Now, more than ever, we need new music to inspire us all. Explore our bite-sized performances from musicians at home.

Metropolis will be in residency at Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) state-of-the-art facilities in Troy, New York in 2021.

What if a concert could go on forever? This fall, we're launching a new digital installation conceived by Jakub Ciupinski.

Schooled in the classics, Vivian Fung writes music that speaks to the experiences of 21st-century audiences. "I feel like this is my role, she says, whether composing for orchestra, or other ensembles. "It has to be of our time. "

Metropolis will explore a completely new and thrilling storytelling method to bring cutting-edge science to the classroom.

The first installment of a five-part series commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble released September 29 on New Amsterdam Records.

Get an all-access, ad-free, streaming music experience on Metropolis Ensemble’s Soundcloud Channel.

After six months of pandemic, everyone is living in a time of pause. Engaging in something new reminds us all of the power of imagination.

“William Brittelle. I can’t say enough good things about that guy. He’s such a special person. He has such a strange mind and wild ear for aesthetic choices.”

It’s such a sweet and timely gift to the world. It feels like a hug and a reality check all in one - something the world really needs right now.

Bassoonist Nanci Belmont performs from Harlem.

Pianist and composer Timo Andres performs from Brooklyn.

Saxophonist Cole Belt performs from Arizona.

Metropolis Ensemble’s series, House Music, reflects its values of putting community at the heart of its practice, and allows it to continue to create opportunities for artists to do what they do best: make and share new music.

Our new virtual project, House Music, features bite-sized performances of both new works from musicians sheltering in place around the world.

METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE DEBUTS AT NATIONAL SAWDUST IN A SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE ICONIC SILENT FILM METROPOLIS SET TO ORIGINAL MUSIC BY RICARDO ROMANEIRO

March 10, 2020

JENNY BECK’S SETTING WRAPS SAPPHO’S AND CARSON’S WORDS IN A DREAMY, IMMERSIVE SOUNDSCAPE SO THAT WE MIGHT HEAR SAPPHO’S POETRY OUT LOUD ONCE MORE, PERHAPS NOT AS SHE WOULD HAVE HAD IT, BUT HOW IT SINGS TO US NOW: DISTANT, PRESENT, LOST, REACHABLE, AND EXQUISITELY ALLURING.

February 20, 2020

COMPOSER-COLLECTIVE ORACLE HYSTERICAL, WITH COLLABORATORS HUB NEW MUSIC, ARE CREATING AN EVENING-LENGTH COLLECTION OF SONGS INSPIRED BY THE EXPEDITIONS OF A WIDE-RANGING GROUP OF AMBITIOUS, GRITTY – AND OFTEN NAIVE, CRUEL, AND MYOPIC EXPLORERS.

January 17, 2020

This is the kind of big, bold, sometimes even crazy symphonic work of which we could use a lot more, with orchestral brass and strings competing with fat synthesizers, rock drums, choral singing, and more.