{"id":13,"date":"2026-09-05T23:59:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtasection.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:08:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT Music &#038; Theater Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section class=\"b-hero b-hero--enhanced\" >\n      <div class=\"b-hero__media\">\n                \n  <img decoding=\"async\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIT-Dome-Art.jpg\"\n    srcset=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIT-Dome-Art.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIT-Dome-Art-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIT-Dome-Art-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIT-Dome-Art-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MIT-Dome-Art-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\"\n    sizes=\"auto, 100vw\"\n    alt=\"MIT's Great Dome.\"\n    class=\"b-hero__image\"\n    width=\"1920\"\n    height=\"1280\"\n    loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\n\n      \n                    <div class=\"b-hero__scrim d-none d-lg-block\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n  \n    <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"b-hero-intro bg-color-light-gray\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n      <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"b-hero-intro__content col-lg-6 offset-lg-1\">\n          <h1 class=\"b-hero-intro__title\">MIT Music &#038; Theater Arts<\/h1>\n                                      <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n    <section class=\"b-paragraph-and-media\" data-paragraph-and-media >\n              <div class=\"bg-color-light-gray\">\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n          <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 col-md-10 offset-md-1\">\n              <h2 class=\"h3 fw-bold my-md\">Three new websites for three phenomenal programs.<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n                    <div\n        class=\"b-paragraph-and-media__row b-paragraph-and-media__row--image-right\">\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n          <div class=\"row g-0\">\n                          <div class=\"col-lg-5 offset-lg-2 col-md-5 offset-md-1 order-1 order-md-0 b-paragraph-and-media__body\">\n                <div class=\"px-md md:ps-0 py-md\">\n                    <h3>Music at MIT<\/h3>\n\n  <p>\n    MIT Music develops students\u2019 creativity, talent, research skills, and aesthetic sensibility through performance, composition, analysis, and the study of music in its historical and cultural contexts. The program encompasses a broad range of musical traditions including classical, folk, pop, jazz, and global music spanning diverse eras and cultures.\n  <\/p>\n  <div class=\"g-cta \">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/music.mit.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Explore the Music at MIT website<\/a>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-5 order-0 order-md-1 b-paragraph-and-media__media\">\n                \n  <img decoding=\"async\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-HERO-1.jpg\"\n    srcset=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-HERO-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-HERO-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-HERO-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-HERO-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-HERO-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\"\n    sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 33vw\"\n    alt=\"Musicians playing horns.\"\n    class=\"b-paragraph-and-media__image img-fluid d-block w-100 is-fit-cover\"\n    width=\"1920\"\n    height=\"1280\"\n    loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n                <div\n        class=\"b-paragraph-and-media__row b-paragraph-and-media__row--image-left\">\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n          <div class=\"row g-0\">\n                          <div class=\"col-lg-4 offset-lg-1 col-md-5 offset-md-1 order-0 b-paragraph-and-media__media\">\n                \n  <img decoding=\"async\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-TECH-HERO.jpg\"\n    srcset=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-TECH-HERO.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-TECH-HERO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-TECH-HERO-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-TECH-HERO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MUSIC-TECH-HERO-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\"\n    sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 33vw\"\n    alt=\"Student with music technology device on head.\"\n    class=\"b-paragraph-and-media__image img-fluid d-block w-100 is-fit-cover\"\n    width=\"1920\"\n    height=\"1280\"\n    loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-lg-5 col-md-5 order-1 b-paragraph-and-media__body\">\n                <div class=\"px-md md:pe-0 py-md\">\n                    <h3>Music Technology at MIT<\/h3>\n\n  <p>\n    MIT Music Technology is a truly multidisciplinary field of study that bridges science, engineering, and the arts while always centering the humanistic and artistic aspects of making music. The program conducts research and offers classes in audio signal processing, music and AI, musical acoustics and audio effects, interactive music systems, electronic music composition, and digital instrument design.\n  <\/p>\n  <div class=\"g-cta \">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/musictech.mit.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Explore the Music Technology at MIT website<\/a>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n                <div\n        class=\"b-paragraph-and-media__row b-paragraph-and-media__row--image-right\">\n        <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n          <div class=\"row g-0\">\n                          <div class=\"col-lg-5 offset-lg-2 col-md-5 offset-md-1 order-1 order-md-0 b-paragraph-and-media__body\">\n                <div class=\"px-md md:ps-0 py-md\">\n                    <h3>Theater at MIT<\/h3>\n\n  <p>\n    MIT Theater activates performance as a vital lens for questioning, understanding, and creatively responding to the complex forces that shape our world. The program invites students to engage with theater as an inherently interdisciplinary practice through its subjects, collaborations, and production opportunities that bridge artistic, scholarly, and technological inquiry.\n  <\/p>\n  <div class=\"g-cta \">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/theater.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Explore the Theater at MIT website<\/a>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-5 order-0 order-md-1 b-paragraph-and-media__media\">\n                \n  <img decoding=\"async\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/THEATER-HOMEPAGE-HERO-1.jpg\"\n    srcset=\"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/THEATER-HOMEPAGE-HERO-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/THEATER-HOMEPAGE-HERO-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/THEATER-HOMEPAGE-HERO-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/THEATER-HOMEPAGE-HERO-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/THEATER-HOMEPAGE-HERO-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\"\n    sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, (max-width: 992px) 50vw, 33vw\"\n    alt=\"Scene from production of A DREAM LIKE A DREAM.\"\n    class=\"b-paragraph-and-media__image img-fluid d-block w-100 is-fit-cover\"\n    width=\"1920\"\n    height=\"1280\"\n    loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mta.mit.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}