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
November 18th & 19th
The Met’s Pick
This weekend’s artists will be selected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
November 25th & 26th
Instruments of the People
Francisco Roldán (guitar) and Danny Mallon (hand percussion) – will perform their own arrangements of music from the Dominican Republic, France, Brazil, Haiti, Spain and Venezuela, exploring genres such as voodoo ritual dances, joropo, flamenco dances, bolero, tango and more.
Albéniz, Casseus, Landestoy, Lauro, Rodrigo, Roldán, Satie and Moreno-Torroba.
December 2nd & 3rd
The Met’s Pick
This weekend’s artists will be selected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
December 9th & 10th
ETHEL
with special guest Layale Chaker
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, plus new music for string quintet by Layale Chaker
Layale Chaker
Ralph Farris
Kip Jones
Corin Lee
Dorothy Lawson
December 16th & 17th
The Met’s Pick
This weekend’s artists will be selected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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:
