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Portrait of seven people
The Ascoli Ensembe. Image courtesy of the artists.

Ascoli Ensemble

Vocal ensemble using technology to reconstruct unusual medieval repertoires
A group of musicians perform on stage
Bang on a Can performs at the FAST New Music Marathon Concert. Credit: Christine Southworth.

Bang on a Can

With an ear for the new, the unknown, and the unconventional, Bang on a Can strives to expose worldwide audiences to exciting and innovative music.
2012
A man poses next to a microphone and a laptop.
Ben Houge. Image courtesy of the artist.

Ben Houge

Working at the nexus of music composition, video games, performance, sound installation, and digital art, Ben Houge explores the sonification of real-time data with MIT researchers.
2012
A man performs clarinet
Don Byron at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Don Byron

Legendary clarinetist and composer forging what he calls "a sound above genre"
2012, 2013
Florian Hecker. Credit: Leon Chew.

Florian Hecker

In his installations, live performances and publications, Florian Hecker’s psychoacoustic experimentations dramatize perceptions of sound and space in an immersive intensity.
Nine musicians holding instruments pose for a photograph.
Boston Camerata. Image courtesy of the artists.

The Boston Camerata

Anne Azéma, Artistic Director
February 28, 2015
Suzanne Bocanegra. Credit: Peter Serling.

Suzanne Bocanegra

Suzanne Bocanegra’s visual art draws upon sound and movement as she coaxes new meanings from the intersections of these modalities.
A man poses for a photograph in a stone church.
Alvin Lucier. Credit: Michael Schroeater.

Alvin Lucier

A legendary composer blurs the lines between experiment, composition, and art installation
SOUNDING September 27, 2014 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Media Lab, Building E14-674
A man plays bass clarinet.
Wacław Zimpel. Image courtesy of the artist.

WacŁaw Zimpel

Classical clarinetist lights up Polish jazz scene
2015
Lontano Ensemble. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Lontano Ensemble

Lontano is synonymous with “the future in music.”
A string quartet performs.
The Jupiter Quartet performs Beethoven Quartet Cycle: Concert I at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Jupiter Quartet

Chamber music ensemble performs Beethoven’s foundational String Quartets
2014
Flux Quartet. Photo: Courtesy of the artists.

FLUX Quartet

"One of the most fearless and important new-music ensembles" —San Francisco Chronicle
A woman performs while holding parts of a rotary phone.
Pamela Z, Ars Electronica, 2008. Photo: Rubra.

Pamela Z

Transforming elegant physical gestures into complex aural and visual landscapes
Sumie Kaneko. Courtesy of the artist.
Sumie Kaneko. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Sumie Kaneko

Traditional Japanese music with a jazz inflection
Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim. Courtesy of the artists.
Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim. Courtesy of the artists.

Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim

Celebrating the Shona mbira tradition
Maya Beiser at the 2017 CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Maya Beiser at the 2017 CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Maya Beiser

Maya Beiser is a “cello goddess” -- The New Yorker
Joel Fan. Courtesy of the artist.
Joel Fan. Courtesy of the artist.

Joel Fan

Soaring and virtuosic pianist
BIC in concert at MIT. Credit: Caroline Alden.
As part of MIT Sounding, Haitian rapper, poet and singer BIC performs his work in collaboration with Jean Appolon Expressions, a Cambridge-based Haitian contemporary dance company. Photo by Caroline Alden.

BIC

Bringing Kreyòl music and digital poetry to MIT
Artist standing in front of a large wall painting.
Matthew Ritchie at the ICA, where the British-born, New York-based artist had an 18-month residency. Credit: Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe.

Matthew Ritchie

Artistic explorations of existence and scale
Thom Kubli with Black Hole Horizon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Credit: Argeo Ascani.
Thom Kubli with Black Hole Horizon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Credit: Argeo Ascani.

Thom Kubli

Exploring the boundaries of physical space and floating structures
A woman poses leaning on a wooden block
Sarah Cahill. Credit: Christine Alicino.

Sarah Cahill

“Sterling Bay Area pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” —The New York Times
November 16, 2014 at Kendall Hall (W14)
Jacob Collier. Courtesy of the artist.
Jacob Collier. Courtesy of the artist.

Jacob Collier

“Jazz music’s new messiah” —The Guardian
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