Choral Workshop: Music of Ancient Russia
Benjamin Monreal
Sat Jan 26, 02-05:00pm, MIT Chapel
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: Singing experience or ability to read music
Prior to Peter the Great, musicians in Russia had no contact with the music of Western Europe; they developed beautiful and unusual musical styles of their own. Although they are extensively quoted by Rachmanninov, these chants are not often heard today. In this workshop, we will learn and sing a selection of chant, polyphony, and kant from pre-Western Russia. No Russian language experience necessary! All voice parts are welcome. We will end the workshop with an open rehearsal in the MIT Chapel. Advance sign-up required for photocopying purposes
Contact: Benjamin Monreal, 44-119A, x3-5821, bmonreal@mit.edu
Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts
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Concert Band Rehearsal
Thomas Reynolds
Tue Jan 8, Thu Jan 10, Tue Jan 15, Thu Jan 17, Tue Jan 22, 08-10:00pm, Kresge Auditorium
Thu Jan 24, 08-10:00pm, Twenty Chimneys
Tue, Thu, Jan 29, 31, 08-10:00pm, Kresge Auditorium
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Basic working knowledge of a concert band instrument.
Dust off your instrument and come join the band as we rehearse for our Spring performance of DeMeij's Lord of
the Rings Symphony. No auditions necessary. We have some instruments to loan; if you don't have yours, ask!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/band
Contact: Jessica Fry, jessifry@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Concert Band
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Course MIX
Philip Tan
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
So you want to be a DJ! Learn how to hook up DJ equipment, then get some tips on how to use them. How do you avoid blowing your speakers? What are beatmatching and scratching? All this and more from the MIT Dance Mix Coalition!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitdmc/www/iap
Contact: Philip Tan, 14N-217, philip@mit.edu
Sponsor: Dance Mix Coalition
MIX.001 Speakers Inputs Cables Phonographs
Philip Tan
Gear, gear, gear! Planning on borrowing equipment in the future? Learn how to: plug mics into mixers, save speakers, set trim knobs, unkink cables, sample loops, balance tonearms, clean CDs and vinyl, replace phono cartridges...
Tue Jan 8, 02:30-03:30pm, W20-491
MIX.002 Cold Cuts and Mixatronics
Philip Tan
Beatmatching and scratching, the salt and pepper of gourmet mixes. Learn to savor smooth segues, drop in disparate dishes, blend beats and breaks, slice up samples, fricassee fat frequencies, annoy with alliterations!
Tue Jan 22, 02:30-03:30pm, W20-491
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ESG Musical Concert
Holly Sweet, Lee Perlman
Fri Jan 25, 02-03:00pm, 24-612
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
ESG will be hosting a musical concert for the entire MIT community. Staff, students, and alumni from ESG will perform a range of styles of music on different instruments, with refreshments served after the concert.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Holly Sweet, 24-612, x3-7786, hbsweet@mit.edu
Sponsor: Experimental Study Group
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IAP Orchestra
Frederick Harris
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 25, 07:30-10:00pm, Kresge Auditorium
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Open to all string, woodwind, brass, and percussion players
The IAP Symphony Orchestra will rehearse and perform the Brahms First Symphony, Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and a work for string orchestra. Audition is necesssary only for those students who are not currently in MITSO or the MIT Wind Ensemble. All others should contact Dr. Harris for an audition appointment. Concert date is January 25.
Contact: Frederick Harris, 10-271, x2-2283, fharris@mit.edu
Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts
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Identity: New Music for a New Century
Frederick Harris
Thu Jan 17, 08-11:00pm, Killian Hall,14W-111, Pre-concert talk at 7:15PM
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Vocalist Mili Bermejo along with drummer/arranger George Schuller will join forces to produce a multi-layered approach to song and orchestration. Take Bermejo's heritage of folk-based and socially inspired music from Latin America, informed by her deep understanding of jazz improvisation and composition, and merge that with a septet of horns and rhythm led by George Schuller (Orange Then Blue, Schulldogs) and you have a remarkable blend of music from the far corners of the world united by a common thread: jazz. With guests pianist Tim Ray (Lyle Lovett), saxophonist Donny McCaslin (Danilo Perez), and bassist Dan Greenspan.
Contact: Frederick Harris, 10-271, x2-2283, fharris@mit.edu
Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts
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Introduction to Change Ringing in the Tower
Danielle Morse, James Whiting, John Danaher
Thu Jan 10, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 12, 19, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 24, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 26, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 31, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Come learn change ringing on the tower bells! Change ringing is the traditional British method of ringing bells, using mathematical permutations- as well as large bells controlled by one rope! We will meet in Lobby 7 and catch the T to one of the towers in Boston.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/bellringers/www
Contact: Danielle Morse, 225-9116, dmorse@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Guild of Bellringers
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Introduction to Change Ringing on Handbells
Danielle Morse, John Danaher, Cally Perry, Elaine Hansen
Mon Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 07-09:00pm, 5-234
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
An introduction to the British way of ringing bells -- change ringing. Because of the way the bells are hung in a church tower, the handbells do not ring tunes, instead, they ring permutations in mathematical patterns. Come and try on handbells!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/bellringers/www
Contact: Danielle Morse, 225-9116, dmorse@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Guild of Bellringers
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MIT & Boston Conservatory of Music Collaboration Concert
Dante Anzolini
Thu Jan 31, 08-11:00pm, Kresge Auditorium
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Featuring: The Boston Conservatory of Music Orchestra with guest performers from the MIT Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Dante Anzolini (Music Director of the MIT Symphony Orchestra)
Program: The program will include Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet and a Concerto featuring the winner of the Boston Conservatory Concerto Competition. Admission: Free
Contact: Christina Jensen, 4-243, x2-2394, cvjensen@mit.edu
Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts
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Mathematics Department Music Recital
Tilman Bauer
Fri Feb 1, 06-08:00pm, Killian Recital Hall
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This annual concert gives those in the mathematics community, together with family and friends, a chance to perform for each other. Come to play or listen.
Contact: Tilman Bauer, 2-492, x3-4093, tilman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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Middle Eastern Drumming Rhythms
George Kirby
Sun Jan 13, 08-10:00pm, W11-Main Dining Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Spend an evening learning Middle Eastern rhythms on the dara bukka/dumbeg, the hour-glass shaped drum. We will be learning and practicing a variety of rhythms and techniques especially as used for folk dancing. Bring your own drum if you have one.
Contact: Miriam Rosenblum, W11-039, x3-2982, miriamr@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hillel
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Piano Concert for A Good Cause
Lisa Katz, Jay Hancock, Jon Mansfield
Sun Jan 20, 01:30-03:00pm, Killian Hall
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Fee: 5.00 for students, $10. others, as a recommended donation to charity
Enjoy classical works by Chopin, Mozart, Brahms, and more by Dr. Dan Goodman, G89, in this concert to benefit a charity, TBA. In the second half, he will improv music to your theme ideas!
Contact: Lisa Katz, x3-2982, lisaka@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hillel
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Sight Reading Party!
Jessica Fry
Tue Jan 29, 08-10:00pm, Kresge Auditorium
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: willingness to try some new music
Is your instrument lying unused and dusty under your bed?
Dust it off and come play with the Concert Band as we
try out some music few of us have ever seen before! Pieces
will include some standard Concert Band fare, as well as
pieces that have been written especially for the band.
Contact: Jessica Fry, jessifry@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Concert Band
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