An Interview with the Writer (Costume Design by Oana Botez)
“Being raised in Mississippi,” the Gulfport-raised Killebrew said before a recent rehearsal, “racism wasn’t a current event. It was in the air you breathe. It was in the dirt and in the ghosts that haunt that place."
“I remember when I...
Concert Review by Joseph Dalton
"I've always loved John [Harbison's] music because it has a wonderful combination of the cerebral and the emotional," [David] Jolley said. "I've heard him talk about the Trio over the years and he says it's like an intimate conversation with an undercurrent of...
"None of this is to belittle Harbison’s achievements, which include some spectacularly effective orchestral writing and passages of immense appeal, such as the fluttering woodwinds and the duet between strings and tinkling percussion, both in the dusky and “lambent” (Harbison’s designation) third...
Three questions with MIT playwright Ken Urban
On theater, science, and launching the Playwrights Lab
Ken Urban; photo by Kevin Thomas Garcia
"Understanding others is crucial right now. Of course, understanding is not the same as forgiving or ignoring conflict. But you cannot write...
“The trip to Puerto Rico with the FJE exceeded all my expectations—I couldn’t be happier about how everything turned out.”
—Miguel Zenón, renowned saxophonist-composer and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow
January 21-27, 2019, the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble engaged in an ambitious cultural...
February 16, 2019 / 9:00pm
February 17, 2019 / 3:00pm
February 18, 2019 / 7:00pm
Spider’s Canvas / Arachnodrone (US Premiere) is an immersive, multi-sensory performance and installation based on the complex tent webs of the South American cyrtaphora citricola spider. The project is co-created by...
“The trip to Puerto Rico with the FJE exceeded all my expectations—I couldn’t be happier about how everything turned out.”
—Miguel Zenón, renowned saxophonist-composer and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow
January 21-27, 2019, the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble engaged in an ambitious cultural...
On January 10, Professor Claire Conceison brought the fall MTA production of The Chalk Cycle to Shanghai for performance at the Shanghai Theater Academy.
Photos: MTA Production of The Chalk Cycle at MIT
Credit: Danny Landez
First performances of new compositions by members of 21M.351 Music Composition, students of Evan Ziporyn
