Hauschka performs at the CAST Marathon Concert. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Music
Mark Stewart. Credit: Christine Southworth.
Mark Stewart
Multi-instrumentalist, guitarist, composer, and instrument designer
John Chowning playing the Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer at Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Credit: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service
John Chowning
The inventor of FM synthesis, John Chowning revolutionized the music industry.
2012
Either/Or Ensemble
Expanding the gray area between composition and installation, composer and performer, music and sonic environment
The Ascoli Ensembe. Image courtesy of the artists.
Ascoli Ensemble
Vocal ensemble using technology to reconstruct unusual medieval repertoires
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.”
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
Pamela Z, Ars Electronica, 2008. Photo: Rubra.
Pamela Z
Transforming elegant physical gestures into complex aural and visual landscapes
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
Celebrating the Shona mbira tradition
Maya Beiser at the 2017 CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Maya Beiser
Maya Beiser is a “cello goddess” -- The New Yorker
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
Exploring the boundaries of physical space and floating structures
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)