(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Chamber-rock collective Mother Falcon will bring its classically tinged pop-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, June 13, at 8pm. The Family Crest, an orchestral indie-rock group, will open the show.

Mother Falcon began as a jam session among a group of high school cellists eager to break out of the classical repertoire that predominated their musical training. Since then, the 17-member ensemble has evolved as an organic collective of classically trained young musicians determined to push their artistry into new musical territory by crafting a signature soundscape by blending rock, jazz and hip hop rhythms with swirling horns and strings that alternately lead and support equally inventive vocal arrangements. In addition to violins, cellos, saxophones, and trumpet, the band includes piano, accordion, banjo, and bassoon.

NPR premiered the first track off the group’s album, “Dirty Summer,” naming the band an “Artist To Discover At SXSW 2013.” At the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Austin Music Awards, Mother Falcon won the “Best None of The Above” award, and performed at all three ceremonies. The Austin Critics Table also nominated the group as “Best New Ensemble” in 2011, and that same year they performed at the abandoned Seaholm Power Plant with 100 additional string players as the opening event at the 2011 Fusebox Festival. As an indication of its widespread appeal, Mother Falcon headlined the 2012 Austin Chamber Music Festival, selling out the legendary Antone’s Club.

Mother Falcon has worked with composers Jherek Bischoff, Graham Reynolds, and Peter Stopschinski, and has performed collaboratively with Amanda Palmer, Raul Midon, Tony Trischka, Ben Sollee, Kelli Scarr, Gary Lucas, and Christopher Cross, among others.

Like Mother Falcon, the Family Crest is also comprised of classically trained musicians performing in a rock style that variously recalls Burt Bacharach and Arcade Fire.

For reservations in The Restaurant or in the club call 518.828.4800.