ETHEL and Friends is a music series lovingly programmed for “Date Night” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Petrie Court Café in the Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court, by The Petrie Court Café’s Resident Ensemble, ETHEL.
Petrie Court Café “Date Night” Artists perform 3 sets on Fridays and Saturdays:
6 PM, 7 PM and 8 PM
ABOUT ETHEL
ETHEL is one of the most acclaimed ensembles in contemporary music. With an eye to tradition and an ear to the future, the quartet is a leading force in concert music’s re-engagement with musical vernaculars, fusing diverse performance practices into a vibrant, engaging sound. ETHEL and ETHEL members perform regularly at the Petrie Court Café, and they welcome celebrated friends to the series–such luminaries as JP Jofre, Alexis Michelle, Kaki King, Allison Loggins-Hull and Raja Rahman.
ETHEL & FRIENDS SERIES CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER 16TH & 17TH
The Met’s Pick
This weekend’s artists will be selected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
SEPTEMBER 23RD & 24TH
The Court Trio
Performing the music of Dohnányi, Ching-chu Hu, Beethoven and HyeKyung Lee.
Laura Andrade
Ralph Farris
Lavinia Pavlish
SEPTEMBER 30TH & OCTOBER 1ST
The Harlem Chamber Players
Performing the music of (a.k.a. Chevalier de Saint-Georges), William Grant Still, W.A. Mozart Antonín Dvořák, Jessie Montgomery and Paquito D’Rivera
Claire Chan
William Frampton
Ashley Horne
Wayne Smith
OCTOBER 7TH & 8TH
ETHEL
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s eclectic crew of contemporary composers
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Corin Lee, violin
Stay tuned. More dates to be announced.
ETHEL at THE MET
ETHEL has been in Residence at The Met for over a decade– originally on the Balcony Bar, and for the past two years in the virtual realm, producing The Met’s celebrated “Balcony Bar from Home” series where the group presented weekly celebrations of ETHEL’s wide world of music, featuring collaborations with an extraordinary collection of guest artists from Svjetlana Bukvich to Jarrett & Raja; from Layale Chaker to Rhett Price; from Ron Carter to Todd Rundgren.
Visit ETHEL’s YouTube Channel, featuring a playlist of some of ETHEL’s classic BBfH offerings.
Here is a sampling:
