Consortia Commissions
2016
“Frank L. Battisti’s 85th Birthday Commission Consortium” Three composer, ten university ensembles; Serving as co-initiator and administrator.
2014
Afterglow: Twilight Music for String Quartet and Wind Ensemble composed by Peter Child, commissioned by three...
Pianist Simon Smith will speak about Karlheinz Stockhausen
Smith was born in Northumberland, England, in 1983. At St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh, he studied piano with Richard Beauchamp and composition with Tom David Wilson. At Cambridge University, he studied composition with Jeremy Thurlow...
After pianist Simon Smith‘s performance of Gyorgy Ligeti’s impossibly virtuosic Etudes, The Scotsman described him as “a phenomenon—nothing daunts him, technically or musically.” Smith brings his courageous and prodigious musicality to MIT for a rare all-Karlheinz Stockhausen program, featuring...
A concert by the Kaynak Bagpipers (Bulgarian).
The hypnotic melodies, complex time signatures, and raw physicality of Kaynak Pipers Band’s kaba gaida music will forever change the way you think of the bagpipe and bagpipe music. Kaba gaida, the Rhodope Mountains bagpipe, is a distinctive symbol of...
MIT THEATER ARTS
AUDITIONS
Sept. 15-16 from 6-9pm & Sept 17 from 1-3pm in 50-305
Audition materials will be available at the door.
BERTOLT BRECHT’S
THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
directed by Jay Scheib
jscheib@mit.edu (write for more info)
Brecht’s comic masterpiece on the (ir)resistibleness...
MTA offers a small but highly regarded set of classes in music technology for students wishing to connect their engineering side with their musical side. Introductory topics include recording techniques, mixing and mastering in digital audio workstations, and sound design. Our more advanced...
Streams of Expression and Love—Joe Lovano Celebrates Gunther Schuller at MIT
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 / 8:00 pm
MIT Killian Hall, 14W-111
160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public
Registration available here
Donations will be accepted for efforts to preserve the legacy of...
New York City-based trombonist/composer Ryan Keberle has performed with such diverse musicians as Wynton Marsalis, Maria Schneider, Beyonce, and Justin Timberlake. He brings his outstanding young band Catharsis to Killian Hall for a special night of music, including a collaboration with the MIT...
MITHAS presents: Vijay Siva, Carnatic Vocal. 6pm, Wong Auditorium. Admission: $30; Free with a valid student ID. Tickets can be purchased online at mithas.org and with cash or check at the door.
About N. Vijay Siva
Born to Smt. Akhila Siva and Shri. A.N. Siva on 29th March 1967, he had his...
MITHAS presents: Harsh Narayan, Hindustani Sarangi, Amit Kavthekar, tabla. 7pm, Wong Auditorium. Admission: $30; Free with a valid student ID. Tickets can be purchased online at mithas.org and with cash or check at the door.
