First Review of Bowie Blackstar Performance led by Evan Ziporyn

Evan Ziporyn led a "star-studded" orchestra this past Saturday in Central Park...

"The group made a stunning night with electric joy. The moon lit the audience that swayed the evening away. Thousands of attendees absorbed the sights and sounds fully... The electrifying night left the audience moved and appreciative of the man who made the most of his beautiful time on the planet."

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Keeril Makan named vice provost for the arts

An acclaimed composer and longtime MIT faculty member, Makan will direct the next act in MIT’s story of artistic leadership.

The “delicious joy” of creating and recreating music

Leslie Tilley combines deep experience as a musician with cultural and formal analysis, to see how people refashion music anew.

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 master’s program in computer science at MIT.

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 …”