From Dec.23-30, Hershman-Tcherepnin, along with pianist David Witten, Shanghai Conservatory & East China Normal University, will honor the birth and musical legacy of Alexander Tcherepnin in a conference in Shanghai. Performances will include flute and piano works of Nikolai, Alexander and Ivan Tcherepnin, as well as works by former students and colleagues of Alexander (including Gloria Coates, Aaron Copland, Bohuslav Martinu). At the conclusion of the conference, she will perform 3 concerts as soloist with the East China Normal University Orchestra, and teach masterclasses for the ECNU flute class.

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 …”