Transient Canvas is a bass clarinet and marimba duo that commissioned Dan VanHassel’s Epidermis. A primal yet machine-like consistent pulse is present throughout the work, interrupted by guttural screams from the bass clarinet with veiled technological sounds (jet engines, static, sirens) in the background.  Read More

Seen and heard: The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building

Until very recently, Mariano Salcedo, a fourth-year MIT electronic engineering and computer science student majoring in artificial intelligence and decision-making, was planning to apply for a mast

Travels with Rambax

KAOLACK, Senegal – The MIT students have just finished dinner and are crumpling soda cans into trash bins when they get the summons: “Grab your drums, grab your drums, grab your drums …” 

FUTURE PHASES showcases new frontiers in music technology and interactive performance

Music technology took center stage at MIT during “FUTURE PHASES,” an evening of works for string orchestra and electronics, presented by the