ETHEL - Projects


_{Photo © Steve J. Sherman}	ETHEL From original ETHEL works and commissioned premieres to site-specific music and movement installations, experience the full spectrum of America’s favorite string band as they break down barriers between chamber music and all musical genres for audiences of all ages and tastes. Programs include: ETHEL (performing favorites from their acclaimed albums as well as commissioned premieres); IN THE HOUSE OF ETHEL (a site-specific audience-immersive concert experience), ETHEL FAIR (an annual event featuring ETHEL and select collaborators, curated by ETHEL); and SPECIAL EVENTS. Listen: Light (featured album on Amazon.com's Best of 2006) Watch: Who is ETHEL? America's Favorite String Band! Book ETHEL

_{Photo by Leslie Lyons}	ETHEL's TruckStop ™ ETHEL shines a spotlight on the melting pot of American music through a series of community-based residencies. Through collaboration, workshops and public performances, ETHEL and select local artists from a vast array of genres and traditions share cultural perspectives on music, improvise, and compose new works that transcend categorization. Celebrate the power of music as a common language through this one-of-a-kind project and become the next TruckStop. Listen: Ray of Son featuring James Bilagody (R. Farris / J. Woodruff / J. Bilagody) Watch: ETHEL's TruckStop™ with Kaotic Drumline Watch: ETHEL's TruckStop™ with James Bilagody Book ETHEL

_{Photo © Steve J. Sherman}	EDUCATION ETHEL regularly provides lectures, workshops, performances and master classes at colleges, music schools and universities. Topics include improvisation, composition, and collaboration. Book ETHEL

_{Photo © Steve J. Sherman}	Commissions Through ETHEL’S Foundation for the Arts, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created by ETHEL in 2002, ETHEL regularly commissions new works by leading contemporary composers to add to the quartet canon. In the past few years alone, ETHEL has premiered more than 40 new works. Recent premieres have included La Citadelle by Raz Mesinai, Cereze by Amy Kohn, and Origin of the Species by Mark Stewart featuring ETHEL on custom designed daxophones. Stay tuned for the premiere of SPACE, a major new work by Phil Kline with sound design by Jody Elff. Watch: Who is ETHEL? America's Favorite String Band! Book ETHEL Support New Works: Make a tax-deductible contribution to support an upcoming commission.