All Performances
Sean Jones, Jazz at the Bistro. Courtesy of the artist.
Sean Jones
Under the auspices of CAST’s MIT Sounding series, It Must Be Now!, led by Fred Harris, brings together three leading musicians to collectively compose a large-scale work for MIT musicians on the overall theme of racial justice.
Braxton Cook. Credit Tom Van Scoyoc.
Braxton Cook
Under the auspices of CAST’s MIT Sounding series, It Must Be Now!, led by Fred Harris, brings together three leading musicians to collectively compose a large-scale work for MIT musicians on the overall theme of racial justice.
Terri Lyne Carrington. Credit: Jacobs.
Terri Lyne Carrington
Under the auspices of CAST’s MIT Sounding series, It Must Be Now!, led by Fred Harris, brings together three leading musicians to collectively compose a large-scale work for MIT musicians on the overall theme of racial justice.
Natalia deCampos and Fabio Tavares perform in a workshop of Immense Joy/Hots. Credit: Ana Busto.
Immense Joy / H.o.t.S
Clarice Lispector’s brutal and tender exploration of what it truly means to be poor
2023 Hearing Amazonia
Hearing Amazônia–The Responsibility of Existence
Exploring the plight of the natural world through Brazilian and Amazonian music
VALIS. Courtesy of Tod Machover.
VALIS
Reimagining live performance interactivity for a new generation
Front Porch Collective
A black theatre company committed to advancing racial equity in Boston through theater
Lion's Jaw. Courtesy of the artists.
Lion’s Jaw
Creating an environment where risk, rigor, and rebellion can flourish through dance
As part of the 2019-20 MIT Sounding series, Lochan Rijal, an award winning multi-instrumentalist singer and songwriter from Nepal, performed a public concert of Nepali music featuring original compositions played on traditional Nepali instruments. Photo by Caroline Aldenr. Please ask before use.
Lochan Rijal
Sharing the rich heritage of traditional Nepalese music
Lakaï Dance Theatre. Credit: Nadelle Scott.
Lakaï Dance’s The Block: An Afro-Musical
Sharing personal stories and narratives through movement
Harry Allen. Courtesy of the Artist.
Harry Allen and Rob Swift
MIT hosts harbanger, a battle DJ septet
Jay Scheib, The Silence, 2019. Credit: Jay Scheib.
Jay Scheib’s The Silence
Dream worlds collide with real worlds in an endless spiral down
Maya Beiser and Wendy Whelan perform The Day at Jacobs Pillow. Credit: Hayim Heron. Courtesy of Jacobs Pillow.
The Day
Artists collaborate on a sensory exploration of life and the eternal
CAST Visiting Artist Billy Novick performs in The Great Clarinet Summit. Credit: Sham Sthankiya/MIT.
Billy Novick
"Sincerity... elegance... a lovely celebration of tunefulness" — Downbeat
David Bowie's Blackstar performed by Maya Beiser with the Ambient Orchestra, 2017.
2018-19 MIT Sounding
Contemporary music with a global cast
The 2018–19 season of the innovative annual performance series MIT Sounding continues to blur musical boundaries. Curated by Evan Ziporyn, faculty director of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), this season of MIT Sounding presents unique artists who push the envelope of their respective genres, creating new evolving music for the 21st century.
Anat Cohen. Credit Shervin Lainez.
Anat Cohen
A virtuoso widely recognized as one of the most vital clarinetists working today
Marcus Thompson's Faculty Recital, 2018. Credit: L Barry Hetherington/MIT.
Marcus A. Thompson’s Faculty Recital
Fay Chandler Creativity Grant
Joe Lovano. Photo: Jimmy Katz.
Joe Lovano
“One of the greatest musicians in jazz history”—New York Times
Kaynak Pipers Band. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.