Trimpin, Image from the film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, 2009. Credit: Peter Esmonde.
All CAST Projects
Tristan Perich, 1 Bit Symphony, 2010. Credit: D Yee.
Tristan Perich
In composing, Tristan Perich opens up the sound-making possibilities of the raw machinery itself, always “getting one step closer to the flow of electricity through the microchip.
Roomful of Teeth. Courtesy of the Artists.
Roomful of Teeth
The expressive potential of the most basic instrument: the human voice
Julia Ogryzidiak, Okeanos, 2012. Credit: RJ Muna
Julia Ogrydziak
Creating experiential art works and performances that draw from architecture, art, electronic music, science, nature, and more
Andy Cavatorta. Image courtesy of the artist.
Andy Cavatorta
Through the design of such complex and experimental instruments, Andy Cavatorta explores the ways in which we create meaning through sound.
Arthur Ganson, Gestural Engineering. Credit: Joshi Radin.
Arthur Ganson
Kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson creates machines at once whimsical and philosophical
Hauschka performs at the CAST Marathon Concert. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Hauschka
Fueled by a love of rhythm, Hauschka’s (Volker Bertelmann) classicist training, chamber music sensibilities and pop cultural interests all come together to create playful, unpredictable and inventive 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
Jason Moran. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jason Moran
Adventurous jazz pianist Jason Moran presents an improvisation of music, sound, movement and video with longtime collaborator, MIT professor and performance art icon Joan Jonas.
2011
The Ascoli Ensembe. Image courtesy of the artists.
Ascoli Ensemble
Vocal ensemble using technology to reconstruct unusual medieval repertoires
Robert Wilson at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Robert Wilson
Visionary avant-garde director Robert Wilson’s experiments in theater and opera have definitively shaped the art form for generations to come
2011
Visiting Artist Jamshied Sharifi
Jamshied Sharifi
Composer, producer, and keyboardist Jamshied Sharifi '83 premiered "Awakening" in commemoration of the revolutionary uprisings of the Arab Spring
2012
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
Anne Lilly. Courtesy of the Artist
Anne Lilly
Anne Lilly’s sensuous and interactive sculptures connect physical realities with the interior world of the mind.
2014
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
Image: Vik Muniz at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Vik Muniz
Shifts in scale, photographic manipulation, and unexpected materials
Don Byron at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Don Byron
Legendary clarinetist and composer forging what he calls "a sound above genre"
2012, 2013
Mel Chin and Rick Lowe
Exploring the complexities of building healthy communities through art and activism
Guilherme Marcondes. Image Courtesy of the Artist
Guilherme Marcondes
Guilherme Marcondes makes captivating films and animations that probe the relationship between humans and our constructed environment.
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.
Scanner and Stephen Vitiello. Credit: Meg Rotzel
Scanner and Stephen Vitiello
Sonic investigations into bodily experience and spatial practice
Boston Camerata. Image courtesy of the artists.
The Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, Artistic Director
February 28, 2015
Suzanne Bocanegra. Credit: Peter Serling.