Join the MIT Symphony Orchestra for their second concert of the spring semester!
April 25, 2025 8:00pm | Kresge Auditorium
Repertoire
- Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony', Ralp Vaughan Williams
- Concerto Competition Winner TBD
Adam Boyles, Conductor
In an exciting collaboration, the MIT Concert Choir, Chamber Chorus, and Symphony Orchestra combine to present the Symphony no. 1, ‘A Sea Symphony’, of the great English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Using the poetry of Walt Whitman, the symphony is a majestic and passionate paean to the vastness of the sea in ways literal and symbolic. The winner(s) of the 2025 Concerto Competition will also perform on the first act of this program.
About the MIT Symphony Orchestra
The central mission of the MIT Symphony Orchestra is the cultural enhancement of education at MIT by promoting music performance at the highest level of artistic excellence among MIT students, by nurturing new works and young artists, by developing and sustaining the widest possible audience. The orchestra’s repertoire consists of works from the entire symphonic canon, spanning works of the early Baroque era to contemporary compositions, and including music for film and theatre.
Compositions by MIT faculty are also part of MITSO’s repertoire. The orchestra recently recorded Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, and has participated in masterclasses with Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Roger Norrington, and Nicholas McGegan. Frequent collaborations with other ensembles such as the MIT Concert Choir, the theater program, with members of the faculty and performances by MITSOlite, a chamber orchestra comprised of MITSO members, are also part of MITSO’s activities.
The students in the MIT Symphony Orchestra come from a variety of fields including: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Mathematics, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Management, Architecture, and Materials Science & Engineering.
This project is presented as part of Artfinity, an Institute-sponsored event celebrating creativity and community at MIT. Artfinity is organized by the Office of the Arts.
