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
March 17th & 18th
ETHEL
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s eclectic crew of contemporary composers.
March 24th & 25th
ETHEL
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s eclectic crew of contemporary composers.
March 31st & April 1st
Raja Rahman
President & CEO of Nevada School of The Arts, and one half of magic duo, Jarrett & Raja, pianist Raja Rahman is a perennial Balcony Bar favorite. The winner of the 2022 Nevada Arts Council Professional Artist Grant, Raja is active as a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist with the Sono Luminus label. Performing favorites of the reprtoire old and new.
April 7th & April 8th
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 Hailstork and Hu.
April 14th & April 15th
Nava Trio
Laurie Friedman — clarinet, Native American flute
Jeff Adler — bass clarinet, Native American flutes
Jenna Girone-Virgilio — cello
Unusual in its instrumentation, the Nava Trio performs the engaging music of Jeff Adler, offering a variety of European and Indigenous string and wind sounds, from folkloric dance styles to jazz-infused grooves.
April 21st & April 22nd
Booked by The Met
April 28th & April 29th
ETHEL
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s eclectic crew of contemporary composers.
May 5th & May 6th
ETHEL
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s eclectic crew of contemporary composers.
May 13th
The Budapest Duo
Lavinia Pavlish, violin
Greta Myatieva, violin
New York’s dynamic dueling violins showcase their signature high-energy style, in passionate performances of Prokofiev, Bartók, and NYC’s own Mike Brun.
May 19th & May 20th
Booked by The Met
May 26th & May 27th
ETHEL
Performing the infectiously engaging music of ETHEL members, as well as audience favorites by the group’s eclectic crew of contemporary composers.
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:
