HIP-HOP ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE Comes To The Eisemann Center This March

The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience featuring Ensemble Mik Nawooj takes the stage at the Eisemann Center on Friday, March 14, 2025, at 8:00 PM in the Bank of America Theatre. This electrifying production transcends the boundaries of traditional concerts—it's a dance party, a journey through the underground, and a homage to the New York hip-hop scene where it all began.

Led by visionary composer and pianist JooWan Kim, the Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience reimagines iconic works by Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, seamlessly blending classical masterpieces with the pulsating energy of hip-hop. The ensemble features a dynamic combination of classical musicians, resident MCs, a lyric soprano, woodwinds, French horns, strings, piano, and drums, creating a groundbreaking soundscape that defies categorization.

“This isn’t just music; it’s Metamusic,” explains JooWan Kim, whose innovative Method Sampling approach deconstructs and reinvents classical principles while infusing the spirit and creativity of hip-hop. The result is a performance described by Pitchfork as "textures swimming through the sound...like the world's fastest ping-pong game" and hailed by the Huffington Post as "the cutting edge of hip-hop."

The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience invites audiences to envision a completely new musical landscape where classical and hip-hop collide in a thrilling tête-à-tête of sound. This innovative ensemble has garnered widespread acclaim from national and international outlets, including BBC, ESPN, Wall Street Journal, NPR, NowThis, and more.

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