Mark Harvey, MIT Music and Theater Arts Lecturer, minister, trumpeter, and founding director of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, was named a --Jazz Hero-- by the Jazz Journalist Association in advance of Jazz Appreciation Month and the International Jazz Day. Jazz Heroes are educators, presenters,...
MIT Symphony Orchestra, Adam K. Boyles, director. Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2; Christine Southworth, La Fée verte with Christine Southworth, bagpipe;
and Charles Shadle, Symphony No. 3, a MITSO commission and world premiere. 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. Admission $5; Free in advance to the MIT...
Turkish pianist Gülsin Onay will appear in recital at Killian Hall (14W-111) on Sunday, April 26 at 4pm. Admission is free.
The program will include: Bach, Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825; Mendelssohn, Variations Serieuse, Op. 54; Chopin, Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 54, Nocturne in...
John Harbison's cantata Supper at Emmaus will be performed as part of the Cantata Series at Emmanuel Church on Sunday, April 19 at 10am.
An MIT Institute Professor and composer, Harbison is the Principal Guest Conductor of Emmanuel Music.
John Harbison: The Supper at Emmaus (2013)
Cantata on...
Director Frederick Harris Jr, announces the release of his Infinite Winds CD on Sunnyside Records. Dedicated to Herb Pomeroy, "Father of jazz at MIT," the recording features the MIT Wind Ensemble and the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble in first recordings of Chick Corea's From Forever and Don Byron's...
The MIT Council for the Arts Awards Committee announced it had conferred to three Music and Theater Arts students the following Institute Awards in the Arts:
The Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts:
Peter Godart, Mechanical Engineering and Music
The Laya and Jerome Wiesner Awards in the...
MITHAS presents: Sadanam Balakrishnan & Troupe, Kathakali Dance. Theatrically thrilling and complex, Indian dance legend Sadanam Balakrishnan showcases the classical Indian dance form of Kathakali, a rich combination of ballet, opera, masque and pantomime that’s rarely performed in the U.S....
Emerson Scholar Student Solo Recital: Miriam Nussbaum (G), flute; Seunghee Lee, piano. Reinecke, Sonata, Op. 167 (Undine); Ganne, Andante and Scherzo; L.Liebermann, Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23. 7pm, Killian Hall. Free.
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
MITHAS presents: Niladri Kumar, sitar, and Aditya Kalyanpur, tabla. 7pm, Wong Auditorium. Niladri Kumar, son of sitar Maestro Kartik Kumar, is well liked for his ability to relate to audiences of all ages, and dazzle with the depth and brilliance of his technique. He is...
MIT Emerson Scholars Student Wind Recital. A recital featuring seven MIT Emerson Scholars and their collaborators performing short pieces or movements from longer works. 12pm, Killian Hall. Free.
