MIT’s Gamelan Galak Tika and Queens College’s Gamelan Yowana Sari come together for a joint concert—a Balinese mebarung (melody competition)
Featuring new works by Evan Ziporyn, Kyle Miller, and Théo Mérigeau
Come for the music and stay for a light reception afterward, celebrating the release...
Thirteen Notes to Musical Fluency: How Brains Learn the Impossible
This talk explores how brains learn unfamiliar musical structures using the Bohlen-Pierce scale—a tritave-based tuning system—as a culturally neutral research paradigm. By studying learners , this work reveals fundamental mechanisms...
Special Live Concert with 21T.221 Lighting Design
Join us for a live concert featuring Ana Schon & The Reunion, with lighting design created and operated by students in MIT’s 21T.221 Lighting Design class.
This special performance brings together professional musicians and student designers in...
Bill McKibben, Here Comes the Sun Book Talk
Thursday, May 7, 2026 /5:00–6:00pm
MIT Killian Hall (14W-111)
160 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA
Acclaimed environmentalist and Solar Return for Change guest author and environmentalist Bill McKibben discusses his new book Here Comes the Sun—A Last Chance...
Emerson/Harris Masterclass Series
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 / 5:30–7:00pm
MIT Killian Hall (14W-111)
160 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA
Celebrated Argentine composer, arranger, pianist, and Solar Return for Change guest artist Guillermo Klein discusses his new work for the MIT Wind Ensemble, Guitierra,...
Emerson/Harris Masterclass Series
Thursday, May 7, 2026 / 7:00–8:30pm
MIT Killian Hall (14W-111)
160 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA
Renowned jazz guitarist and Solar Return for Change guest artist Ben Monder has enjoyed an illustrious career as a soloist and sideman for over thirty years. Currently...
Solar Return for Change Climate Poster Research Session
Friday, May 8, 2026 / 2:00–4:00pm
MIT Kresge Auditorium Lobby, W16
48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
MIT students and faculty present their current climate research with short talks and Q&A opportunities. Solar Return for Change...
Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 8 pm
Thomas Tull Concert Hall at MIT
KEERIL MAKAN - Madrigal for solo violin (2024)
GABRIELA ORTIZ - Puzzle-Tocas for wind quintet (2000)
SHAWN OKPEBHOLO - Wunlit for solo horn (2020)
ROBERT SCHUMANN - Piano Quartet, Op. 47 (1842)
Our season concludes back at MIT’s...
Tuesday, April 28th at 12pm
Thomas Tull Concert Hall
"We Are The Forest “ featuring an 8-channel spatial sound mix
Produced and directed-Jean Dunoyer
Executive Producer-Clayton Hainsworth
Sponsored by the Center for Arts, Science and Technology and MIT Video Productions
This Emmy nominated...
Japanese Pop Music: A Student Exhibition & Listening Party
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 7:30–9:00 PM Lewis Music Library
Join us for an evening celebrating Japanese popular music through the eyes and ears of MIT students. Students in 21M.299: Studies in Global Musics (Japanese Pop) will unveil...
