In light of President Reif’s announcement on March 10th regarding COVID-19, this event has been canceled.
On behalf of Music and Theater Arts and the MIT Community, I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your support in Music and Theater at MIT. If you have questions or would like further information, please contact performance@mit.edu
Featuring:
Erik Strand, bass
Chris Southiere, drums
Tony Terrasa, alto saxophone
Dylan Sleeper, tenor saxophone
Talia Khan, vocals
Ricky Richardson, vocals
Kevin Costello, trombone
Program
Godart: Little Big Time
Godart: No Time for Place
Carmichael (Washington): The Nearness of You
Monk: Trinkle Tinkle
Godart: Pre
Mitchell: Case of You
Carlton/arr. Godart: 1609.344 km
Blake (Richardson): Memphis
Peter Godart was born in 1992 in the great state of NJ and has been playing piano and organ since he was 8 years old. At age 13, he was featured on an episode of NPR's Pipedreams program titled "Rooting for the Youngsters", in which he performed Bach organ works live from the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan. That performance, however, was largely his swan song as a classical musician, and in the years since, his musical journey has led him down a path of jazz, funk, and hip-hop, with the occasional Prokoviev-Ellington hybrid piano sonata thrown in. In high school, Peter studied jazz piano under acclaimed Latin-jazz pianist Bill O'Connell, and was inducted into various jazz big bands at the regional, state, and all-eastern levels. He then went on to earn S.B. degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering from MIT in 2015. During this time, he continued his music education at Berklee and the New England Conservatory as an Emerson Fellow. His mentors from this time include Ran Blake, John Harbison, and Fred Harris. As an undergrad, he also contributed numerous original compositions and arrangements to the MIT festival jazz ensemble and vocal jazz ensemble, and he led several small jazz and funk bands that performed extensively in the Boston area. For his contributions to music at MIT, Peter was awarded the 2015 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. Off campus, Peter was also featured in numerous concerts and ensembles at the New England Conservatory, including a group that traveled to Oman to perform for members of the Omani royal family. Since graduating, Peter worked as a research scientist and project manager at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for two years before returning to MIT, where he is now a PhD candidate developing technologies for generating electricity and potable water sustainably in the Anthropocene. Peter is presently a Nord Artist and continues to perform as a pianist and compose extensively under the sage guidance of John Harbison.
About the Emerson Program
Funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941) the Emerson Program offers merit-based financial assistance for private lessons to MIT students of outstanding achievement on their instrument or voice in classical, jazz or world music via competitive auditions. Each academic year, the Emerson program for private study offers half scholarships and full scholarships to approximately 50 qualified students out of about 100 who apply and audition for scholarships and fellowships. Auditions are held at the start of the fall semester. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the music faculty, may include instructors from MIT or from the greater Boston musical community.
