METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE PRESENTS

AMERICANA

Metropolis Ensemble concertmaster Kristin Lee and pianist/improviser/composer Jeremy Jordan celebrate a diversity of 20th-century American music from ragtime to today, with a special emphasis on improvisation, as part of Metropolis Ensemble x BLUEPRINTS In Visible Roads Piano Festival

Celebrating a diversity of 20th-century American music from ragtime to today, with a special emphasis on improvisation. Composers on the program include George Gershwin (arr. Jasha Heifetz), J.J. Johnson (arr. Jeremy Ajani Jordan), Scott Joplin (arr. Jeremy Ajani Jordan), John Novacek, Kevin Puts, and Jonathan Ragonese.

BLUEPRINTS unites pianists from different musical genres for eclectic concerts that present traditional classical music alongside contemporary works (including premieres), jazz and free improvisation. Co-founded by Daniel Anastasio and Erika Dohi, these unusually varied programs are each inspired by an aesthetic theme or blueprint. In Visible Roads, co-created with Metropolis Ensemble, represents its first major artistic collaboration with another performing organization, with the goal of enriching the community of pianists, composers, and instrumentalists alike through creating and fostering new collaborative relationships.

Yamaha CF6 premium grand piano provided by Yamaha Artist Services New York

Photo credit: © Pedro Barbeito — James Webb I — 2013 — private collection Washington, D.C. (detail)

Doors open at 6:30pm, show at 7:00pm.

Because of the generous support of our followers, Metropolis Ensemble is thrilled to offer our pop-up venue at 1 Rivington as a place for new projects and works of music to take shape, at little to no cost to our artists. Select artists are given the opportunity not only to share finished works, but to use this platform to craft ideas into tangible realities.