It Must Be Now!— Advancing Social Justice Actions Through Music and Media

May 07, 2022 | 08:00 pm

May 07, 2022 | 08:00 pm

MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, MIT Wind Ensemble, MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director

Braxton Cook, composer-saxophone-vocals

Terri Lyne Carrington, composer-drums

Sean Jones, composer-trumpet

 

IMBN! is a multi-year project culminating in a large-scale immersive work for MIT musicians on May 7th, 2022. Part of the Center for Art, Science & Technology’s (CAST) Sounding Series, It Must Be Now! brings together MIT ensembles with three leading musical artists of their respective generations. This event features the premiere of a work collectively composed by Cook, Carrington, and Jones, with multimedia artists, addressing racial and social injustices and their confluences.