Andy Stack has been even more secret-saucy… the structures he helped build under the visionary pop-classical song cycle Spiritual America.

One of the most astonishing records of 2019 has slipped under many radars, likely because it’s hard to describe, categorize, and explain.

Postponed Event / One Rivington

Murder ballads, riddle tunes, and other lurid and gruesome pastimes featuring Fiona Gillespie, Paul Morton of Chivalrous Crickets, with Loren Ludwig of Acronym and Sian Ricketts & Tracy Cowart of Alkemie.

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.

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, BROOKLYN-BASED SINGER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PERFORMS WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE, OPENING FOR LEGENDARY EXPERIMENTAL ROCK BAND TORTOISE

June 22, 2019

For contemporary classical artists, metadata is not just an abstract consideration.

A SWEEPING CONCERT FEATURING CELLIST GABRIEL CABEZAS WITH THE RECENTLY GRAMMY-NOMINATED AIZURI QUARTET

May 29, 2019

A striking blend of orchestral and goth music, this album is a slow-burner that is equal parts heart wrenching, sexy, and meditative.

FEATURING EMILY DAGGETT SMITH ON VIOLIN AND ANDREA CASARRUBIOS ON CELLO

May 6, 2019

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

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

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

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

These three concerts in this collaborative group’s In Visible Roads festival all look at the piano in one way or another. On Friday there’s a glimpse at composers who are either synesthetic or take an avowedly coloristic approach to composing.

Ignorance and persistence and willful belligerence. Working really hard and I would say treating it like it was my career before I was making any money. Giving it the same amount of time and investing in it as if it was my full time job until it was.

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

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

“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.”