Real-time music making over the internet is possible, but requires a very specific configuration of hardware and software. Most communication platforms (Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype, etc…) are not optimized for real-time communication (which you know if you've ever tried playing "together" over...
PRACTICE ROOMS
There are 8 practice rooms located in Building 4 (4-260), each of which is equipped with a piano.
-Who is eligible to use practice rooms?
Students in MTA classes or ensembles are granted unrestricted (24/7) access.
Anyone with an active MIT ID automatically has access from 7 AM to...
The Fisher Center at Bard begins its 2020-2021 season of virtual and interactive works-focusing on healing and transformation in troubled times-with a Live Arts Bard (LAB) commission from 10-time Grammy nominated musician Meshell Ndegeocello's Chapter & Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin, made...
The Possibility of Change—MIT’s Annual Family Weekend Concert
October 24, 2020, 7:00PM
MIT Wind Ensemble & MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble
Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director
Kenneth Amis, Assistant Conductor
MIT Wind Ensemble and MIT Festival Jazz...
Announcing the CAST 2020-21 Virtual Visiting Artists
In this present moment of global pandemic, racial injustice, and the economic devastation of the cultural sector, CAST introduces a new category of appointment for 2020-21, Virtual Visiting Artists. The three distinguished artists—Don...
The Possibility of Change—MIT’s Annual Family Weekend Concert
A copy of this evening's program may be found by clicking the following link: Family Weekend Concert Program
October 24, 2020, 7:00PM
MIT Wind Ensemble & MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble
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Aardvark Virtual Livestream Interview and CD Release
An Evening with Mark Harvey and Bob Blumenthal
Acclaimed composer and bandleader Mark Harvey, Senior Lecturer in Music at MIT, will celebrate the release of his legendary Aardvark Jazz Orchestra’s latest CD, Faces of Souls, in a...
MIT Symphony Orchestra
Adam Boyles, Music Director
May 8, 2015
Kresge Auditorium
Movement I: Andante expansivo (from the plains)
Movement II: Scherzi
Movement III: Cadenza and Passacaglia
About the piece:
My 3RD SYMPHONY was commissioned by Adam Boyles, Music Director, for the MIT Symphony...
October 08, 2020 at 11:13am
Art Matters Announces 2020 Grant Recipients
New York–based nonprofit Art Matters today announced 37 recipients of its 2020 grants. Each will be awarded a fellowship of $5,000. The grants are awarded annually to artists or collectives working in contemporary art or...
"Right now, we're finding struggle where there was once calm and calm where there was once struggle, like the musician, locked out of the practice rooms, with nowhere but outside amidst the sunset to play."
Photo courtesty of Gabriel (Tony) Terrasa
A Moment’s Respite—MIT...
