In back-to-back concerts: Metropolis Ensemble, jazz by pianist Gerald Clayton
Andrew Cyr ’96 conducts the Metropolis Ensemble.
On consecutive October evenings, Bates presents a dynamic contemporary music ensemble and a jazz pianist whom The New York Times likened to the great Oscar Peterson.
With its performers dispersed throughout the Olin Arts Center at Bates, New York City’s Metropolis Ensemble presents the innovative site-specific piece “Brownstone” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2.
VIP admission is $25, available at batestickets.com. For more information about the VIP admission, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Regular admission is free but tickets are required, available at bit.ly/oacbates.
The Feb. 9 concert by jazz pianist Gerald Clayton is among the postponements caused by snowstorm Nemo. Photograph by Emra Islek.
Praised by the Times for a “huge, authoritative presence,” pianist Gerald Clayton and his band perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Admission is $15, also available at batestickets.com.
The Olin Arts Center is located at 75 Russell St. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Metropolis Ensemble is the focus of additional public events in Lewiston during its Bates residency. Also on Oct. 2, at noon, artistic director Andrew Cyr gives a Great Falls Forum address titled Renewing the Source: A New Model for Classical Music at the Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. For more information, please call 207-513-3004.
Cyr and Metropolis musicians host two events at Bates on Saturday, Oct. 4: a music and technology workshop at 10 a.m. and an arts and entrepreneurship panel discussion at 12:30 p.m., both in the concert hall.
