About the Composer
Praised and honored for “his ability to effectively infuse classical music with American Indian nationalism” (Washington Post), Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, born in Norman, Oklahoma, is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and is dedicated to the development of American Indian...
Lecturer in Theatre Arts David R.Gammons will travel to Orlando, Florida to present his production of Eugene Ionesco’s THE BALD SOPRANO in the Orlando Fringe Festival, January 10-13, 2019. Gammons directed this newly-devised version of the seminal classic of French Absurdism with the company Anti-...
FILM + improvisation = FiLmprov
Kate Matson, filmmaker, creates a theatre of visual improvisation originating on Super 8 film by animating objects that have significance for her sculpturally, spiritually, and/or politically.
Mark Harvey, music director, assembles the collective and individual...
Derek David is a composer, conductor, and music educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. His dramatic and vibrant chamber music has been performed in both Europe and the United States and has received great recognition from audiences and critics alike. Derek’s String Quartet (2011), has been met...
“...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...