First, a very exciting piece of news: Our bassist, Louis Levitt and his wife, Blythe, welcomed their first child, Ian on January 11. We congratulate them and welcome baby Ian into the Sybarite5 family!
We are looking forward to an extremely busy 2012! Our next concert takes place at Penn State Erie, February 2 on the “Music at Noon” Logan Series. We are very excited for our second Pennsylvania show, and to get an opportunity to work with some students from Penn State University’s Behrend Campus. Additionally, our cellist Laura Metcalf is looking forward to going back to a place where she has deep ancestral roots. Her great-grandfather was the conductor of the Erie Philharmonic in the 1930’s, and her grandfather grew up in Erie.
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Tags: Fairouz, key chorale, music at noon, new york minutes, radiohead, Sybarite5, the cell
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Hello friends! It is a happy time here in Sybarite world. After hours upon hours of intense preparation, rehearsals, and concerts over the past several months, we are beyond thrilled to announce that we have won the 2011 Concert Artists Guild Competition! This means that we have been added to CAG’s roster and we are now under management with them. We are honored to be in the company of some incredible musicians and ensembles, and also offer our deepest congratulations to this year’s fellow winners, the Amphion String Quartet and mezzo-soprano Naomi O’Connell! In addition to winning the competition, we were also awarded the Sylvia Ann Hewlett “Adventurous Artist Prize.”
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Tags: angela pickett, aspen music festival, concert artist guild, laura metcalf, led zeppelin, louis levitt, nyc concerts, piazzolla, radiohead, sami merdinian, sarah whitney
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Hello fans and friends! Sybarite5 is hard at work preparing for the Concert Artists Guild competition semifinals coming up in a few weeks, but we do have some NYC shows planned this month and we’d love to see you there! On October 5 we will play at the beautiful WMP Concert Hall as part of their Music of our Time series. Individual Sybarites have given many concerts here in the past, but we’re very excited to play here as a group for the first time! And on October 22, we will return to our “home” here in the city, the cell. This will be the first concert of a 3-concert residency that we will hold at the cell this season. We hope you can make it to one or both of these shows!
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Tags: cause bar, mac, nyc concerts, Sybarite5, waa, wmp
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Posted by Marete Wester On August – 16 – 2011
Sybarite5 has a dream—to change the face of chamber music across the globe. They want to be the first string quintet to perform in all 50 states.
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Tags: americans for the arts, innovation, kickstarter, social media, Sybarite5, technology
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Greetings from the Aspen Music Festival!
We have 26 days left on our kickstarter campaign and it’s safe to say that we have the best fans around! Sybarite5 is aiming to raise funds for our “play in 50 states” campaign and we need your support to help us reach our goal. As a big thank you for your generosity, we are offering some incredible rewards. From digital downloads to backstage passes and drinks with the band, you can get awesome rewards and show your support by visiting our Kickstarter video.
Check out our Kickstarter Campaign Video HERE to see how you can help bring Sybarite5 to all 50 States and beyond!
Tags: kickstarter, Sybarite5, tour
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by Stewart Oksenhorn The Aspen Times Aspen, CO Colorado
ASPEN — When Louis Levitt, a 19-year-old bass student at the Cincinnati Conservatory, first came to the Aspen Music School, in 1997, he expected to get an education in bowing technique; fingering; and the standard orchestral repertoire of Beethoven and Mozart, and the not-so-standard repertoire for double bass, especially works by Bach, Dvorák and Bottesini. What he didn’t expect was that his Aspen training would include lessons in crowd control; figuring out what to do when rain intrudes on a concert; and the repertoire of Radiohead and Led Zeppelin.
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Tags: Albert Laszlo, Aspen, aspen music festival, aspen times, Dvorák, led zeppelin, louis levitt, Paradise Bakery, radiohead, sarasota, stewart oksenhorn, Sybarite5, Volk Plaza
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June brought us to Lincoln Center, Lady Gaga, Kanye West & more
We were invited to bring The Shuffle Effect to the newly-renovated David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center on June 2. The show was pretty well attended… actually there was a line around the block and many people were turned away! Probably thanks to Time Out NY choosing our show as one of the top 5 “critic’s picks” for concerts in NYC. This Shuffle Effect concert was a fun show for us, especially since it included the New York premiere of Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes” arranged by the amazing Paul Sanho Kim. It was a wonderful way to…
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Tags: angela pickett, aspen music festival, classic voltage, david rubenstein, kanye west, lady gaga, laura metcalf, lincoln center, louis levitt, minneapolis, piotr szewczyk, radiohead, rag & bone, sami merdinian, sarah whitney, seattle, Sybarite5, the rebel, time out ny
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By Jstringer26. May 2011 02:00
PolyPlat Records / IndieHitMaker congratulates Sybarite5 for debuting at #11 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Charts with the bands new album, Disturb the Silence!
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Hello, S5 fans (and accidental visitors)! We’ve got some very, very exciting news to share with all of you. Our new album, Disturb the Silence, is debuting this week at #11 on the Billboard Charts! This is a first for us, and we are thrilled to have made a recording that so many people are listening to. We are honored keep the company of such varied and eclectic artists as The Irish Tenors, eighth blackbird, and Zoe Keating. So if you don’t have it already, please go to iTunes, CDBaby, or Bandcamp and help us turn #11 into #1!
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Tags: "new music idol, angela pickett, aspen music festival, billboard, bret aarden, calliban, francis schwartz, hub sarasota, indiehitmaker, laura metcalf, louis levitt, paul kim, radiohead, richard storm, sami merdinian, susanna payne-passmore, Sybarite5, weird fishes, zoe keating
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REVIEW: Sybarite5 makes us sit up and wonder
By Richard Storm, Herald-Tribune
THE SHUFFLE EFFECT. Sybarite5. Reviewed May 1 at Holley Hall.
If Webster’s Unabridged is to be believed, a Sybarite is one who is dedicated to a life of luxury and sensuous pleasure.
Not what one would expect from a contemporary string quintet, but it is worth bearing in mind that the excellent musicians who make up this astonishing ensemble Read the rest of this entry »
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Concord, MA
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