Presented by the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study Solo Recital Series
Program
TBD
Livestream: https://mta.mit.edu/viewlisten/live-killian-hall
About the Performers
Lani Lee is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering researching cell mechanics in the group of Prof. Ming Guo. She has studied with Dr. Kerry Deal in the Emerson/Harris Program since starting graduate school. She minored in Music as an undergraduate at MIT where she discovered her love of singing with Concert Choir her first year. She served as an officer for many years and performed as a soloist for Bach Magnificat and Beethoven Mass in C Major, as well as with MIT Chamber Chorus for Bach Mass in A Major, BWV 234, and Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12. Outside of MIT, she sings with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the mixed-voice symphonic choir of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and writes occasional concert reviews for Boston Classical Review.
Lani has also enjoyed exploring music with other amazing groups on campus, such as Rambax (Senegalese Drum Ensemble), Ribotones, Next Act, and Musical Theatre Guild. With the thriving music community at MIT, she helped present CAMIT-funded concert performances with MIT Pocket Opera Productions, where she sang the roles of Tisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Though music is one of her greatest passions, Lani also enjoys sports involving water in any state of matter, generally being in nature, and activities involving food (baking, cooking, and eating).
About the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study
Support for private musical study is available for students through the Emerson/Harris Program (E/HP), which offers merit-based financial awards for outstanding achievement on instruments or voice in classical, jazz, or world music. Each academic year, the program awards Scholarships and Fellowships to nearly seventy students who commit to a full year’s study and participate in the musical life of MIT.
Auditions for the program are held at the beginning of each academic year. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the E/HP jury heads, may include instructors from MIT staff and throughout Greater Boston. The Emerson/Harris Program is funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941), in response to an appeal from AssociateProvost Ellen T. Harris (Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus of Music). The Emerson/Harris Masterclass Series is supported, in part, by the Robert L. Malster (1956) Fund.
This project is presented as part of Artfinity, an Institute-sponsored event celebrating creativity and community at MIT. Artfinity is organized by the Office of the Arts.
