"Metropolis Ensemble is the hippest gang in classical music." -Manhattan Users Guide
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- Genre:
- Contemporary Classical
- Hometown:
- New York, NY
With four completely different voices, the composers in our fall concert, REVERB, have summed up their thoughts on what new music can express. Here's some excerpts from the program notes. Erin Gee: The music seeks an experiential non-language, containing the...
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A concert of commissions and premieres — works by four composers of the new generation (Jakub Ciupinski, Vivian Fung, Erin Gee, and Cristina Spinei) each exploring a profoundly different conception of the future of music.
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Concert details:
http://metropolisensemble.org/concerts/2
New Sounds, New Ideas
Time:7:30PM Friday, November 20th
Location:Le Poisson Rouge
Metropolis Ensemble
A concert of commissions and premieres — works by four composers of the new generation (Jakub Ciupinski, Vivian Fung, Erin Gee, and Cristina Spinei) each exploring a profoundly different conception of the future of music.
Buy tickets:
http://metropolisensemble.org/tickets/
Concert details:
http://metropolisensemble.org/concerts/2
New Sounds, New Ideas
Time:7:30PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Le Poisson Rouge
Photo and video highlights from New Music 101: Intro to Electronica are now live on the site, including behind-the-scenes photos from Le Poisson Rouge and full-length videos of the world premiere performance of Street Prayer, Jenny Lin's encore performance of Morning...
One of the highlights of our upcoming concert, New Music 101, is a segment we're calling "Composing and Cocktails." Here's how it works. Music "waiters" (composer Jakub Ciupinksi and conductor Andrew Cyr) will greet you with an iPhone that serves as a real-time...
To celebrate our upcoming concert, New Music 101: Intro to Electronica, Metropolis Ensemble and composer Jakub Ciupinski are delighted to offer the mp3 of an inspiring electro-acoustic work by Jakub. "The Architect's Brother" premiered in 2006 at the Juilliard School's...
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Ever wanted to compose music and instantly hear it live by an ensemble of professional musicians? Well, there's an app for that: composer Jakub Ciupinski made one just for you to use tonight.
Metropolis Ensemble, New York's "hippest classical gang in the city" (Manhattan Users Guide), presents composer Jakub Ciupinski (...b.1981) in a mind-blowing night of interactive musical performances. Join us for dinner and stay through until the after-party!
New Music 101: Intro to Electronica will unfold in three distinct parts, from involving audience members to conduct and compose live music via an iPhone application, to an after-party with a live set of minimal house loops and electronica beats composed by Jakub and performed in real-time by a gesture-controlled system of his design... you have to see it to believe it!
Complete details:
http://metropolisensemble.org/concerts/2
Buy tickets:
http://metropolisensemble.org/tickets
Become a member:
http://metropolisensemble.org/supportRead More
Metropolis Ensemble, New York's "hippest classical gang in the city" (Manhattan Users Guide), presents composer Jakub Ciupinski (...b.1981) in a mind-blowing night of interactive musical performances. Join us for dinner and stay through until the after-party!
New Music 101: Intro to Electronica will unfold in three distinct parts, from involving audience members to conduct and compose live music via an iPhone application, to an after-party with a live set of minimal house loops and electronica beats composed by Jakub and performed in real-time by a gesture-controlled system of his design... you have to see it to believe it!
Complete details:
http://metropolisensemble.org/concerts/2
Buy tickets:
http://metropolisensemble.org/tickets
Become a member:
http://metropolisensemble.org/supportRead More
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Vivian Fung's Glimpses (2009), performed on May 6, 2009 at the Americas Society in New York City. Featuring Jenny Lin on prepared piano. Presented by the Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr. Video by Gareth Paul Cox and Kyrié Cox; sound by Bill Siegmund.
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Béla Bartók's Rumanian Folk Dances for mandolin and string ensemble, arranged by Avi Avital, performed on May 24, 2007 at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York City. Featuring Avi Avital (mandolin) and the Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr. Video by Timothy Bakland; sound by Nils van Otterloo.
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Performance of Michael Ward-Bergeman's Kicking Up Dust, performed on January 28, 2009 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Featuring Paul Clifford on freedom boot and the Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr. Video by Gareth Paul Cox and Kyrié Cox; sound by Ryan Streber.
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Dmitri Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony op. 110a for String Ensemble (1960), performed on Thursday, May 24, 2007 in New York City. Featuring the Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr. Arranged by Rudolf Barshai. Video by Timothy Bakland; sound by Nils van Otterloo.
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Performance of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Five Images After Sappho (1999), performed on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at The Times Center in New York City. Featuring Kiera Duffy (soprano), and the Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr. Video by Timothy Bakland; sound by Ryan Streber.
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Performance of David Bruce's GROANBOX, performed on January 28, 2009 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Featuring Michael Ward-Bergeman on accordion, The Groanbox Boys, and the Metropolis Ensemble led by conductor Andrew Cyr. Video by Gareth Paul Cox and Kyrié Cox; sound by Ryan Streber.
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In July 2008, Metropolis Ensemble led by Artistic Director / Conductor Andrew Cyr presented the world premiere of The Rite: Remixed, a collaboration between three composers and electronics producers that explodes the boundaries of live electro-classical music. Ricardo Romaneiro, Ryan Francis, and Leo Leite re-conceptua...lize Stravinsky’s revolutionary The Rite of Spring in a ground-breaking live remix!
Video produced by Gareth Paul Cox and Kyrié Cox. Audio engineering by Leo Leite.
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Video produced by Gareth Paul Cox and Kyrié Cox. Audio engineering by Leo Leite.
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