January 20, 2026
Leslie Tilley combines deep experience as a musician with cultural and formal analysis, to see how people refashion music anew.

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

September 2, 2025
The building gives “MIT musicians the conservatory-level tools they deserve,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

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. 

August 25, 2025
MIT’s Senegalese drumming ensemble ventured to West Africa during IAP to practice the art of sabar.

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 …” 

August 14, 2025
The program will invite students to investigate new vistas at the intersection of music, computing, and technology.

A new, multidisciplinary MIT graduate program in music technology and computation will feature faculty, labs, and curricula from across the Institute.