The origins of MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) date back as far as 1884 when the first MIT Tech Orchestra appeared on campus along with the Banjo and Glee Clubs. The orchestra disbanded and re-appeared several times over the years that followed until 1947, when Klaus Liepmann (1907-1990), MIT’s...
The MIT Symphony Orchestra holds an annual Concerto Competition at the beginning of each spring semester. The winner is featured on a MITSO concert in Kresge Auditorium. This year's competition will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025 between 11am - 3pm in Killian Hall.
Competition Information...
2021 - 2022
Saturday, October 16th
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (Venkat Sivaraman, piano)
Respighi: Feste Romane
Friday, November 19th
Mayer: Faust Overture
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
Friday, March 11th
Peel: Dusk to Dawn
Márquez: Danzón no. 2
Sarasate: Carmen...
On their new musically diverse an critically acclaimed CD Infinite Winds, the MIT Wind Ensemble and the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble present three long form compositions by three innovative and highly regarded composers: Guillermo Klein, Chick Corea and Don Byron. The Corea and Byron pieces are world...
History of Jazz at MIT
In the early 1950s, the MIT Jazz Society was founded by a small group of enthusiastic students. The construction of Kresge Auditorium in 1955 provided a space for students and local musicians to jam and eventually present concerts. When professional musicians passed through...
On their new musically diverse an critically acclaimed CD Infinite Winds, the MIT Wind Ensemble and the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble present three long form compositions by three innovative and highly regarded composers: Guillermo Klein, Chick Corea and Don Byron. The Corea and Byron pieces are world...
Repertoire:
MITWE concert repertoire has included:
Gustav Holst: Second Suite
Ralph Vaughn Williams: Folk Song Suite
Hindemith: Symphony in Bb
Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore, Lincolnshire Posy
John Harbison: Abraham
Evan Zipoyrn (world premiere): The Ornate Zither and the Nomad Flute
Lior Navok...
April 2015
Magali Souriau, Cendrillon
April 2015
John Harbison, Never Time, for Ran Blake
April 2013
Chick Corea, From Forever, Suite for Big Band
April 2012
John Harbison, I’m Through, Round the Bend, The Moon is Down, Yehudi Wyner
April 2011
John...
"Conductor Adam Boyles's performance here was strikingly energetic, but still precise enough to lend the orchestra a startlingly unified sound: here were not eighty individuals, but one voice, and one message."
"After a good performance, one thinks, 'I don't think that could have been any better...
MIT Chamber Chorus 2016-2017
November 19, 2016
To be announced...
April 21, 2017
To be announced...
