tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71076357722322392472009-10-30T13:25:44.877-04:00Metropolis Ensemble is a nonprofit professional chamber orchestra dedicated to emerging the next generation of performers and composers.Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125metropolisensemblehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-41589879381262119742009-10-30T13:20:00.001-04:002009-10-30T13:25:44.885-04:00With 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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/kvUDgaZSuNg" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2009/10/new-sounds-new-ideas.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-29466913056232504262009-10-18T11:41:00.001-04:002009-10-18T11:49:03.565-04:00Photo 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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/JmH9dKGgxGs" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2009/10/highlights-from-new-music-101.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-12981654679378386022009-09-10T13:25:00.000-04:002009-09-11T11:51:18.598-04:00One 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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/AKoZaddZE74" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2009/09/on-menu.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-78273948047302416952009-09-09T22:56:00.001-04:002009-09-10T22:32:53.464-04:00To 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...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/oxdNJHKSj9Q" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2009/09/free-mp3-download-from-jakub-ciupinski.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-21668830512859703582009-04-19T18:09:00.003-04:002009-04-19T18:36:03.690-04:00We've done a bit of spring cleaning around the Metropolis website in preparation for our 2009-2010 season, and we're excited to announce six upcoming events:Glimpses May 6, 2009 at Americas Society New Music 101: Intro to Electronica September 2009 at Le Poisson...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/tq1XK28n3bw" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2009/04/upcoming-concerts.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-27054007651556091792009-01-17T02:43:00.001-05:002009-02-05T01:55:29.611-05:00The Groanbox Boys released their new album Gran Bwa at Metropolis Ensemble's concert, GROANBOX on January 28, 2009 at Le Poisson Rouge. The worldwide CD release party for Gran Bwa followed intermission at the concert, with a special performance by The Groanbox Boys....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/2MS3B5EhIs4" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2009/01/free-download-from-groanbox-boys.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-40084062490062187472009-01-16T16:22:00.000-05:002009-01-17T15:30:22.263-05:00Composer David Bruce shares insights about his new work, Groanbox, featuring Michael Ward-Bergeman on accordion, The Groanbox Boys, and the Metropolis Ensemble: As a composer whose music has long incorporated folk elements, it has been an incredibly exciting challenge...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/DBubplQ-sfE" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2009/01/exploring-roots-of-david-bruce.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-81074496038046068832008-12-26T15:13:00.001-05:002009-04-19T02:09:36.635-04:00We're pleased to share a new documentary video about Metropolis Ensemble's world premiere of The Rite Remixed, last summer's adventurous collaboration exploding the boundaries of live electro-classical music. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the three concerts and watch...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/2WPkmkicfo8" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/12/concert-highlights-from-rite-remixed.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-48892639438982522842008-10-24T16:45:00.000-04:002008-12-04T20:52:03.363-05:00Metropolis Ensemble welcomes its 2008-09 Youth Works composer, Ray Lustig. Over the next year, Ray will work with elementary students at PS11 in Manhattan to teach them about composition and music appreciation... which culminates in a concert featuring the students'...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/jEkNG6i0bNE" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/10/welcome-ray-lustig.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-45816165308141323312008-07-18T13:22:00.001-04:002008-07-18T13:22:42.484-04:00Hear the Metropolis Ensemble and Deerhoof perform a concert from the Wordless Music Series, recorded live by WNYC at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. Listen on NPR.org starting at 7:30pm EST. An hourlong special about the Wordless Music Series begins at 6:30pm. Tonight's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/KyJG-fdQUyE" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/07/live-from-prospect-park.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-22060388039843205142008-07-16T11:10:00.001-04:002008-07-18T13:10:42.999-04:00Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr and Composer Ricardo Romaneiro will be on WNYC Soundcheck at 2pm EST today to discuss their new composition, The Rite: Remixed and share the secrets of setting Stravinsky's most famous work to keyboards, laptops, brass and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/GQMh1A1nzNQ" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/07/metropolis-ensemble-on-wnyc.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-47653650388169837412008-07-01T11:49:00.001-04:002008-07-01T11:49:17.265-04:00The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recently featured Avner Dorman in the ASCAP Audio Portraits series. The interview includes excerpts from the forthcoming studio album with Metropolis Ensemble performing the complete chamber orchestra concerti...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/y3i-qdWa8qY" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/07/ascap-audio-portrait.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-33047226300661410452008-05-28T02:52:00.001-04:002008-05-28T02:55:26.873-04:00Metropolis Ensemble is pleased to offer a free download of Sports et Divertissements, recorded live at The Times Center in New York City on April 10, 2008. Erik Satie's twenty-one brilliant thumbnail sketches are presented in a delightful arrangement for chamber...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/UNuogifIV1M" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/05/work-of-pure-whimsy.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-41490465070135416982008-05-20T00:37:00.001-04:002008-05-20T01:39:10.829-04:00Metropolis Ensemble and composer Ryan Francis are delighted to offer the complete live recording of Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra during its world premiere performance at The Times Center in New York City on April 10, 2008. You can download it here,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/DWe0VvxlkLg" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/05/piano-concerto-available-for-free.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-38639363116881491022008-04-28T09:49:00.001-04:002008-04-28T09:49:55.449-04:00Metropolis Ensemble will be opening for Deerhoof in Prospect Park on July 18, 2008, as part of the Wordless Music Series and Celebrate Brooklyn. Metropolis Ensemble led by Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr and Wordless Music co-commissions The Rite: Remixed, a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/_s-4MjU6Ql0" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/04/wordless-music-celebrate-brooklyn.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-16994910539178629482008-04-27T18:41:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:43:19.717-04:00World-renowned soprano and leading new music muse Dawn Upshaw, and Meet the Composer Foundation have invited Metropolis Ensemble to perform the newly arranged Three Pieces from Piosenki by composer David Bruce at a gala dinner held in Upshaw's honor at the Manhattan...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/1sq6gbDhb5A" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/04/meet-composer-gala.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-46134309022918475292008-04-27T12:06:00.001-04:002008-04-27T12:06:49.747-04:00During the second semester of Youth Works, Metropolis Ensemble's 40-week education program teaching music composition and creativity to 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at PS 11 School, Cristina Spinei has been concentrating our weekly lessons on rhythm. After learning about...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/lErOLuUp2p8" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/04/sound-recyclers.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-31471145254629324982008-04-03T15:38:00.001-04:002008-04-03T15:39:54.272-04:00This is part of our composer series on Ryan Francis. In this post, Ryan talks about his new piano concerto, the featured work in Metropolis Ensemble's upcoming concert Loop. Composed concurrently to his Piano Etudes, Ryan Francis's Concerto for Piano and Chamber...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/3KAfhSn9kYo" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/04/concerto-realized.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-59241070257247846632008-02-28T10:47:00.001-05:002008-02-28T11:00:37.907-05:00This is part of our composer series on Ryan Francis. In this post, Ryan discusses his new piano etudes, featured in Metropolis Ensemble's upcoming concert Digital Sustain. Since Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin, the genre of piano etudes transformed from their intention...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/wqCHU3dmBAM" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/02/ryan-francis-etudes-for-piano.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-10061595435168014232008-02-28T10:40:00.001-05:002008-02-28T10:48:55.986-05:00This is part of our composer series on Ryan Francis. In this post, Ryan talks with Metropolis Ensemble's Artistic Director, Andrew Cyr, about his compositional background. Conceptual inspiration abounds in the music of composer Ryan Francis. Although Maurice Ravel and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/EmSnZjgZWLc" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/02/ryan-francis-on-composing.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-11224929282526070332008-01-08T12:27:00.000-05:002008-01-10T19:42:48.391-05:00Metropolis Ensemble and Artistic Director/Conductor Andrew Cyr are delighted to announce two new concerts for 2008: LOOP Thursday, April 10, 2008 (8pm) The Times Center (620 8th Avenue at 41st Street) Tickets: $20 online / $25 at the door Buy tickets now... The World...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/aX2sZlRWPzI" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/01/upcoming-concerts.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-33664858264875327592008-01-06T03:16:00.001-05:002008-01-10T19:38:21.932-05:00This is part of our composer series on Ryan Francis. In this post, Ryan offers his thoughts on his new Piano Concerto, the featured work in Metropolis Ensemble's spring concert, Loop. This concerto feels like an arrival point for me artistically that has been in the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/M8VUYC_JdEY" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/01/ryan-francis-piano-concerto.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-30635353681213863782008-01-06T02:52:00.001-05:002008-01-06T15:11:08.991-05:00To say that Cristina Spinei's experience teaching for Metropolis Ensemble's Youth Works has been successful would be an understatement. Now halfway through this year's program at Public School 11 in Manhattan, Cristina wrote a report to capture some of the amazing...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/598ZBoTC36U" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/01/not-just-old-dead-guys.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-78652466689581199892008-01-06T02:29:00.001-05:002008-01-06T02:58:04.069-05:00Metropolis Ensemble commissioned a new arrangement for chamber orchestra of Erik Satie's Sports et Divertissements from London-based composer David Bruce for our spring concert Loop. Sports et Divertissements was originally written for piano and narrator in 1914 as a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/Ykm6TC4rfMU" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/01/sports-et-divertissements.phptag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107635772232239247.post-66178427816666128712007-12-30T17:10:00.000-05:002008-01-10T19:38:52.242-05:00Metropolis Ensemble's Wet Ink Composer Resident, Ryan Francis, won a competitive commission from the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation for his Piano Concerto. The world premiere will be presented by the Metropolis Ensemble's spring...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/metropolisensemble/~4/CU1A9Odc6QM" height="1" width="1"/>Armistead Bookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14770906671714389519noreply@blogger.com0http://metropolisensemble.org/blog/2008/01/ryan-francis-wins-jerome-foundation.php