This program by the MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble will feature Standards with a Twist, arrangements created by the members of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble and its coach Liz Tobias. A MIT student jazz trio will accompany the group as they explore the music of Arlen and Harburg, Loesser, Porter, Hamilton, Burke...
October 8, 2016
Heply Digging Schuller by David Stevens
Friendship from two worlds lit up MIT’s packed but intimate Killian Hall Tuesday as “Streams of Expression
and Love: Joe Lovano Celebrates Gunther Schuller” emphasized the composer as jazz musician and collaborator. Having famously performed...
Joshua Higgason is a video, lighting, scenic, and interactive designer for theater, opera, concerts, and live performances. Recent projects include Hansel und Gretel (projections; Teatro Alla Scala); King Arthur (projections; Statsoper Berlin); Die Dreigroschenoper (projections; Salzburger...
ENERSON FELLOW RECITAL PROGRAM
May 1, 2016
Killian Hall, MIT
SCARLATTI
Sonata in d minor, K. 1: Allegro
Sonata in F Major, K. 17: Presto
Sonata in d minor, K. 141: Allegro
SCHUBERT
Four Impromptus, Op. 90
No. 1 in c minor: Allegro molto moderato
No. 2 in E-flat Major: Allegro
No. 3 in G-flat...
Classical Music Meets Code: Welcome to the 3rd Classical Music Hackathon, an event that combines the greatest classical music from the past with breakthrough technology in the present. Build tools to allow innovative, digital experiences of classical repertoire. Open to engineers, musicians, and...
Franz Schubert, Four Impromptus, Op. 90
Japanese Koto and Shamisen player and jazz singer/songwriter Sumie (Sumi-é) Kaneko is known for her fusion of jazz with her Japanese roots. Kaneko creates music that spans a millennium. A master in the traditional repertoire of these ancient instruments, she has also pioneered their use in jazz...
The Second Annual Prism Concert Spectacular, a concert by the MIT Wind Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr. Music Director; Kenneth Amis, Assistant Conductor. Works for full wind ensemble and brass, percussion, saxophone, and woodwind chamber ensembles are featured on this unique amalgam of music,...
A showcase of MIT's world music ensembles and their non-western cultures, World Music Day, begins with a 4:30pm Concert by MIT Gamelan Galak Tika in Kresge Auditorium followed by 6pm DINNER featuring Indonesian and Senegalese food in Lobdell, MIT Student Center. The dinner, available for purchase...
This concert will feature holiday season music including: Praetorius/arr. Treybig, In dulci jubilo, Morton Gould, It came upon a midnight clear; Anderson, A Christmas Festival; Chadwick, Noël; A Christmas Song; Tchaikovsky: excerpts from The Nutcracker; Sheldon, A Most Wonderful Christmas; Home for...