Friday, May 24, 2024 @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
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Included with May 24 admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue; see ticket link for rates

William Grant Still — Selected works
Duke Ellington — Selected works
Paquito D'Rivera — Selected works
Lina Mathon Blanchet — Selected works
Valerie Coleman — Selected works
Jeff Scott — Selected works

ETHEL and Friends is a music series lovingly programmed for "Date Night" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Great Hall Balcony Cafe on the 2nd Floor, by the resident ensemble, ETHEL. "Date Night" Artists perform 3 sets on Fridays and Saturdays from 6pm-8:30pm.

On May 24th and May 25th, members of The Harlem Chamber Players will perform music by William Grant Still, Duke Ellington, Paquito D'Rivera, Lina Mathon Blanchet, Valerie Coleman, Jeff Scott and more.

About ETHEL and Friends Series

ETHEL and Friends is a music series lovingly programmed for "Date Night" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Great Hall Balcony Cafe on the 2nd Floor, by the resident ensemble, ETHEL. "Date Night" Artists perform 3 sets on Fridays and Saturdays from 6pm–8:30pm.

https://ethelcentral.org/metresidency/

About Mark Sophia, oboe

Oboist and music educator Mark Sophia is from
Horseheads, NY. Mark has earned his B.M. in Music Performance from SUNY Potsdam, the Crane School of
Music (2012); M.M. in Music Performance from the
Manhattan School of Music (2014); and Ed.M. in Music Education from Columbia Teacher's College (2015). He has studied closely with incredible artists including oboist Dr. Anna Hendrickson, Stephen Taylor, and English horn player Thomas Stacy. He currently plays with many professional groups in New York City and New Jersey, including The Orchestra of St. Luke's; as Principal Oboe and featured soloist in the Adelphi Orchestra; Symphony Orchestra of the Americas; New York Kammermusiker Double Reed Ensemble; and the Martha Cardona Opera Company. Mark has had the joy of traveling abroad while performing Principal Oboe in the Rome Festival Orchestra in the 2012 summer tour in Italy, and in the 2013 Bitten- Pears orchestra in England. Currently and throughout his time performing, venues such as Carnegie hall, Lincoln Center, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, and the Kaufman Music Center in NYC have been a home base for Mark's music making. Mark currently coaches and manages the Interschool Orchestras of New York in addition to teaching a private studio, performing, and keeping up with his reed making business. His career goals include performing in chamber groups and symphony orchestras around the world, teaching students of all ages in groups and privately, and to continue to act as a music advocate in hopes of contributing health and vibrancy to our music and arts communities at home and around the world.