Welcome Cristina Spinei

Metropolis Ensemble welcomes its 2007-08 Youth Works composer, Cristina Spinei. A Julliard masters student, Cristina will guide students at Manhattan's PS11 in our exciting composition class, culminating in a concert that showcases the students' work. Meet Cristina...

Composition Today Interview

David Bruce, our friend at Composition Today, recently sat down with Andrew Cyr to discuss the beginning of the Metropolis Ensemble, its mission, and plans for the spring concert and beyond. Read the interview...

New Partnership with Smithsonian

Metropolis Ensemble is pleased to announce a new partnership with Smithsonian Magazine, kicking off our 2007 concerts in New York City. Smithsonian is proud to be supporting Metropolis Ensemble and its emerging composers, musicians and the creation of music as a living art form.

"Smithsonian Magazine readers are avid cultural catalysts, and an overwhelming number of them fulfill their passion for the arts by regularly attending live music performances." —Kerry Bianchi, Smithsonian Publishing Group Publisher

Our spring concert will live up to that expectation, as conductor Andrew Cyr leads an international ensemble in a bluegrass inflected "east-meets-west" Mandolin Concerto by renowned Israeli composer Avner Dorman, complimented by in-vogue Argentinean composer Osvaldo Golijov, and the soaring Chamber Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich.

Learn more about the partnership...