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Their virtuosic execution and unique configuration have attracted the attention of high profile collaborators—from Paul Simon to Bill T. Jones to Ben Folds—and inspired original works by some of today’s foremost composers, including Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly, Missy Mazzoli, Marcos Balter, Judd Greenstein and Gabriella Smith. They have performed around the world in venues of all sizes, including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and Madison Square Garden. yMusic enters its 15th season with a slate of new projects, including a recital at Carnegie Hall, featuring the New York premiere of composer Andrew Norman’s Difference and the world premiere of Allison Loggins-Hull’s Supply, a forthcoming album of original music composed collaboratively by the members of the ensemble, and an album of original songs written with Bruce Hornsby. Their latest release, Together, by Judd Greenstein, was praised by NPR as “effervescent,” offering “episodes of transparent beauty built from chattering winds, pulsating strings and a soaring trumpet.” To date, yMusic has released four full-length albums of commissioned music, 2020’s Ecstatic Science, 2017’s First, 2014’s Balance Problems, and 2011’s Beautiful Mechanical, Time Out New York’s “#1 Classical Record of the Year.” Outside of the classical genre, yMusic has collaborated in the studio and on stage with dozens of popular artists, including Ben Folds, Emily King, Jose Gonzales, ANOHNI, Dirty Projectors, John Legend, Son Lux, the Staves, Bruce Hornsby, and Paul Simon.

REPERTORY

2023/2024 SEASON

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Program 1

Tessellations – Gabriella Smith
Ecstatic Science — Missy Mazzoli
Zebras, Sober Miles, Flood — yMusic
Together — Judd Greenstein 
 
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Difference — Andrew Norman
The Wolf — yMusic 
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Program 2

Beautiful Mechanical — Ryan Lott
Bladed Stance — Marcos Balter
Music in Circles — Andrew Norman 
Ecstatic Science — Missy Mazzoli
Year of the Horse — Sufjan Stevens/ Rob Moose
 
INTERMISSION
 
Maré — Gabriella Smith 
Thous&ths — Paul Wiancko 
Year of the Dog/Year of the Dragon/Year of the Boar — Sufjan Stevens 
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Program 3

Zebras — yMusic 
Safe Travels — Timo Andres
Clip — Nico Muhly 
 
Draft of a High Rise — Caroline Shaw 
  1. Inked Frame
  2. A Scribbled Veneer
  3. Their Stencilled Breath
 
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134 Eldridge — Chris Thile 
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Residency Offerings

yMusic is excited to offer a wide range of residency workshops for students…

GALLERY

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Together

Music in Circles

Sunset Boulevard

“[yMusic Delivers] sharp-edged, vivid performancesthat are at once precision-tooled and full of autonomous life.” -San Francisco Chronicle

yMusic has released four studio albums of chamber music, featuring work written for the ensemble by such luminary composers as Missy Mazzoli, Caroline Shaw, Nico Muhly, Richard Reed Parry, Marcos Balter, Judd Greenstein and Gabriella Smith. Outside of the classical genre, yMusic has collaborated in the studio and on stage with dozens of popular artists, including Ben Folds, Emily King, Jose Gonzales, ANOHNI, Dirty Projectors, John Legend, Son Lux, the Staves, Bruce Hornsby, and Paul Simon.

PRESS

yMusic

“a richly enjoyable performance by the group yMusic”

- New York Times

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“Crafting a way for musicians to play together over Zoom”

- Datebook

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“Paul Simon’s Genre-Crossing Chamber Ensemble of Choice ”

-Rolling Stone

EXPLORE

yMusic talks about "Ecstatic Science"

yMusic Perform on "Live From Here with Chris Thile"

yMusic x Gabriella Smith

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