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Please join us for the next concert by the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall. It will take place on Monday, December 11th at 7:30PM. The program will feature the following works: ANDY AKIHO LIgNEouS 1 for Marimba and String Quartet JAMES LEE III “Awashoha” and “Celebrated Emblems” from Clarinet Quintet JUSTINIAN TAMUSUZA “Ekitundu Ekisooka” for String Quartet CHAUSSON Chanson...
David Alexander Acting Second Horn “I’m David alexander, a horn player and recent and recent alum of the New World Symphony and the Juilliard School, After watching and admiring the Metropolitan Opera for years, I am delighted to join the orchestra this season. On top of some beautiful staples of the repertoire, I can’t wait to...
Check what some of our musicians were up to during our European tour of 2023! The wonderful Neville Braithwaite is the man behind the camera.      
In the recent otherwise excellent article in the New York Times about the Met’s innovative new production of Die Zauberflöte, we were disheartened to read our guest conductor’s supposition that the Met Orchestra might be bored playing in the pit. “There’s nothing more boring than being an orchestra musician and being in the back of a...
Yesterday, on May 7th, the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble presented their final concert of the season at Carnegie Hall in a sold out performance. It was a wonderful afternoon of chamber music featuring many of our incredible colleagues. The program also featured our Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, as well as bass-baritones Ryan Speedo Green and...
  We are delighted to collaborate again with Lessonface for this year’s live online masterclasses. The first masterclass will be with our Principal Second Violin Jeremías Sergiani-Velázquez on Sunday October 30th at 2pm EST. The application deadline to perform in this live online masterclass is October 8th. For more information on how to apply, please...
Announcing our new Associate Principal and Assistant Principal violas. Congratulations Shmuel and Tal! From The Strad:  New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra announced two new appointments last week, both in the viola section. Shmuel Katz had been an associate member of the orchestra for a decade and has now been appointed associate principal viola. He serves as...
  Brass Witch makes magnetic pencil holders that fit securely onto any brass instrument, so that when the maestro gives comments, you can quickly pick up the pencil from the instrument, write the comments on the music page and reattach the pencil using one hand, via the strong NeoDymium “rare Earth” magnets. The vegan leather...
#WeWillMetAgain! An agreement has been reached and we commence rehearsals Aug 30. In addition to The Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 season performances, our musicians will be featured in our new chamber music series in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall or check out one of our new outreach performances via Carnegie Hall’s FREE! Citywide series. We are filled...
The Vienna Philharmonic has released a statement in support of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. We are grateful for their voices of support. The text reads: Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,The world is watching. 30% of the members of the MET Orchestra can no longer sustain a living in New York City due to being faced with...
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