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Ethel is a New York based string quartet that was co-founded in 1998 by Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Todd Reynolds, violin; and Mary Rowell, violin. Unlike most string quartets, ETHEL plays with amplification and integrates improvisation into its performances.〔"Don't Call It a String Quartet. It's a Band.", ''The New York Times'', by Steve Smith, October 20, 2002 ()〕〔"A Rock Band's Effects In a String Quartet Sound", ''The New York Times'', by Allan Kozinn, November 2, 2002 ()〕 The group's current membership includes violinists Kip Jones and Corin Lee.〔http://www.ethelcentral.org/ethel-welcomes-new-violinist-corin-lee/〕 ETHEL performs original music as well as works by notable contemporary composers such as Julia Wolfe, John Zorn, Don Byron, Marcelo Zarvos, Pamela Z, Phil Kline, John King and many more.〔"A bold force in foursomes", ''The Los Angeles Times'', by Kyle Gann, February 20, 2005 ()〕 The group's 2004–2005 season culminated with a 45-city U.S. and European tour with the rock musicians Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren, which included an appearance on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. Their 2005–2006 season included the Cantaloupe Music release of its second CD, ''Light'', performances at BAM Next Wave Festival with choreographer Wally Cardona〔"Navigating a Shifting Terrain by Working Within Its Limits", ''The New York Times'', by Jennifer Dunning, December 16, 2005 ()〕 in New York, first-time performances in Miami (Florida), the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, performance at the new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center〔(EMPAC 360: On Site + Sound )〕 at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York as well as at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference, and a monthly residency at Joe's Pub. In 2008 ETHEL worked with director Annie Dorsen to produce ''ETHEL’S TruckStop™ : The Beginning'' which was performed at BAM's Next Wave Festival.〔(BAM Next Wave ''ETHEL’S TruckStop™ : The Beginning'' )〕 Months later, they offered another large scale performance, ''Wait for Green'', presented by World Financial Center in the Winter Garden with choreographer Annie-B Parson.〔"Musicians Haunting Hitchcock Shadows", ''New York Times'', by Roslyn Sulcas, December 21, 2008 ()〕 ETHEL returned to the TED Conference in 2010 as the house band, performing with Thomas Dolby, David Byrne and Andrew Bird.〔(David Byrne sings "(Nothing But) Flowers", TED, Feb 2010 )〕 They performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in the summer of 2010, collaborating with Juana Molina, Dayna Kurtz, Tom Verlaine, Patrick A. Derivaz, Mike Viola and Adam Schlesinger. In 2011, ETHEL was an artist in residence at the Park Avenue Armory.〔(Park Avenue Armory Artist-in-Residence Page )〕 Members of the group performed or recorded with Bang on a Can, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the New York Chamber Symphony, CONTINUUM, Sheryl Crow, Roger Daltrey, and Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.〔"String Quartet Brings New Work in the Making to MASS MoCA" Mass MoCA Press Release 2004 ()〕〔(Program Notes © 2011 by Miriam Villchur Berg, Maverick Concerts )〕 In 2002 the string quartet founded ETHEL's Foundation for the Arts, a nonprofit organization with a mission to support contemporary concert music with collaborative projects, commission of new works, and educational outreach. In keeping with this mission, ETHEL has been the string quartet in residence since 2005 with the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project (NACAP), an affiliate program of the Grand Canyon Music Festival, which is dedicated to teaching Native American young people to compose concert music. In 2011 NACAP was presented with a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award by First Lady Michelle Obama.〔"Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project Gives Students a Voice", The official blog of the National Endowment for the Arts ()〕 ETHEL toured a program titled ''Tell Me Something Good'' with special guest Todd Rundgren in 2012. The program included Lou Harrison's ''Quartet Set'', Herbie Hancock's ''Watermelon Man'', a new commission, ''Octet 1979'', by Judd Greenstein, ''Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector'' by Terry Riley, ''Spiegel im Spiegel'' by Arvo Pärt and Led Zeppelin's ''Kashmir'', as well as an entire set of Todd Rundgren songs performed with Rundgren himself.〔"Todd Rundgren and ETHEL rocked the hurricane", ''The Diamondback'', by Jeremy Snow, October 31, 2012 ()〕〔"Todd Rundgren and Ethel: Reimagining the ’70s", ''The Washington Post'', by Charles T. Downey, October 29, 2012 ()〕〔"ETHEL string quartet teams with Rundgren for wide-ranging program", ''The Davis Enterprise'', by Jeff Hudson, October 31, 2012 ()〕 ETHEL is the current resident ensemble at the Metropolitan Museum's Balcony Bar〔(Metropolitan Museum of Art Press Release )〕 Also this season, ETHEL will present a multimedia program, ''ETHEL's Documerica'', celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency's ''Documerica'', launched in 1972. The program will feature new commissions from American composers; Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Ulysses Owens Jr., James "Kimo" Williams, and Mary Ellen Childs, and will include a visual component designed by visual artist Deborah Johnson. ''ETHEL's Documerica'' will premier at the Park Avenue Armory as part of its ''Under Construction'' series.〔"String Quartet ETHEL Announces Fall 2012 Schedule", ''Musical America'', by AMTPR, August 14, 2012 ()〕 For a second consecutive year, the Jerome Foundation has announced support of ETHEL's Foundation for the Arts ''HomeBaked'' program to commission new works from emerging New York City-based composers.〔(Jerome Foundation )〕 ETHEL has announced that this season's composers will be Hannis Brown, Lainie Fefferman, Dan Friel and Ulysses Owens, Jr., with works premiering in Spring 2013.〔(ETHEL's Foundation for the Arts )〕 In 2014 Denison University announced that ETHEL will become their first ensemble in residence.〔Denison University Press Release ()〕 ==Discography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ethel (string quartet)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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