After a successful performance of a novelty piece that featured an MC and chamber ensemble while JooWan Kim was completing his master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the MC at the time suggested they make an album together. Six months later and writing about an hour of music, Kim had a profound […]
A perfect fusion of hip hop with classical music, led by composer and pianist JooWan Kim. This experience is performed with rap vocalists, called MCs, a lyric soprano, an urban dancer, woodwinds, a French horn, strings, a piano, and drums. The music is rigorous, nuanced, accessible and free from the aesthetic dogmas of European concert […]
Part concert, dance party and club night, HIP-HOP ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE features original music that samples from classical and hip-hop. With a lyric soprano, turf dancer, woodwinds, French horn, strings, piano and drums, the music is rigorous, nuanced and accessible. Be here as they push the boundaries of both hip-hop and concert music and create something […]
Unlike anything you have ever heard, this unique group samples principles of hip-hop and classical music. The sound is rigorous, nuanced, accessible, and vibrant. The result is a seamless musical experience with “textures swimming through the sound…like the world's fastest ping-pong game," (Pitchfork), and is considered the "cutting edge of hip-hop," (Huffington Post). Buy Tickets!
Led by composer/pianist, JooWan Kim, Hip Hop Orchestra Ensemble Mik Nawooj (EMN) creates Metamusic by sampling principles of Hip-Hop and Classical. Executed with resident MCs, a lyric soprano, woodwinds, French horn, strings, piano, and drums, the music is rigorous, nuanced, and accessible. The result is seamless tête-à-tête with "textures swimming through the sound...like the world's […]
Part concert, dance party and club night, HIP-HOP ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE features original music that samples from classical and hip-hop. With a lyric soprano, turf dancer, woodwinds, French horn, strings, piano and drums, the music is rigorous, nuanced and accessible. Be here as they push the boundaries of both hip-hop and concert music and create something […]
Ensemble Mik Nawooj’s Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience is part concert, dance party, and club night featuring original music that samples from classical and hip-hop—all presented in an underground setting like the New York scene that birthed hip-hop. Their music uniquely challenges the MCs and classical musicians pushing the boundaries of both hip-hop and concert music, creating […]