Chamber Chamber

Sea Change

Postponed Event / One Rivington

Ulysses Quartet performs Sea Change Quartets 1 and 2, works written by their friend and colleague Joseph Summer about exploring the underwater world of Southeast Asia.

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Albums, Festivals Albums, Festivals

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

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Chamber Chamber

Ballet Prismatique

PRESENTING VARIOUS KINDS OF DANCE MUSIC FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS, FORMING A KALEIDOSCOPIC BALLET WITHOUT STYLISTIC LIMITS, AS PART OF IN VISIBLE ROADS, METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS PIANO FESTIVAL

April 21, 2019

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Chamber Chamber

Points of Departure

A MARATHON PIANO CONCERT SHOWCASING A RICH COLLECTION OF PERSONAL STORIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS BY AN ARRAY OF COMPOSERS, AS PART OF IN VISIBLE ROADS, METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS PIANO SERIES

April 20, 2019

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Chamber Chamber

Synesthetic Vibrations

A COLORFUL PROGRAM FEATURING VOICES OF COMPOSERS WITH SYNESTHESIA, FRAMED BY A DIALOGUE BETWEEN NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL THEMES, AS PART OF IN VISIBLE ROADS, METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS PIANO SERIES

April 19, 2019

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Chamber Chamber

In the Mists

FROM BEETHOVEN TO BRESNICK, LISA MOORE, DESCRIBED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS “BRILLIANT AND SEARCHING…BEAUTIFUL AND IMPASSIONED…LUSTROUS AT THE KEYBOARD”, PRESENTS A CONCERT CONNECTING EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS WITH FANCIFUL IMAGERY, AS PART OF IN VISIBLE ROADS, METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS PIANO SERIES

April 11, 2019

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Chamber Chamber

Legion

RIGHTEOUSGIRLS, A PIANO AND FLUTE DUO (ERIKA DOHI ANDGINA IZZO) WHO EXPLORE BEYOND THE ACOUSTIC MEDIUM, CELEBRATE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LEGION (FOR 8 FLUTES AND 8 PIANOS) BY ALEX BURTZOS ALONG WITH WORKS BY ANDY AKIHO, AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE, PAULA MATTHUSEN, AND MIKE PERDUE

April 2, 2019

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Chamber Chamber

Parallax

CONOR HANICK PERFORMS WORKS BY KATI AGÓCS, ROBERT BEASER, NINFEA CRUTTWELL-READE, BALÁZS FUTÓ, NICOLAS NAMORADZE, AND JOCELYN MORLOCK, AS PART OF AGÓCS’S A STONE’S THROW SERIES WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE

March 29, 2019

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Albums, Reviews Albums, Reviews

BrooklynVegan: 22 New Songs Out Today

“Wye Oak, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and Metropolis Ensemble join together to perform a song-cycle written by composer William Brittelle, and a Wye Oak piece reimagined by Brittelle, on Spiritual America, due out May 3 via Nonesuch. The first single from the project, “Forbidden Colors,” places Jenn Wasner’s vocals over a multilayered chamber orchestra piece.”

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Chamber Chamber

Inner Dialogues

VIRTUOSO CLARINETIST FROM IMANI WINDS MARK DOVER JOINS JAZZ AND WORLD-MUSIC YOUNG GIANT, PIANIST/COMPOSER GUY MINTUS, TO PRESENT A DAZZLING CONCERT WITH ORIGINAL WORKS AND IMPROVISATION

March 25, 2019

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Chamber Chamber

Piano As Machine: Timbre and Technology of a Most Familiar Instrument

AN INTERACTIVE ARTISTIC TALK-PERFORMANCE PRESENTED BY EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC COMPOSER PATRICK HIGGINS AND PIANIST CONRAD TAO (“PROBING INTELLECT AND OPEN-HEARTED VISION”, NY TIMES) TO EXAMINE THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF THE KEYBOARD WITH THEIR OWN THEORIES OF THE PIANO (ALSO AS PART OF HIGGINS’ CRISIS MUSIC SERIES AND IN VISIBLE ROADS, METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE X BLUEPRINTS PIANO FESTIVAL

March 21, 2019

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