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Roulette by Anna Clyne
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Roulette by Anna Clyne
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Released: Jan 16, 2010
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  • Genre: Alternative / Experimental / Indie

    Location NEW YORK, New York, US

    Profile Views: 113506

    Last Login: 6/1/2011

    Member Since 11/4/2005

    Website www.ethelcentral.com

    Record Label Cantaloupe

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .... ...... ..Watch the trailer: Who is ETHEL?...... .."...I wish there were more rock bands who played like ETHEL.".. .. - John Walters, Guardian UK .. .. ..Read ETHEL's bio.. .. .. ********************************* Acclaimed as America’s premier postclassical string quartet, ETHEL invigorates contemporary concert music with refreshing exuberance, fierce intensity, imaginative programming, and exceptional artistry. Formed in 1998, New York’s ETHEL comprises Juilliard-trained performers Cornelius Dufallo (violin), Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Mary Rowell (violin). ETHEL performs adventurous music of the past four decades, with emphasis on works composed since 1995. The quartet’s repertoire includes self-composed works, as well as works by such luminaries as Julia Wolfe, Phil Kline, John Zorn, Steve Reich, John King, JacobTV, David Lang, Scott Johnson, Don Byron, Marcelo Zarvos, Evan Ziporyn, and Mary Ellen Childs. Boldly exploring new synergies between tradition and technology, ETHEL initiates innovative collaborations with an extraordinary community of American and international artists such as Joe Jackson, Kurt Elling, Bang on a Can, Todd Rundgren, David Byrne, Ursula Oppens, Loudon Wainwright III, STEW, Ensemble Modern, Jill Sobule, Joshua Fried, Andrew Bird, Iva Bittová, Colin Currie, Thomas Dolby, Steve Coleman, Stephen Gosling, Jake Shimabukuro, and Polygraph Lounge. ETHEL tours the world, appearing on stages and venues as varied as Venice Biennale, Sydney Opera House, Ravinia, TED, Lincoln Center, Holland’s TROMP Festival, Kennedy Center, FIAC in Guanajuato, Mexico, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Highlights of recent seasons include the world premieres of: Phil Kline’s “SPACE” at the gala reopening of Alice Tully Hall; “ETHEL's TruckStop®: The Beginning” at BAM’s Next Wave Festival; “Radio” by Osvaldo Golijov at the debut of WNYC Radio’s Jerome L. Greene Space; “ETHEL Fair: The Songwriters” at opening night of Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors Festival; “Wait for Green” with choreography by Annie-B Parson, commissioned by arts>World Financial Center; new collaborative works with both Merce Cunningham Dance and Arena Dances companies; and a commissioned original live film score at Celebrate Brooklyn!. Other highlights include performances at: the annual TED Conference; the TROMP Festival with Colin Currie and Todd Rundgren; Merkin Hall as part of New Sounds Live: ETHEL Plays JacobTV; Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room, and the Grand Canyon Music Festival, where ETHEL is Ensemble-in-Residence with the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project. ETHEL has released several albums since its debut, self-titled “ETHEL” (Cantaloupe Music, 2003), which was named one of Billboard’s Best Albums for that year. The group’s next recording, “Light” (Cantaloupe Music, 2006), was selected as No. 3 on Amazon.com’s Best of 2006: Top Classical Editor’s Picks and ETHEL’s most recent release, “Oshtali” (Thunderbird Records, 2010), marks the first recording of American Indian student works. The group has appeared as a guest artist on a dozen music labels and was recently featured with vocal group Lionheart on “John the Revelator: A Mass for Six Voices” by Phil Kline (Cantaloupe, Music, 2008) and the Grammy Award-winning “Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman” (Concord Records, 2009). For more information, please visit http://www.ethelcentral.com. *********************************.... .. ..ETHEL Media Highlights (more on ..www.ethelcentral.com..):...... ETHEL Video Diary of The Monsters' Ship Celebrate Brooklyn! Premiere: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Sneak Peek into ETHEL's Chickasaw Nation Recording Session .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .... ...... NY Times FEATURE .."A High-Octane Chamber Group's Continuing Insurrection".. by Steve Smith ....click here...... Amazon.com .."Best of 2006: Top 25 Classical Editor's Picks!".. by Robert Levine ..click here...... NY Times .."MUSIC REVIEW: An Ensemble Both Eclectic and Ubiquitous".. by Allan Kozinn ..click here...... NPR "Day to Day" .."ETHEL: A String Quartet with an Entirely New Sound".. by David Was ..click here.. .... .. ....Photographs: ETHEL in Video by ..Steve J. Sherman... ETHEL TruckStop™ photo by ..Leslie Lyons...

  • Members

    .... ..Cornelius "Neil" Dufallo.... ..violin...... .... ..Ralph Farris.... ..viola...... .... ..Dorothy Lawson.... ..cello...... .... ..Mary Rowell.... ..violin...... .. ..........Click here to join our mailing list...... .. ................ ............New!.. Get your ETHEL ringtone ..HERE...... Click here to join our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php/pages/ETHEL/112141392033?ref=ts

  • Influences

    ..A Few of Our Favorites..... .. ..BAM.... ..Bang On A Can.... The Beatles.. ..James Bilagody.... Jason Robert Brown.. .. David Byrne / Talking Heads.... ..Wally Cardona.... ..Cantaloupe Music.... ..Richard Einhorn.... Joshua Fried.. Genesis.. Michael Gordon.. ..gutbucket.... Scott Johnson.. ..John King.... ..Phil Kline.... ..Kronos Quartet.... ..Dayna Kurtz.... David Lang.. Led Zeppelin.. ..Michael Lowenstern.... ..Lukas Ligeti.... ..John Mackey.... Gustav Mahler.. Ingram Marshall.. ..Monkeyhouse.... ..Michael Montes.... ..Open Ears.... ..Steve Reich.... ..Todd Reynolds.... ..Neil Rolnick.... William Ryan.. Laura Seaton.. ..Soundcheck.... ..This American Life.... ..Tin Hat Trio.... Bennie Wallace.. ..WNYC - NY Public Radio.... Julia Wolfe.. ..Mark Wood.... ..Randy Woolf.... Ken Valitsky.. ..Marcelo Zarvos.... ..Evan Ziporyn.... ..John Zorn...... ..

  • Sounds Like

    ........ ..Light, 2006.... .. ........ ..Ethel, 2003.... .. ..........Now available on ..iTunes!.... .. .. ........ .. ..Click here.. then click the "Recordings" tab to view ETHEL's complete discography... .. ..

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    Congrats! The Grand Canyon Music Festival's Native American Composer Apprentice Project has been named a finalist in the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award.

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    ‎$5 off ETHEL's Trout Week show at the Greene Space April 6 in NYC. Use promo code "trout" http://www.wnyc.org/thegreenespace/

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