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April 28, 2018   MIT Wind Ensemble Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director Kenneth Amis, Assistant Conductor Awakening by Jamshied Sharifi, guest composer; Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble by Don Byron, with Evan Ziporyn, guest clarinet soloist; Strawberry Letter 23 (Shuggie Otis, arr. Ziporyn...
MIT Wind Ensemble

April 28, 2018

 

MIT Wind Ensemble
Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director
Kenneth Amis, Assistant Conductor

Awakening by Jamshied Sharifi, guest composer; Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble by Don Byron, with Evan Ziporyn, guest clarinet soloist; Strawberry Letter 23 (Shuggie Otis, arr. Ziporyn); Insurgence for Percussion Ensemble by Kathryn Salfelder; music for Saxophone Ensemble, and a special tribute to renowned Belmont (MA) music educator John McLellan.

Please join the MIT Wind Ensemble in its 2017-2018 season finale, featuring MIT alumnus and composer Jamshied Sharifi’s Awakening, a moving and thought-provoking piece commissioned by MITWE in 2011 in recognition of the Arab Spring, Don Bryon’s fascinating Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble with soloist Evan Ziporyn, Kathryn Salfelder’s Insurgence, her new work for percussion ensemble, music for clarinet and saxophone ensembles, and a very special tribute to renowned and beloved Belmont music educator (and frequent collaborator with MITWE), John McLellan.

MIT Symphony Orchestra Adam Boyles, music director   Gershwin: An American in Paris Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Bernstein: Symphonic Dances form West Side Story
MIT Symphony Orchestra

MIT Symphony Orchestra
Adam Boyles, music director
 

Gershwin: An American in Paris

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances form West Side Story

MIT Symphony Orchestra Concert
"Bits 'n Bobs" MIT Chamber Chorus Concert
April 21, 2018   Gamelan Galak Tika celebrates 25 years and performs traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance, featuring the traditional dance piece Puspanjali, as well as Guest Artistic Director Dewa Alit's Gringsing (2004), Batu Kalian (2014), and the world premiere of Ameriki (...
Gamelan Galak Tika Concert

April 21, 2018

 

Gamelan Galak Tika celebrates 25 years and performs traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance, featuring the traditional dance piece Puspanjali, as well as Guest Artistic Director Dewa Alit's Gringsing (2004), Batu Kalian (2014), and the world premiere of Ameriki (2018) written for American gamelan and performed on instruments designed and constructed by Lou Harrison and William Colvig.

Galak Tika also welcomes Gamelan Anak Tika (Cambridge Youth Gamelan) for the conclusion of their 2nd season.