Jazzy birthday planned for Pomeroy
Herb Pomeroy was just 33 and already a nationally known soloist, bandleader and teacher when he was asked to direct MIT's jazz ensemble in the spring of 1963. He said he found the existing ensemble...
View ArticleProfessor brings papal music to Wind Ensemble
Music composed by Institute Professor John Harbison and commissioned by the late Pope John Paul II to open the 2004 Papal Concert of Reconciliation will lead the program presented by the MIT Wind...
View ArticleAardvark trumpets Jazz Month
Jazz up your weekend with a little "Trumpet Madness."The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (AJO) under the direction of MIT Lecturer Mark Harvey will be performing its spring concert on Saturday, April 30,...
View ArticleUncommon music composed to honor president
The live music for Susan Hockfield's inauguration combines multicultural, ancient and modern elements thanks to four diverse works commissioned for the event Friday, May 6, in Killian Court."Sabar...
View ArticleConcerts showcase MIT's musical talents
Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony is not for the faint of heart. "Exhilarating," "cathartic" and "devastating" are some of the adjectives that listeners and critics have used to describe this famous and...
View ArticleWorld music groups plan to travel globe
Many MIT students will head home this summer, but two of MIT's performing ensembles are planning a different kind of homecoming.The student musicians in MIT's Rambax, which plays Senegalese music, and...
View ArticleGalak Tika presents pre-tour concert May 19
To tune up for its upcoming tour to Bali, MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika will close its 12th season with a program combining new and traditional works for Balinese gamelan and dancers on Thursday, May 19, at...
View ArticleMIT harpsichordist wins Prague competition
Mary Farbood, graduate student in media arts and sciences, was awarded top honors for her harpsichord performance at the 57th Prague Spring International Music Competition, earning cash prizes,...
View ArticleTech Night to premiere Machover work
The Boston Pops Orchestra will perform "Jeux Deux," a new concerto for HyperPiano and orchestra composed by Media Lab Professor Tod Machover at Boston Pops concerts on Wednesday, June 22, and Thursday,...
View ArticleResearchers want to know what's music to your ears
Is one man's Mozart another man's migraine? It might be, if culture plays the dominant role in music perception, as has been alleged by many 20th century composers. Thus far, such matters have been the...
View ArticleSenegal trip adds rhythm to Rambax
For 11 members of MIT's African drumming ensemble, "Rambax," the West African nation of Senegal was more than a vacation destination. This past spring, the MIT student musicians spent three weeks...
View ArticleJunior soloist strings together violin, science; to perform Oct. 21
At age 2, when most kids are learning how to speak and walk, Serenus Hua started playing the violin. An MIT junior now, the 19-year-old has worked his way up in the classical music world, winning...
View ArticleMIT concert to honor Schuller on Dec. 2
To commemorate the 80th birthday of Gunther Schuller, world-renowned composer, conductor and advocate of jazz and classical music, the MIT Wind Ensemble will perform music he composed and edited in a...
View ArticleMIT Symphony Orchestra plans Russian celebration Dec. 9
Alexey Shabalin, assistant conductor of the MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO), will make his debut conducting the ensemble in a night of all-Russian music inspired by the Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin...
View Article'Note'-worthy contest seeks new ringtones
Why have a cell phone that merely rings, beeps or squawks when you can create your own ringtone and compete for prizes while doing so?Professor Tod Machover of the Media Lab is creating his own buzz...
View ArticleMIT pianist to perform at Jordan Hall Jan. 14
Senior lecturer and pianist David Deveau will perform in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall as part of the Boston Bank of America Celebrity Series on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 8 p.m.To celebrate the...
View ArticleGet ready for 'Invasion of Technology'
It'll be a jamming night at the Museum of Science as humans, computers and robots join forces to present a musical hybrid of Western and traditional Balinese music. "Music and the Invasion of...
View ArticleJazz orchestra to celebrate Big Dig Feb. 8
Music and theater arts lecturer Mark Harvey and his Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will celebrate the scheduled completion of the Big Dig with the premiere of Harvey's "Dig, Dug, Done," on Wednesday, Feb. 8...
View ArticleConcert features hands-off music
Forget the roses and violins. In a special noontime concert on Valentine's Day called "Waves of Pleasure," Assistant Professor Brian Robison will wave his hands over a theremin to create other-worldly...
View ArticleRing masters
The winners in the MIT Hyperscore Ringtone Competition, held by Harmony Line Inc., were announced at a gala ceremony on Friday, Jan. 27, in Room 10-250. The celebration included a DJmix of finalist...
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