Ms. Argerich is an unpredictable pianist, but the performance was also notable for the dialogue and balance between soloist and ensemble, who seemed to understand each other perfectly.
The hugely popular rock band Hootie & The Blowfish wants to help.The Hootie ensemble, who met in the mid-1980s while they were students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, have all settled in the state.
A stairway that appears in some scenes is put to good use by the stars and ensemble, who dance down it nimbly as Jeff Hoffman, the musical director, and his six-person orchestra provide a lush accompaniment to tapping feet.
People who have ensemble jobs have tended to keep them, so there are fewer jobs free for incoming singers.
Who? Young ensemble of 28 actors and technicians who came out of Warwick University in 2008 determined to make devised theatre that brings together theatre and science.
Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett, who founded Ensemble Peregrina in 1997, is among the musicians and scholars editing and performing the rich repertory of early Polish vocal sequences, responsories, songs and hymns.
Among those performing Reich and Reich-inspired pieces were Portishead's Adrian Utley, Will Gregory of Goldfrapp, Aphex Twin ("A very bright, interesting guy"), and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, who joined Ensemble Modern to play Reich's Electric Counterpoint.
The brothers, who were Ensemble employees, were asked to keep working on the game anyway but they declined and decided to start their own indie studio.
Masada is a collection of klezmer-tinged tunes by John Zorn, who oversees ensembles that play them.
Mr. Kapilow, who conducts ensembles such as the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the Philadelphia Orchestra, composes around 4 a.m. when his house is quiet.
