Derek David is a composer, conductor, and music educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. His dramatic and vibrant chamber, vocal, and orchestral music has been performed in both Europe and throughout the United States. He has been commissioned by Juventas Ensemble, Verona Quartet, Del Sol String...
“...the rhythmic labyrinth of Elena Ruehr’s String Quartet No. 3, the heady hymns of John Harbison’s String Quartet No. 3, the lightning-in-a-jar modernism of Ruth Crawford Seeger’s String Quartet. With high risks came high reward, and the Arneis Quartet offered an intense, indelible experience …"...
VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu has been announced as 1 of 10 recipients of the 2019 Lincoln Center Awards for Emerging Artists – in New York City. The annual prizes honour outstanding artistry and serve to acknowledge the promising future of selected performers within the 11 resident organisations of...
Composer-in-chief
Article by Michael Muckian
If John Harbison were an athlete, his 2018-19 season might be considered a “career year” for the award-winning composer and music educator. New commissions, world premieres of his compositions, and the publication of his first book, What Do We Make of...
Nishat Khan
Hindustani Sitar
Nitin Mitta on Tabla
The concert will be followed by the launch of album "Jaan Meri" featuring Anuradha Palakurthi.
7:00pm Q & A with Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr., MIT’s Director of Wind and Jazz Ensembles
7:30pm CONCERT by the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and chamber ensembles of the MIT Wind Ensemble
About the Composer
Martin Alan Brody, Catherine Mills Davis Professor Emeritus of Music
Composer of concert music; historian of early modern music, especially music during the Cold War in relation to other arts.
In recent years, my compositional work has been focused on opera and chamber music...
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Program
Paul Schoenfeld: Cafe Music (1987)
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major (1827)
Madeleine Dring: Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano (1968)
Felix Mendelssohn: Concert Piece No. 2, Op. 114 (1833)
Charles Camilleri: Divertimento No. 1 for 2 Clarinets and Piano (...
Program
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B- at major, Op. 67 (1875)
Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40 (1865)
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