Performancessee also Lecture/Demonstrations
Diverse sound artists from around the world and across MIT
CAST is pleased to present a fresh, genre-bending series in celebration of the new: new compositions, new instruments, new groups and musical styles. Representing both the trailblazing and the timeless, the unexpected and the masterful — from African drumming and jazz improvisers to robotic ensembles and sonic sculptures — be prepared to encounter a myriad of ingenious ways of shaping sound.
March 2013 | April 2013 | ||||
| 02 | EVIYAN Premiere with Victor Gama 7:30pm Kresge Auditorium | 05 | CAST Marathon Concert 7:00pm Kresge Auditorium | ||
| EVIYAN is a new collaboration between legendary singer/violinist Iva Bittova, guitarist Gyan Riley & Evan Ziporyn, with guests Sandeep Das and Blake Newman. | Featuring Hauschka, Pamela Z, Dewa Alit, Gamelan Galak Tika, Glass Lab Orchestra, Lamine Touré & Rambax. | ||||
| 16 | MIT Wind Ensemble with Don Byron 8pm Kresge Auditorium | 19 | Trimpin: The Sound of Invention 7pm 34-101 | ||
| World premiere of Byron's clarinet concerto, commissioned and performed by the MIT Wind Ensemble, directed by Fred Harris. | Screening of the documentary Trimpin: The Sound of Invention by Peter Esmondes in conjunction with the Cambridge Science Festival. SUSPENDED | ||||
| | 27 | 50th Anniversary Jazz Festival Gala Concert 8pm Kresge Auditorium | |||
| MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble in a world premiere by Chick Corea, commissioned by the Council for the Arts at MIT. | |||||