MIT Emerson Scholars Student Piano Recital. A recital featuring twelve MIT Emerson Scholars performing short pieces or movements from longer works. 2pm, Killian Hall. Free.
10 | Sun | MIT Chamber Music Society. 12pm, Kresge Auditorium. Free.
HANDEL, Prelude, NINO ROTA, Toccata, DEBUSSY, Premiere Arabesque performed by Nora Kelsall '18, harp; ARENSKY, Romance from Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 15, BRAHMS, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b performed by Connie...
Advanced Music Performance Student Recital. MIT Emerson Fellow: Sylvain Carpentier (G), piano. Schubert, Impromptus Nos. 2 & 3, Op. 90; Wanderer Fantasy in C Major; Scriabin, Sonata No. 4, Op. 30; Etudes No. 2, Op. 1 and No. 12, Op. 8. 5:15pm, Killian Hall. Free.
MIT Concert Choir & Orchestra, William Cutter, director. Vivaldi: Gloria, Bach: Magnificat, 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. Admission $5; Free in advance to the MIT community. Tickets at Eventbrite and at the door.
Featuring MIT student soloists, the MIT Concert Choir, and a professional orchestra;...
RAMBAX MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble. Lamine Touré, director. Outdoor Concert. 3pm, MIT Stratton Student Center steps. Rain Location: Lobdell, Student Center. Free.
A concert of Songs of Cole Porter featuring:
Two Key Blues
John Harbison
Ensemble
What Is This Thing Called Love
CP
Tiandra Rae ‘15
Why Shouldn’t I
CP
Royal Morris ‘15
Why Can’t You Behave
CP
Sandy Bayona ‘17
I Concentrate on You
CP
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Playwrights in Performance. Directed by Prof. Alan Brody. 7:30pm, Rehearsal Rm. B, Kresge Auditorium. Free.
Playwrights-in-Performance annually offers advanced students the unique opportunity to rehearse and present their original plays under the direction of professional playwright and...
The Marriage of Figaro (performed in English). Staged and sung by students, coached by Adam K. Boyles. Jakob Dahl (Count), Tiffany Wong (Countess), Divya Pillai (Susanna), David Rolnick (Figaro), Anne Marinan (Cherubino), Elisabeth Boles (Marcellina / Barbarina), Ben Horkley (Don Basilio / Don...
The Boston Globe
A joyful tribute to minimalist pioneer Terry Riley
by Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff, April 21, 2015
No one would mistake Boston for a historic hotbed of musical minimalism, but in recent years, depending on where you look, a few more flavors of new music have been finding an audience...
Elena Ruehr's latest CD, O'Keeffe Images, with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, is reviewed in the latest Audiophile Audition:
Orchestral music of sweeping vistas and a strong pulse by an American composer
Published on April 17, 2015
ELENA RUEHR: O’Keeffe Images: Shimmer, Vocalissimus, Cloud...
