Performance #1
Wine & Cheese Reception: 6:00 - 7:00PM
Concert: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Performance #2
Wine & Cheese Reception: 7:30 - 8:30PM
Concert: 8:30PM - 9:30PM
The Crypt has always been a place of remembrance, and in this final Ghosts of Gotham program, the cutting-edge instrumentalists of The Green Room Ensemble will shed light on the traces of the past, exploring the echoes of sound and feeling that linger long after we’re gone. Through their carefully-curated selection of contemporary works, written by composers across a broad spectrum of communities, cultures and histories, the ensemble – led by co-founder and violinist Nathan Meltzer – look at the present through the prism of the past, and the flickering, half-forgotten memories that float through the streets (and Crypts) of this timeless city.
The Green Room Ensemble has made it their artistic mission to amplify new music and works by historically underrepresented composers, and in this program they sift through layers of history to uncover the enduring sounds of what remains.
Katherine Balch: drip music
Hannah Ishizaki: in a room
Kennedy Taylor Dixon: the walls kept me warm
Nina Shekhar: if these walls
Paul Wiancko: Lift
The Green Room Ensemble is an organization dedicated to the crafting and presenting of new, unique, and diverse chamber music with the goal of expanding and enriching the classical music landscape and acknowledging the content and context of the art form. Comprised of a rotating roster of musicians, the Green Room Ensemble performs a wide range of compositions, with a special emphasis on new music and historically unexplored gems by composers from a variety of backgrounds and heritages.
Pala Garcia and Nathan Meltzer, violins
Andrew Gonzalez, viola
Coleman Itzkoff and Christine Lamprea, cellos