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From original ETHEL works to commissioned premieres and special collaborations, experience the full spectrum of America’s favorite string band as they break down barriers between chamber music and all musical genres, between audiences of all ages and tastes. Featured works include selections from the group’s acclaimed albums, LIGHT (#3 on Amazon.com's Best of 2006) and ETHEL (Billboard Magazine's Best Album of 2003).
Listen: Chai (D. Lawson) from LightListen: The Blue Room III (P. Kline) from ETHEL
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ETHEL shines a spotlight on the melting pot of American music through a series of community-based residencies. Through collaboration, workshops and public performances, ETHEL and select local artists from a vast array of genres and traditions share cultural perspectives on music, improvise, and compose new works that transcend categorization. Celebrate the power of music as a common language through this one-of-a-kind project and become the next Truck Stop.
Listen: Ray of Son featuring James Bilagody (R. Farris / J. Woodruff / J. Bilagody)Listen: ETHEL with James Bilagody
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This site-specific, immersive performance experience uses large public spaces to integrate ETHEL’s super-charged live performance, movement and lighting to allow direct audience interaction. As ETHEL moves and performs throughout the space, the audience members are encouraged to explore and walk around “the house”. ETHEL incorporates its own original and improvised solos, duos and trio music between self-composed and commissioned works for the quartet, creating a seamless sonic environment.
Listen: Memory (M. Zarvos) from LightBook this show | Credits | Support | Back to top F
ETHEL FAIR is an annual New York event, curated by ETHEL, celebrating ETHEL commissions, premieres, and artist collaborations. Last year’s inaugural ETHEL FAIR featured clarinetist David Krakauer, Thomas Dolby (five-time Grammy winner best-known for the hit "She Blinded Me With Science"), composer/guitarist/inventor Mark Stewart of Polygraph Lounge, automata inventor/musician Kurt Coble and P.A.M. Band, pioneers of the new rock complexity Electric Kompany, and Navajo poet/singer/songwriter and two-time Native American Music Award nominee James Bilagody.
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Exuberant and charismatic, ETHEL has been featured entertainment at numerous special events, galas, and conferences such as TED Conference, BizBash Style Awards and AOL performing original music by ETHEL and today’s leading composers.
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ETHEL regularly provides lectures, workshops, performances and master classes at colleges, music schools and universities. Topics include improvisation, composition, and collaboration.
For an in-depth brochure on ETHEL's education offerings please click here (PDF 1.9MB).
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