Music and Theater Arts Spring 2015 Awards Ceremony
May 14, 2015, MIT Bush Room
THEATER ARTS
Edward S. Darna Awards
To a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in theater arts and made a substantial contribution to the health of theater life on the MIT campus
presented by Jay Scheib...
MY/Teeth/Profound Beasts is a surround-sensorial theatrical experience/ experiment, conceived and performed by Anna Kohler, directed and with video design by Caleb Hammond, projection and sound design by Bozkurt Karasu, costume design by Tara Nova Webb, and featuring Hapi Phace as Matisse, mother...
ELENA RUEHR: LIFT – Chamber Music by Elena Ruehr: Lift; Second Violin Sonata; Klein Suite; Adrienne and Amy; Prelude Variations; The Scarlatti Effect — Irina Muresanu, violin/ Jennifer Kloetzel, cello/Sarah Bob, piano/ Ethan Eilner, viola — Avie AV2319, 67:31 [Distr. by Allegro] ****:
This...
IN: NEWS & FEATURES
May 31, 2015
Seaside Music: Not in the Rough
by David Deveau
The 34th season of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival begins with Yo Yo Ma’s sold-out solo recital on June 4. Twenty-three concerts follow in what promises to be another fine installment in one of the areas...
MTA Lecturer in Music Elaine Kwon is featured on Neil DeGrasse Tyson's podcast.
The Science of Music with Josh Groban
LISTEN HERE
Galak Tika is excited to participate in Make Music Boston on Sunday June 21st. A small group of players will be performing at the Parkman Bandstand on The Boston Common from 3:00-4:00PM. We'll play some music and be offering gamelan lessons to anybody walking by!
Looking ahead, we'll also be...
Peter Child, Class of 1949 Professor of Music and chair of MIT Music and Theater Arts, was named a 2015 Artist Fellow by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The MCC's Artist Fellowships are highly competitive, decided by an anolymous review based solely on the artistic excellence of the creative...
The Infinite Winds CD produced by Fred Harris, director of jazz and wind ensembles and his ensembles received the highest rating review (5 stars, a rarity) on page 63 of the June issue of Down Beat Magazine. Down Beat is the most venerated jazz magazine world-wide.
Bigger and Better
by Fred...
Marcus Thompson, Robert R. Taylor Professor of Music and Margaret MacVicar Fellow, has just been appointed Institute Professor. This title is the highest honor bestowed by the Faculty and Administration of MIT on an esteemed member of the faculty for demonstrating exceptional distinction via a...
This Q & A with Anna Kohler, Senior Lecturer in Theater Arts was published by Sharon Lacey on the Arts at MIT webite.
Anna Kohler (Senior Lecturer, MTA) spent a good portion of the Spring semester merrily knocking idols off pedestals. With comical derision, she toppled eminent poets Byron,...
