Accompanied by Eileen Huang, piano, Taylor Safrit will perform Barber, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6; and Hindemith, Kammermusik No. 3, Op. 36, No. 2.
Exploring Improsition—the melding improvisation and composition. MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director. Special guests: Eviyan: Iva Bittová, Gyan Riley, and Evan Ziporyn. World premiere arrangements of Eviyan compositions by Jamshied Sharifi, and music of Kurt...
MIT's gamelan presents a short outdoor performance of highlights from Galak Tika's 7:30pm concert the same evening as part of the MIT Open House. They will also demonstrate how to play gamelan instruments in a fun, hands-on, and interactive workshop. No prior musical experience necessary. Come...
Student pianists in the Emerson Program for Private Study present a recital on the new Killian Hall Steinway concert grand piano, as part of the MIT Cambridge Centennial.
Connie Wu (G): Liszt, Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli
Daniel J. Parker. ’16: Olivier Messiaen, Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus...
Gamelan Galak Tika will perform a selection of traditional and modern works for Balinese gamelan gong kebyar, including Evan Ziporyn's iconic "Tire Fire" for gamelan and Western instruments, music by Balinese composer Dewa Alit, and the traditional dance pieces Rejang Dewa and Oleg Tamulilingan....
This Advanced Music Performance Recital by Emerson Fellow Daniel Shaar ‘18, piano, will feature Bach, Toccata from Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830; Beethoven, Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, Les Adieux; Chopin, Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20; Liszt, Transcendental Étude No. 4 in D Minor...
The program will include Beethoven, Sonata No. 31, Op. 110; Chopin, Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35.
Emerson Fellow Sylvain Carpentier (G) will perform Chopin, Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22; Ligeti, Etudes; Arc-en-ciel and L’escalier du diable; and Rachmaninov, selections from Etude-Tableaux Op. 33 and Op. 39.
Prism is a concert by the MIT Wind Ensemble. Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director; Kenneth Amis, Assistant Conductor. The program will include the Boston premiere of John Harbison’s Rubies (after Thelonious Monk’s Ruby, My Dear), La Fiesta Mexicana, A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Winds by H....
Under the direction of Adam K. Boyles, the orchestra will perform:
John Williams, Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2, Movt. I, with MIT senior Daniel Parker, a winner of the 2016 MITSO Concerto Competition
William Walton, Henry V: Suite for Chorus and Orchestra with the MIT...
