Lamine Touré, Director
Rambax Senegalese Drum Ensemble may be taken for credit: 21M.460
Directed by master Senegalese drummer Lamine Touré, Rambax MIT is an ensemble dedicated to learning the art of sabar, a vibrant drum and dance tradition of the Wolof people of Senegal, West Africa. Rambax...
Marcus Thompson, Director
Chamber Music Society may be taken for credit: 21M.445
The Chamber Music Society, coordinated by Institute Professor Marcus Thompson, is comprised of students selected by audition to study and perform classical chamber music and jazz combo repertoire.
All groups...
Keala Kaumeheiwa, coach
Jazz Combo may be taken for credit: 21M.445
Three Jazz Combos are formed under the auspices of the
MIT Chamber Music Society. They include approximately
20 students ranging from intermediate to advanced levels.
Combos study and perform traditional and contemporary
small...
Laura Grill Jaye, Coach
Vocal Jazz Ensemble may be taken for credit: 21M.445
The MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble (VJE) was founded by Institute Professor John Harbison in the spring of 2011 as the first and only vocal jazz performance group at the Institute. Boston-based vocalist-arranger-composer...
EMERSON PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE STUDY
Funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941) the Emerson Program offers merit-based financial assistance for private lessons to MIT students of outstanding achievement on their instrument or voice in classical, jazz or world music via competitive...
The program in Theater Arts encourages students to take advantage of the many performance opportunities on campus and off. Engaging an audience in performance is both a direct extension of what is learned in the classroom as well as an elegant expression of the work that takes place in the studio....
Students are able to concentrate, minor and major in Theater Arts.
Major in Theater Arts, Full
Major in Theater Arts, 21E/S
The Major Advisor is Janet Sonenberg.
Minor in Theater Arts
The Minor Advisor is Claire Conceison. Please click here for a Theater Arts Minor Application form....
Between five and ten students each year choose to major in music and receive the degree of Bachelor of Science in Music (Course 21M) or the joint major, Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Engineering/Science (Courses 21E and 21S). Many students complete full (dual) majors in music and another...
MINOR IN MUSIC
The Minor in Music requires six subjects that will give students experience within the three main branches of music: history/culture, composition/ theory, and performance.
Tier I Introduction
Select up to two subjects from 21M.001—099
Tier II Breadth
Three subjects, one from...
HUMANITIES CONCENTRATION IN MUSIC
A Humanities concentration in music requires four subjects.
Students with little or no prior musical experience may start with one or more of our introductory subjects:
Introduction to Western Music (CI-H) - 21M.011
Introduction to World Music (CI-H) - 21M.030...