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String Quartet Ethel Releases 'Persist' Album with Flutist Allison Loggins-Hull
by Josh Sharpe - Dec 6, 2024

Acclaimed string quartet ETHEL has released their eighth album Persist, for which the group reconvened with the dynamic flutist Allison Loggins-Hull. Listen to it here.

Composers Concordance Will Perform ETHEL Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2024

On Sunday, October 6th, 2024 at 5pm, Composers Concordance will present the renowned quartet ETHEL on a program of new music including several premieres.

Composers Concordance to Present ETHEL at Church St. School Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 8, 2024

On Sunday, October 6th, 2024 at 5pm, Composers Concordance will present the renowned quartet ETHEL on a program of new music including several premieres.

Acclaimed String Quartet ETHEL Unveils Fall 2024 Highlights
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 8, 2024

New York City’s ETHEL has announced its upcoming Fall 2024 activities centered around the release of its forthcoming album Persist on Sono Luminus Records (TBR 11.29.24).

ETHEL String Quartet Reveals Fall 2024 Highlights
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 8, 2024

ETHEL String Quartet revealed its fall 2024 highlights including a New Sounds LIVE concert, a Southwest tour with Robert Mirabal, a Brooklyn Public Library performance, and more. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Grammy Award-Winning ETHEL to Headline the Hermitage's 15th Annual Artful Lobster
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2023

The Hermitage Artist Retreat announced that world-renowned and Grammy Award-winning string quartet ETHEL will headline the Hermitage’s signature fall fundraising event, “The Artful Lobster: An Outdoor Celebration!” on Saturday, November 11th from 11:30am to 2pm at the Hermitage campus on Manasota Key.

Grammy-Award Winning ETHEL String Quartet to Bring Spirited Strings To Morris Museum in July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 26, 2023

In their first Back Deck appearance since 2021, the string quartet ETHEL will bring their particular brand of contemporary music to Morris Museum on July 18.

ETHEL Comes to GatherNYC (Museum of Arts & Design)
by Stephi Wild - Apr 26, 2022

GatherNYC, the revolutionary weekly concert experience founded and directed by cellist Laura Metcalf and guitarist Rupert Boyd, announces the groundbreaking string quartet ETHEL as the second guest artist of its Spring 2022 season, held at the series’ new home at Museum of Arts and Design (MAD).

Savant Records Reissues Jim Snidero's Acclaimed 'Strings'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jul 21, 2021

Snidero took the opportunity to enhance the 2001 tracks in spots, adding the masterful bowed bass of David Finck.

ETHEL's Fifth Round Of HomeBaked Composer Initiative Calls For Scores
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 27, 2021

ETHEL invites early-career music creators to submit their scores for Round V of ETHEL's HomeBaked commissioning initiative. This iteration of HomeBaked calls for works for flute and string quartet, as ETHEL will partner in collaboration with their longtime friend, flutist, composer, and producer Allison Loggins-Hull.

BWW CD Review: THANKFUL: A BENEFIT ALBUM FOR JERAD BORTZ Provides Broadway Inspiration
by Brady Schwind - Dec 13, 2020

BWW Review: THANKFUL: A BENEFIT ALBUM FOR JERAD BORTZ Provides Broadway inspiration on Rock-It Science Records

The Next Festival of Emerging Artists Launches 'Next Fest Connects'
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 12, 2020

 Faced with the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, The Next Festival of Emerging Artists, the unique contemporary music festival founded in 2013 by composer, conductor, and bassist Peter Askim, acted quickly to address the needs of musicians by forming a new component: Next Fest Connects. 

Henning Rubsam Announces The New SENSEDANCE SUNDAYS
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 2, 2020

After the overwhelming feedback Henning Rübsam received upon releasing his 2015 work 'And there was Morning' online via his YouTube channel DanceArtJoy this past Sunday,  he decided to make one archival work of his company SENSEDANCE public for free on every Sunday during the current crisis.

Lakewood Cultural Center Presents ETHEL's Documerica
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2020

a?oeETHEL's Documerica,a?? presented by the Lakewood Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. on March 13, is a multimedia concert that melds multiple-screen video projections with original music by some of today's top composers, performed with electrifying virtuosity by the indie-classical quartet ETHEL. The projections showcase evocative imagery from a?oeProject Documerica,a?? a massive archive of photographs commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s, soon after the agency was established in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution. Through new music, ETHEL explores this compelling snapshot of a tumultuous era that powerfully connects to today's environmental and social issues.

National Sawdust Has Released December Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2019

2019-20 Artists-in-Residence Kinds of Kings present Real Loud, the first of four concerts in their Equilibrium and Disturbance series String quartet ETHEL presents fourth chapter of their HomeBaked Project, an initiative showcasing emerging composers, Canadian Brass presents 50th anniversary of their annual holiday celebration

THE RIVER Will Come to the WYO Theater
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2019

The WYO Theater welcomes New York based contemporary string quartet ETHEL and award-winning Native American artist Robert Mirabal to the stage Friday, November 22 at 7:30pm when they present their inspired collaboration, The River.

The Jewish Museum And Bang On A Can Present Julia Wolfe's String Quartets Performed By ETHEL
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2019

Bang on a Can and the Jewish Museum's 2018-2019 concert season, pairing innovative music with the Museum's exhibitions and showcasing leading female performers and composers, continues today, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm. The acclaimed string quartet ETHEL performs the complete string quartets of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe: Dig Deep, Early that Summer, Four Marys, and Blue Dress. This is the first performance of all of Wolfe's string quartets at one time, on one stage.

Laurence Hobgood To Release New Album 't e s s e t e r r a'
by Kaitlin Milligan - Feb 20, 2019

Grammy-winner and world-renowned pianist/composer/arranger Laurence Hobgood will release his new album  t e s s e t e r r a  on April 26th, 2019. 

Bang on a Can, The Jewish Museum Present Julia Wolfe's String Quartets Performed by ETHEL
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jan 15, 2019

Bang on a Can and the Jewish Museum's 2018-2019 concert season, pairing innovative music with the Museum's exhibitions and showcasing leading female performers and composers, continues on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm. The acclaimed string quartet ETHEL performs the complete string quartets of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe: Dig Deep, Early that Summer, Four Marys, and Blue Dress. This is the first performance of all of Wolfe's string quartets at one time, on one stage.  

The Jewish Museum And Bang On A Can Present Julia Wolfe's String Quartets Performed By ETHEL
by Stephi Wild - Jan 15, 2019

Bang on a Can and the Jewish Museum's 2018-2019 concert season, pairing innovative music with the Museum's exhibitions and showcasing leading female performers and composers, continues on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm. The acclaimed string quartet ETHEL performs the complete string quartets of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe: Dig Deep, Early that Summer, Four Marys, and Blue Dress. This is the first performance of all of Wolfe's string quartets at one time, on one stage.

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