Mark Harvey & Kenny Dorham’s Final Chorus: A Small but Significant Part of Jazz History

A recent article in the Austin Chronicle “Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods” brings to light the last-ever performance by Dorham at a Boston benefit arranged by Senior Lecturer Mark Harvey and trumpet great Claudio Roditi.  Scroll down to the end section “Resurrection in Boston.”  But do read the entire, fascinating piece.

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Ken Urban Wins 2024 Blue Ink Award

Congratulations to Ken Urban, winner of the 2024 Blue Ink Award for The Conquered.

Composing for 37 Years at MIT

In the intimate but acoustically reassuring Killian Hall, with the cooperation of Collage New Music, the Institute’s Music Department hosted an evening of Peter Child’s recent works.

MTA Associate Professor Emily Richmond Pollock Named 2024 MacVicar Fellow

Four outstanding undergraduate teachers and mentors have been named MacVicar Faculty Fellows: professor of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) Karl Berggren, professor of political s

Play It Again, Spirio

A piano that captures the data of live performance offers the MIT community new possibilities for studying and experimenting with music