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
JUNE 24th & 25th
The Met’s Pick
This weekend’s artists will be selected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
JULY 1st & 2nd
ETHEL X
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s vast library of contemporary favorites, from Mary Ellen Childs to Janis Joplin and Myroslav Skoryk.
Ralph Farris, viola
Josh Henderson, violin
Thapelo Masita, cello
Lavinia Pavlish, violin
JULY 8th & 9th
Farris & Friends
Performing the music of Dohnányi, Beethoven, Hu, and Bach
Ralph Farris, viola
Lavinia Pavlish, violin
Aya Terki, cello
JULY 15th & 16th
The Met’s Pick
This weekend’s artists will be selected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
JULY 22nd & 23rd
Farris & Friends
Performing the music of Dohnányi, Beethoven, Hu, and Bach
Ralph Farris, viola
Lavinia Pavlish, violin
Nathaniel Taylor, cello
JULY 29th & 30th
ETHEL
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s vast library of contemporary favorites, from Ulysses Owens Jr. to Marcelo Zarvos and Philip Glass
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin,
Dorothy Lawson, cello
with special guest
Lavinia Pavlish, 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: