Primacy of the Ear. A jazz concert in honor of the legendary pianist-composer-educator Ran Blake who will be turning 80 in August. The program will feature Blake's music and musical influences including the world premiere of a piece by John Harbison in tribute to Blake, surprise guests, and more....
MIT Gamelan Galak Tika, Dewa Alit, director. Balinese Dance in Transition: Farewell Concert for Madé Bandem and Suasthi Bandem. Special guests: Madé and Suasthi Bandem, Shoko Yamamuro, Lynn Kremer, John Emigh, and Pete Steele. 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. Admission $5; free in advance to the MIT...
Advanced Music Performance Student Recital. MIT Emerson Fellow: Dario Garcia-Dominguez '15, piano. Debussy, Estampes L. 100; Prokofiev, Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor Op. 14; Prokofiev, Visions Fugitives, Op. 22; Chopin, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor Op. 52. 5:15pm, Killian Hall. Free.
The Dramashop Spring Show will featureThe Appeal and Pullman, WA, two exciting and subversive plays by Korean/American playwright Young Jean Lee, presented in an evening long event by Dramashop and Theater Arts. The playwright will attend the opening performance on April 9 and will participate in a...
Advanced Music Performance Student Recital. MIT Emerson Fellow: Ray Hua Wu ‘16, piano. Wu, In Memory of Phoebe Wang; J. S. Bach, Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue; Beethoven, Sonata Op. 26; Prokofiev, Prelude Op. 12 No. 7; Chopin, Etude Op. 10 No. 4; Chopin, Ballade Op. 47.
Visiting Artist Final Concert: Beethoven String Quartet Cycle by the Jupiter Quartet. Beethoven, Op. 18, No. 3; Op. 95, Op. 130 with grosse fugue, Op. 133. 8pm, Kresge Auditlorium. Admission $5; Free, in advance via Eventbrite, to MIT community with MIT email address. Tickets at mitmta.eventbrite....
Instruments
While the MIT Music & Theater Arts Events Office has a small inventory of instruments available for loan to students who participate in MTA performance ensembles, it is highly recommended that you bring your own instrument to MIT. Our instrument collection includes mostly...
In “Resonance Alloy,” which the Either/Or ensemble presented at Miller Theatre in 2011, the composer Keeril Makan pulled off a small miracle: a half-hour-long piece for solo percussion that completely commands your attention. Its severely restricted collection of unpitched timbres (the player...
MIT Affiliated Artist Yukiko Sekino performs a program featuring Beethoven, Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Jukka Tiensuu, Fantango; Scriabin, Selections from Preludes, Op. 11, Desir, Op 57, No. 1 and Sonata No. 10, Op. 70; and Ravel, La Valse.
About the Artist
Yukiko Sekino is the...
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continues its 42nd season with premieres of new works by Mark Harvey, including Sisyphus of the Snow Banks, inspired by the recent record-setting snowfall in the Boston area; a free-form romp titled Out and Out; and the big band premiere of FiLmprov Cha Cha Cha. The...