In advance of the ensemble’s new concert, MIT professor and Gamelan Galak Tika co-founder Evan Ziporyn reflects on the group’s more than thirty year history In 1979, Evan Ziporyn was filing vinyl at Festoon’s, a part-time job while studying … Continued
Part magic, part social experiment, visiting artist Jeanette Andrews’ “The Attestation” examines preconceived notions and belief polarization At a time when people across the country and the globe have never seemed more polarized, it may sometimes take a different kind … Continued
The Arts Scholars enjoy an unforgettable evening with the cast and crew of Hamilton‘s North American tour Less than one month into the 2025 fall semester, the Arts Scholars have already gathered for three events, most recently an evening at … Continued
An exuberant performance included five premieres by MIT composers, a fitting tribute to open the new home of the MIT Music program and launch the MIT festival of the arts, Artfinity Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), the German polymath … Continued
Kinetic Ensemble, a 16-piece string orchestra that came to Boston for a weeklong residency at MIT, may play without a conductor. But that hardly means the ensemble lacks direction. Or a signature sound. “Our audiences tell us there is a … Continued
Creativity animates every corner of the MIT community, driving students, researchers, and faculty to connect across disciplines in search of new insights. Nowhere are these connections more electric than in the arts. This semester, the MIT community will revel in … Continued
A private concert and conversation showcase the breadth of artistic exchange at MIT On Thursday November 21, a group of MIT Arts Scholars gathered at the Goethe-Institut Boston for a private chamber music concert with members of the Berlin … Continued
Celebrating the connections between minimalism and pop with the clarinet In his recent concert, Evan Ziporyn Solo: Moondog, Riley, Glass, the composer and clarinetist premiered works by three major figures in American minimalism, while also performing arrangements of pop … Continued
A new facility under construction will feature rehearsal and performance spaces, a recording studio, classrooms, and music technology laboratories. More than 1500 students enroll in music classes each year at MIT. More than 500 student musicians participate in one of … Continued
Combining digital technology with the human voice, Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT winner Pamela Z creates layered music from everyday life In the mid-eighties, artist Pamela Z was working at Tower Records on Columbus Street in San … Continued
Songs from Extrasolar Spaces: Music Inspired by TESS Tuesday, July 30, 2019 8:00-8:30pm: Public Lecture George Ricker, TESS Principal Investigator; Sara Seager, TESS Deputy Director of Science; and Natalia Guerrero, TESS TOI Manager 8:30-9:00pm: Program of music by Lorelei Ensemble … Continued
This fall sees the return of the MIT Sounding series—and, as usual, a penchant for border crossings and experimentation. The season kicks off on October 12 with a tribute concert to the influential composer Lou Harrison, who would have turned 100 … Continued
The word Ba, represented by a bee-sign in hieroglyphs, meant ‘soul,’ ‘honey’ and ‘bee’ to Ancient Egyptians. This ancient commingling of our fate with bees isn’t lost on MIT assistant professor of theater arts Charlotte Brathwaite, whose new project Bee … Continued
MIT Theater Arts professor Jay Schieb directs Bat Out of Hell, a new multimedia musical, which premiered at the Manchester Opera House in March 2017 and ran in Manchester through April 8, 2017. It moved on to the London Coliseum … Continued
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are Shakespearian in their iconicity. Every serious performer must subject them to study, memorizing a monologue or, in this case, a movement, tracing and retracing the familiar, fleet-footed phrases in the … Continued
Media artist and composer Arnold Dreyblatt’s connection to MIT began in 2000. As both a visual artist and a composer, there have been multiple threads to his involvement at MIT over the years. In his residency this fall he was … Continued
Mnemosyne, “memory,” is the mother of all the Muses. “Infinite Record: Archive, Memory, Performance,” an international conference devoted to the continuous and living archive, organized by Anna Kohler and Jay Scheib (Music & Theater Arts, MIT), celebrated memory’s role as … Continued
Guest post by Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at MIT and Inaugural Director of the Center for Art, Science & Technology. Pamela Z and Hauschka met only moments before their back-to-back lecture/demonstrations last Wednesday; two days later … Continued
It was likely the first time Senegalese sabar drums, a cello, a didgeridoo, an accordion, a piano and panpipes made from test tubes all occupied one stage together. A follow-up to 2011’s FAST Forward Marathon concert, the concert celebrated the convergence of art and technology — from simple percussive acts to the most sophisticated gestural controls — and showcased the many creative tools and techniques used by artists from MIT and beyond.
