ETHEL and Friends is a music series lovingly programmed for “Date Night” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Great Hall at the Balcony Bar by The Met’s Resident Ensemble, ETHEL.
The Great Hall Balcony Bar “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 6th & September 7th
Rock Paper Scissors
Lavinia Pavlish — violin
Ralph Farris — viola
Eleanor Norton — cello
New York’s most engaging string trio brings classics old and new with their signature high-energy spirit — from Beethoven and Kodály, to Glass and Hu.
September 13th & September 14th
ETHEL
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Corin Lee, violin
Performing the House Band’s Greatest Hits, to include music by Marcelo Zarvos, Ennio Morricone and Phil Kline.
September 20th & September 21st
Booked by The Met
September 27th & September 28th
ETHEL
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Corin Lee, violin
Performing the House Band’s Greatest Hits, to include music by Marcelo Zarvos, Ennio Morricone and Phil Kline.
October 4th & October 5th
ETHEL
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Corin Lee, violin
Performing the House Band’s Greatest Hits, to include music by Marcelo Zarvos, Ennio Morricone and Phil Kline.
October 11th & October 12th
Cassara/Lin Duo
Frank Cassara, vibraphone
Helen Lin, piano
Husband and wife team of vibraphone and piano, exploring and expanding the repertoire for this unique pairing. Music by Debussy, Glass, Ravel, Corea and Cassara.
October 18th & October 19th
Booked by The Met
October 25th & October 26th
Transatlantic Piano Duo
Evelyn Ulex, piano
Pablo Lavandera, piano
German-born Steinway Artist Evelyn Ulex and Argentinian master pianist Pablo Lavandera, present a program inspired by dance and tango rhythms with music by Astor Piazzolla and his “New Tango” inspired masterpieces, Latin Grammy Winner Argentinean classical composer Claudia Montero, Pablo Ziegler and Carlos Guastavino.
November 1st
ETHEL
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Corin Lee, violin
Performing the House Band’s Greatest Hits, to include music by Marcelo Zarvos, Ennio Morricone and Phil Kline.
November 2nd
The Harlem Chamber Players: Jasmine Ogiste // ETHEL
The Harlem Chamber Players: Jasmine Ogiste // ETHEL
Jasmine Ogiste, piano
ETHEL
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Corin Lee, violin
The Harlem Chamber Players Inc. is an ethnically diverse collective of professional musicians dedicated to bringing high caliber affordable accessible live music to people in the Harlem community and beyond. THCP promotes arts inclusion and equal access to the arts bringing live music to underserved communities and promoting shared community arts and cultural engagement. Jasmine Ogiste regularly performs music by Margaret Bonds, Tania León, Florence Price, Brahms, Bach, Haydn and Poulenc.
ETHEL performs the House Band’s Greatest Hits, to include music by Philip Glass, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Janis Joplin.
November 8th & November 9th
ETHEL
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Corin Lee, violin
Performing the House Band’s Greatest Hits, to include music by Marcelo Zarvos, Ennio Morricone and Phil Kline.
November 15th & November 16th
Booked by The Met
November 22nd & November 23rd
Rock Paper Scissors
Lavinia Pavlish — violin
Ralph Farris — viola
Eleanor Norton — cello
New York’s most engaging string trio brings classics old and new with their signature high-energy spirit — from Beethoven and Kodály, to Glass and Hu.
November 29th & November 30th
Rock Paper Scissors
Lavinia Pavlish — violin
Ralph Farris — viola
Eleanor Norton — cello
New York’s most engaging string trio brings classics old and new with their signature high-energy spirit — from Beethoven and Kodály, to Glass and Hu.
December 6th & December 7th
Trio Hardwood
Ralph Farris, viola
Kip Jones, violin
Dorothy Lawson, cello
3 of the 4 ETHELs (your House Band!) performing their infectiously engaging music, as well as audience favorites by the group’s eclectic crew of contemporary composers — Ulysses Owens Jr., Cornelius Dufallo and Hu.
December 13th & December 14th
Boyd Meets Girl
Boyd Meets Girl features the unique and versatile pairing of cello and guitar, with a diverse range of repertoire from Bach and Debussy to Beyoncé and Radiohead. The duo, comprised of American cellist Laura Metcalf and Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd, has toured the world with their eclectic and engaging performances, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart, had their music streamed more than 2.5 million times on Spotify alone, and been called “beguiling… fascinating… enchanting” by Gramophone Magazine.
December 20th & December 21st
Booked by The Met
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:
