New York City chamber sextet yMusic utilizes its unique instrumentation (trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello) to bridge the pop and classical divide. The ensemble's collaborative nature has yielded recordings with Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent, the Staves, the National, Bon Iver, Bruce Hornsby, and Ben Folds, and concert projects with Anohni, John Legend, and Paul Simon. In 2023, the group issued its first collection of entirely self-penned music, the aptly named YMUSIC.
Founded in 2008 by trumpeter CJ Camerieri and violinist Rob Moose, yMusic (named for "Gene...