"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...
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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
Ken Urban's play, THE REMAINS, was just nominated for 5 Helen Hayes Awards for its world premiere in DC, including Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play, Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play (Glenn Fitzgerald), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play (...
MTA Lecturer Olivia D'Ambrosio is the Producing Artistic Director of Bridge Repertory Theater and is in residence at the East Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. Olivia and her team are currently producing WHO IS EARTHA MAE? A One-Woman Play With Music About the Life + Times of Eartha Kitt, which...