Listen on-demand to Metropolis artists on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase hosted by Emi Ferguson, including excerpts from Matthew Evan Taylor's Life Returns.

“Life Returns is a monumental work that melds free improvisation and through composition to celebrate resilience and triumph in the face of despair."

Emi Ferguson: Tonight, you’ll hear a roster of recent fellows performing powerful music by Richard Strauss, Earl Kim, Matthew Evan Taylor, and Carl Fruhling.

“Middlebury College professor and composer Matthew Evan Taylor's "Life Returns" celebrates the coming of Springtime, and will have its digital premiere on February 14th.”

“Resilience has been central to many of the projects supported by Ms. Arsht, including Life Returns , which reflected on the resilience of individuals in the face of unprecedented adversity.”

MetLiveArts and the Metropolis Ensemble commissioned Life Returns, an evening-length composition from composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor.

Witness a yearlong time-lapse musical performance of an original work by composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor.

Composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor's Life Returns is an evening-length composition that draws on African American, South Indian, and European musical practices.