MITHAS presentsThe Ubiquitous World of Tabla in Indian Music, a tabla lecture demonstration by Supreet Deshpande and his daughter Prerana Deshpande, Kathak dancer. 7:30pm, Killian Hall. Free. Co-sponsored by Learnquest.
J.C.ABBEY, GHANA’S PUPPETEER
documents an exceptional fifty-year artistic
career, from Accra’s streets to Ghana’s
villages to international TV. In fifteen
delightful puppet shows, Mr. Abbey is
joined by musicians Nii Noi Nortey and
Nii Otoo Annan and filmmakers Nii Yemo
Nunu and Steven Feld to...
PLAYBILL
“When I think of the emerging directors whose work I’ve admired over the last year, Charlotte Brathwaite easily stands out as someone from whom I’ve come to expect great things. Smart, efficient, and inventive, Charlotte is a problem-solver, able to turn potential limitations into...
Emerson Scholar Recital. Lisa Kong ’18, violin; Eileen Huang, piano. Tartini, Devil’s Trill Sonata; Franck, Sonata in A major; Chausson, Poème, Op. 25. 5:15pm, Killian Hall. Free.
Music and Theater Arts Concert as part of the official MIT Cambridge Centennial Celebrations.
The concert features the MIT Symphony Orchestra, Adam K. Boyles, director; MIT Concert Choir and MIT Chamber Chorus, William Cutter, director; Members of the MIT Chamber Music Society and Emerson Program...
Playwright Alan Brody is a professor of Theater at MIT. His plays have won numerous awards. Small Infinities explores the life and paradox of Sir Isaac Newton. Newton is the father of modern science, yet he was also an alchemist and believed he had unearthed textual revelations in the scriptures...
Accompanied by Eileen Huang, piano, Austen Yueh will perform Debussy, Première Rhapsody; Brahms, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 2; and Copland, Clarinet Concerto.
Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr., Director of Wind and Jazz Ensembles, presents a Q & a session about Music at MIT followed by a performance featuring his Jazz and Wind ensembles. The program will feature Music by Bach, Glazunov, Ellington, Strayhorn, Chick Corea, and MIT student composers.
This concert by composer John Harbison, 2016 recipient of the Kepes Prize, will feature:
Bach, Sonata for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1023
Mozart, Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, K. 526
Harbison, Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (First Boston Performance)
Performed by Rose Mary Harbison,...
Hearing Voices: Vocal Subjectivity in Recent Concert and Theatrical Works by Daniel Thomas Davis
About the Composer
Composer Daniel Thomas Davis’ wide range of musical activities has taken him from the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Royal Opera House to monasteries in the Horn of Africa to...
