflect on the four years since Metropolis Ensemble’s founding in 2006.