Program note from the composer:
Jessica Johnson approached me with an idea to write a work inspired by Beethoven’s Opus 109. I began by playing it over and over again, and listening to various recordings. As I started composing, I found that I was improvising with small figures that I loved from...
More than 1,500 students enroll in music classes each year at MIT. More than 500 student musicians participate in one of 30 on-campus ensembles. In spring 2025, to better provide for its thriving musical program, MIT will inaugurate its new music building, a 35,000-square-foot three-volume facility...
Internationally acclaimed saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón has won a Grammy® Award in the category of “Best Latin Jazz Album” for El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2, featuring pianist Luis Perdomo.
“I’m incredibly happy and honored with this Grammy win,” says Zenón. “We’ve been making albums for a very...
Join us for an Emerson/Harris Classical Masterclass with Young-Ah Tak!
Praised for her “thrilling blend of fury and finesse” (San Antonio Express-News) and her “winning combination of passion, imagination, and integrity” (New York Concert Review), pianist YOUNG-AH TAK enjoys a remarkable career...
Join us for an Emerson/Harris Classical Masterclass with Kris Davis!
Kris Davis is a Grammy award-winning pianist and composer described by The New York Times as a beacon for “deciding where to hear jazz (in New York) on a given night.”Davis has released 23 recordings as a leader or co-leader and...
About the Composer Forum Series
The MIT Music & Theater Arts Composer Forum is a series of public presentations by composers from inside and outside of MIT. Hosted in the Lewis Music Library, the MTA Composer Forum Series gives the MIT Community an opportunity to engage with leading voices in...
16th Annual Herb Pomeroy Memorial Concert - Celebrating The 60th Anniversary of Jazz@MIT
Saturday, March 2, 2024
8:00 PM, Kresge Auditorium, MIT
MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director
Miguel Zenón, saxophonist-composer, MIT Assistant Professor in Jazz
MIT Alumni Jazz Band...
With two acclaimed musicians and over 100 historical photographs, author Thomas Wolf recounts the compelling story behind his award-winning book, The Nightingale’s Sonata. The tale takes us from the shores of the Black Sea to the Tsar’s palace to Carnegie Hall to Boston and Tanglewood and beyond....
Join us for an Emerson/Harris Jazz Masterclass with Debo Ray!
Debo Ray, a Grammy-nominated musician, unlocks the inner joy with her music.
Growing up in the Boston area to Haitian immigrant parents, Debo faced the challenge of not fitting societal molds. Misunderstood and labeled an outcast, music...
About the Composer Forum Series
The MIT Music & Theater Arts Composer Forum is a series of public presentations by composers from inside and outside of MIT. Hosted in the Lewis Music Library, the MTA Composer Forum Series gives the MIT Community an opportunity to engage with leading voices in...
