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based
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that was co-founded in 1998 by Ralph Farris,
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;
Dorothy Lawson Dorothy Lawson is a Canadian cellist and composer based in New York City. She is best known as a co-founder and artistic director of the string quartet ETHEL. On the founding of ETHEL she says, "we... realized that we were in the middle of a reall ...
,
cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
; Todd Reynolds,
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; and
Mary Rowell Mary Rowell is an American violinist based in New York City. In 1998 Rowell co-founded the string quartet ETHEL. She retired from the group in 2011 but continues to be very active in the downtown New York music community, where she is known as an ...
, violin. Unlike most string quartets, Ethel plays with amplification and integrates
improvisation Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...
into its performances. The group's current membership includes violinists Kip Jones and Corin Lee. Ethel performs original music as well as works by notable contemporary composers such as Julia Wolfe,
John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz ...
, Don Byron, Marcelo Zarvos,
Pamela Z Pamela Z (born 1956) is an American composer, performer, and media artist who is best known for her solo works for voice with electronic processing. In performance, she combines various vocal sounds including operatic bel canto, experimental ex ...
, Phil Kline, John King and many more. 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 Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band U ...
, which included an appearance on ''
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''. Their 2005–2006 season included the Cantaloupe Music release of its second CD, ''Light'', performances at BAM Next Wave Festival with choreographer
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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 at the
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in
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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 Annie Dorsen (born 1973) is a New York theater director. She is the co-creator and director of the Broadway musical ''Passing Strange'', and her work in "algorithmic theater" includes the plays ''Hello Hi There'', ''A Piece of Work'', and ''Yeste ...
to produce ''Ethel's TruckStop: The Beginning'' which was performed at BAM's Next Wave Festival. Months later, they offered another large scale performance, ''Wait for Green'', presented by
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in the
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with choreographer Annie-B Parson. Ethel returned to the TED Conference in 2010 as the
house band A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play at an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which ...
, performing with
Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher. Dolby came to prominence in the 1980s, releasing hit singles including " She Blinded M ...
,
David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...
and Andrew Bird. They performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in the summer of 2010, collaborating with
Juana Molina Juana Rosario Molina (; born 1 October 1961) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress, based in Buenos Aires. She is known for her distinctive sound, considered an exponent of folktronica, although it has also been described as ambient, e ...
,
Dayna Kurtz Dayna Kurtz is an American singer/songwriter. Her music is a blend of jazz, folk, pop and blues. She began her career in 1989, touring small stages up and down the East Coast, promoting her work with a sparse but haunting self-recorded demo tap ...
,
Tom Verlaine Tom Verlaine (born Thomas Miller, December 13, 1949) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the New York City rock band Television. Biography Verlaine was born Thomas Miller in Denville, New Jersey and ...
,
Patrick A. Derivaz Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...
, Mike Viola and Adam Schlesinger. In 2011, Ethel was an
artist in residence Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...
at the
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. Members of the group performed or recorded with
Bang on a Can Bang on a Can is a multi-faceted contemporary classical music organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1987 by three American composers who remain its artistic directors: Julia Wolfe, David Lang, and Michael Gordon. Called "the c ...
, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the
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, the New York Chamber Symphony, CONTINUUM,
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, pop, country, folk, and blues. She has released eleven studio albums, five compilations and three ...
,
Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the Rock music, rock band The Who. Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Ge ...
, and
Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
's Silk Road Project. In 2002 the string quartet founded Ethel's Foundation for the Arts, a
nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
with a mission to support contemporary concert music with
collaborative Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. Mo ...
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
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, 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 Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married t ...
. Ethel toured a program titled ''Tell Me Something Good'' with special guest Todd Rundgren in 2012. The program included
Lou Harrison Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments. Harrison initially wrote in a dissonant, ultramodernist style similar to his ...
's ''Quartet Set'',
Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he hel ...
's '' Watermelon Man'', a new commission, ''Octet 1979'', by Judd Greenstein, ''Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector'' by
Terry Riley Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for it ...
, '' Spiegel im Spiegel'' by
Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in par ...
and
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's '' Kashmir'', as well as an entire set of Todd Rundgren songs performed with Rundgren himself. Ethel is the current resident ensemble at the Metropolitan Museum's Balcony Bar 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 Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (born July 25, 1968) is a Chickasaw classical composer and pianist.Ulysses Owens Ulysses Owens Jr. (born December 6, 1982 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American drummer and percussionist. He was the drummer on vocalist Kurt Elling's Grammy-winning album '' Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hart ...
Jr., James "Kimo" Williams, and
Mary Ellen Childs Mary Ellen Childs (born April 13, 1957 in Lafayette, Indiana) is an American composer and multimedia artist and founder of the ensemble Crash. She grew up as a dancer and writes music often influenced by dance rhythms. She currently administers t ...
, 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. 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. Ethel has announced that this season's composers will be Hannis Brown, Lainie Fefferman,
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and Ulysses Owens, Jr., with works premiering in Spring 2013. In 2014
Denison University Denison University is a private liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio. One of the earliest colleges established in the former Northwest Territory, Denison University was founded in 1831. The college was first called the Granville Literary a ...
announced that Ethel will become their first ensemble in residence. In July 2016, Denison University announced that all four quartet members (Farris, Jones, Lawson and Lee) will receive honorary degrees,
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, honoris causa. The degrees were awarded during the college’s 176th Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 13, 2017.


Discography


Recordings: Self Produced

* 2003 – ''Ethel'', with music by John King, Phil Kline, Todd Reynolds and Evan Ziporyn, Cantaloupe Music * 2006 – ''Light'', with music by
Timo Alakotila Timo Alakotila is a Finnish composer, arranger, and musician born 15 July 1959. Career Timo Alakotila's range of music styles stretches from Finnish folk music of the '' pelimanni'' style over some jazz influences to more or less Finnis ...
, Don Byron, Mary Ellen Childs, Einstein the African grey parrot,
Lennie Tristano Leonard Joseph Tristano (March 19, 1919 – November 18, 1978) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation. Tristano studied for bachelor's and master's degrees in music in Chicago before moving to New Yo ...
, Pamela Z and Marcelo Zarvos, Cantaloupe Music * 2012 – ''Heavy'', with music by Don Byron, John Halle, Julia Wolfe, John King, Raz Mesinai, David Lang,
Kenji Bunch Kenji Bunch (born July 27, 1973) is an American composer and violist living in Portland, Oregon. Bunch currently serves as the artistic director oFear No Musicand teaches at Portland State University, Reed College, and for the Portland Youth Phil ...
and Marcelo Zarvos, Innova Recordings *2015 – ''Documerica'', with music by Mary Ellen Childs, Ralph Farris, Kip Jones, Dorothy Lawson, Ulysses Owens Jr., Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate, Tema Watstein and James Kimo Williams, Innova Recordings


Recordings: Featured Artist

* 2000 – ''Downtown Documents: Hazardous Materials'', VHS, live concert, Context Studios * 2001 –
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: ''Day of Love'',
Mutable Music In object-oriented and functional programming, an immutable object (unchangeable object) is an object whose state cannot be modified after it is created.Goetz et al. ''Java Concurrency in Practice''. Addison Wesley Professional, 2006, Section 3. ...
* 2001 –
Muhal Richard Abrams Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. He recorded and toured the Uni ...
: '' The Visibility of Thought'', Mutable Music * 2003 – Julia Wolfe: ''The String Quartets'', Cantaloupe Music * 2004 –
Lukas Ligeti Lukas Ligeti (born in Vienna, Austria, 13 June 1965) is an Austrian-American composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of jazz, contemporary classical and various world musics, especially African traditional and popular music styl ...
: ''Mystery System'',
Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...
* 2005 – Neil Rolnick: ''Shadow Quartet'', Innova Records * 2005 – ''Here This Now: Cantaloupe Music Sampler'' on "Sweet Hardwood" by John King * 2006 – ''TED 2006: The Future We Will Create'', DVD/CD, TED * 2006 – John King: ''AllSteel'', Tzadik * 2006 – Mary Ellen Childs: ''Dream House'', Innova Recordings * 2007 – ''A Sampler From Cantaloupe Music'' on "Also Sprach Einstein" by Mary Rowell * 2007 – '' For New Orleans'', Benefit compilation CD including artists
Jeff Buckley Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...
, Indigo Girls,
Natalie Merchant Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first se ...
,
Marshall Crenshaw Marshall Howard Crenshaw (born November 11, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as "Someday, Someway," a US top 40 hit in 1982, "Cynical Girl," and " Whenever You're on My Mind." He is ...
, Dan Wilson,
the Jayhawks The Jayhawks are an American alternative country and country rock band that emerged from the Twin Cities music scene in the mid-1980s. Led by vocalists/guitarists/songwriters Gary Louris and Mark Olson, their country rock sound was influential ...
and more,
Sugarfoot Music ''Sugarfoot'' is an American Western television series that aired for 69 episodes on ABC from 1957-1961 on Tuesday nights on a "shared" slot basis – rotating with ''Cheyenne'' (first season); ''Cheyenne'' and ''Bronco'' (second season); and ...
* 2008 – Douglas J. Cuomo: ''Arjuna's Dilemma'', Innova Recordings * 2008 – Joshua Rosenblum: ''Sundry Notes'' on "Will You Please Be Serious?",
Albany Records Albany Records is a record label that concentrates on unconventional contemporary classical music by American composers and musicians. It was established by Peter Kermani in 1987 and is based in Albany, New York. See also * List of record labe ...
* 2009 – Phil Kline: ''Around the World in a Daze'' on "Svarga Yatra", Starkland * 2009 – Phil Kline: ''John the Revelator'', with the vocal ensemble Lionheart, Cantaloupe Music * 2010 – ''Oshtali'': Music for String Quartet by
Chickasaw The Chickasaw ( ) are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands. Their traditional territory was in the Southeastern United States of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee as well in southwestern Kentucky. Their language is classifi ...
String Composers * 2010 – NYFA Collection: ''25 Years of New York Music'', Innova Recordings * 2011 – Neil Rolnick: ''Extended Family'', Innova Recordings * 2012 – Anna Clyne: ''Blue Moth'' on "Roulette", Tzadik * 2012 – ''Cold Blue Two'', various artists, on "Sky with Four Suns" by John Luther Adams, Cold Blue Music * 2014 – Jerome Kitzke, ''The Paha Sapa Give-Back'' on "Winter Count", Innova * 2014 –
Hafez Modirzadeh Khwāje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī ( fa, خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمّد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hafez (, ''Ḥāfeẓ'', 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) and as "Hafiz", ...
, ''In Convergence Liberation'', Pi Recordings * 2021 – Joe Jackson,
Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band U ...
, ''State Theater New Jersey 2005'',
Purple Pyramid Purple Pyramid Records is a sub-label to Cleopatra Records that focuses on progressive rock and psychedelic music. The label began in 2000 with a series of releases by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, Jon Anderson, and Hawkwind co-founder Nik Turner. ...


Recordings: Guest Artist

* 2000 – Joe Jackson: ''
Night and Day II ''Night and Day II'' is the 15th studio album by Joe Jackson, released in 2000. It was a revisit of the style of his 1982 album, '' Night and Day'', featuring songs about the New York City lifestyle, seen through different characters. While t ...
'',
Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
* 2002 – Dayna Kurtz: ''Postcards From Downtown'', Kismet/Mri * 2004 – Dayna Kurtz: ''Beautiful Yesterday'', Kismet/Mri * 2007 – Soundtrack '' Dan in Real Life'',
Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
* 2007 – Mudville: ''Iris Nova'', Slurry Records * 2007 – Eric Starr Group: ''She'' * 2008 –
Room Eleven Room Eleven was a Dutch band, active from 2004 to 2009. Several members continued as Schradinova. History Room Eleven saw its origins in 2001, when lead singer Janne Schra (born Janneke Maria Ali Schra) posted a note on Utrecht's Music College' ...
: ''Mmm... Gumbo?'',
Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...
* 2009 –
Kurt Elling Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Rockford, Elling became interested in music through his father, who was Kapellmeister at a Lutheran church. He sang in cho ...
: '' Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman'',
Concord Records Concord Records is an American record label owned by Concord and based in Los Angeles, California. Concord Records was launched in 1995 as an imprint designed to reach beyond the company's foundational Concord Jazz label. The label's artists hav ...
, 2010, live concert recording
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the vocal jaz ...
* 2011 –
Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher. Dolby came to prominence in the 1980s, releasing hit singles including " She Blinded M ...
: ''
A Map of the Floating City ''A Map of the Floating City'' is the fifth studio album by English new wave/synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby, released on 24 October 2011. It was Dolby's first full-length studio album since 1992's ''Astronauts & Heretics'' and his last to ...
'', on "Love Is A Loaded Pistol" * 2012 – Joe Jackson: ''The Duke'', Razor & Tie * 2012 – Kaki King: '' Glow'', Velour Recordings, on "Great Round Burn" and "The Fire Eater" * 2015 – Kaki King: '' The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body'', Short Stuff Records, on "Trying to Speak I" and "Trying to Speak II" * 2020 -
Svjetlana Bukvich Svjetlana Bukvich is an American/Bosnian-Herzegovinian music composer, music producer, and media performance artist best known for her blending of classical music, media and electronic music. She has received numerous awards and her works have b ...
, ''EXTENSION'', "Once You Are Not A Stranger", Navona Records


Recordings: Film and Television

* 2000 –
Steve Oscar Moore ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve A ...
: ''The Indescribable Nth'', animated film with score by
Bennie Wallace Bennie Wallace (born November 18, 1946) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Wallace began playing in local clubs with the encouragement of East Ridge, Tennessee High School ba ...
,
Character Builders Character or Characters may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Character'' (novel), a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk * ''Characters'' (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to The ...
* 2004 – ''
Deadwood Deadwood may refer to: Places Canada * Deadwood, Alberta * Deadwood, British Columbia * Deadwood River, a tributary of the Dease River in northern British Columbia United States * Deadwood, California (disambiguation), several communiti ...
'' Pilot Episode, on track "Shuffle" by composer John King, HBO * 2007 –
Susan Todd Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian ''c:Lotus flower (hieroglyph), sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "ros ...
: ''The Mother Is the One Who Stretches'', score by Ethel, Archipelago Films * 2008 – John Turner: Soundtrack ''You Belong to Me'',
CD Baby CD Baby, Inc. is an online distributor of independent music. The company was described as an "anti-label" by its parent company's Chief Operating Officer Tracy Maddux. The CD Baby music store was shut down in March 2020 with a statement that " ...
* 2008 – Jehane Noujaim: '' Pangea Day'' Trailer, score by Ethel, TED * 2009 – Christopher North: Soundtrack '' Everything's Jake'',
Chris Fetchko Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
Films * 2009 – Stewart Wallace: Soundtrack ''Daylight'' * 2009 –
Ela Orleans Ela Orleans (born 1971 in Oświęcim, commonly known by its German name of Auschwitz) is a Polish composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer. Orleans uses electronic and acoustic instruments (including synthesisers, guitar, violin, piano) to creat ...
: ''
Zodiac The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The p ...
'', scary cue, BMIVideo
/ref> * 2010 – Danièle Wilmouth: ''Eleanor & the Timekeeper'', score by Ethel, Hairless Films * 2010 – Christopher North: Soundtrack '' Eavesdrop'', CD Baby/INDYS * 2010 – Lee Brooks: ''2010 Oslo Freedom Forum Soundtrack'', Lee Brooks Media * 2010 – Jim Rivett: ''Westbound'', Various Artists, on track "Hobo Soup" with Jill Sobule * 2011 – Molly McBride: ''Strings on the Rez'', PBS * 2012 – Tom Schroeder: ''Marcel, King of Tevuren'', animated film with score from "The Blue Room and Other Stories" by composer Phil Kline


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ethel Musical groups established in 1998 American instrumental musical groups Contemporary classical music ensembles American string quartets Musical groups from New York City