Bang Your Head! - Heavy Metal 101
Jeffrey Pearlin
Thu Jan 29, 06-08:00pm, 14N-225, Bring Earplugs!!!
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 29-Jan-2009
Single session event
Back by popular demand! Not Metallurgy! This crash-course will have you Head Banging, Air Guitaring, and Devil Horn Raising in no time! Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Heavy Metal, including who's cool, who isn't, why louder DOES mean better, and so much more! By the end of this one-time 2 hour class you will know why Metallica used to be cool, why Ballads never were, and why Lemmy IS God. We'll watch some video clips, look at metal culture, and, of course, listen to some SCREAMING HEAVY METAL! This is guaranteed to be the most BRUTAL class ever offered at MIT!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/pearlin/www/
Contact: Jeffrey Pearlin, 14N-305, 253-9776, pearlin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Jeffrey W Pearlin, 14N-305, 617 253-9776, pearlin@mit.edu
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Build Your Own Electric Guitar
John Armstong
Wed, Fri, Jan 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, 09-11:00am, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 19-Dec-2008
Limited to 5 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop membership
Fee: 350.00 for Materials and Guitar Parts
Have you ever wanted to make your very own electric guitar or bass? In this class you will build a great sounding Telecaster-style guitar or Precision-style bass. The process begins with a quality premade neck and a wood blank. Over four weeks, the blank will be transformed from a block of wood into the body of your guitar. A system of router templates provide a high degree of precision and help create a high quality guitar. The cost for a guitar is $350 and $325 for a bass. This includes all materials and parts, even strings, only Shop membership is additional. Registration is on a first paid basis, please specify guitar or bass and whether you play right or left-handed.
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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Change Ringing in the Tower
Teresa Gomez, James Whiting
Thu Jan 8, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 10, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 15, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 17, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 22, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 24, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
Thu Jan 29, 06:30-09:00pm, Lobby 7
Sat Jan 31, 10:30am-01:00pm, Lobby 7
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Change ringing is the traditional British style of ringing bells, brought over to the States in colonial times. (Paul Revere was a bellringer.) We follow mathematical patterns instead of sheet music to ring up to 8 large tower bells (weighing up to a ton each!), with each bell controlled by a single rope.
We'll meet in Lobby 7 at 6:30pm Thursdays and 10:30am Saturdays, then head over to Boston to ring (T fare supplied). Thursdays we ring at the Church of the Advent, near Beacon Hill, and Saturday mornings we're at the Old North Church in the North End. Come see the view out the top of the steeple, listen to us ring, and try it yourself. Previous musical experience is completely unnecessary.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/bellringers/www
Contact: Teresa Gomez, teremari@mit.edu
Sponsor: Guild of Bellringers
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Circular Breathing
Mikey Siegel
Sun Jan 25, 06-08:00pm, BARTOS, E15-Lower Le
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Sign up not required, but please try to email me if you plan
"Circular breathing is a special technique utilized by players of some wind instruments used to produce a continuous tone without break..."
--Wikipedia.
You can learn how to circular breathe!!!
EVERYONE is welcome, and this skill is applicable to a wide range of instruments and ninja skills. Instruments are NOT required.
Contact: Mikey Siegel, E15-468, (831) 247-7246, mikeys@media.mit.edu
Sponsor: Michael S Siegel, E15-468, 617 452-5605, mikeys@mit.edu
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FiLmprov
Mark Harvey
Fri Jan 30, 08-11:00pm, Killian Hall 14W-111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
FILM...MUSIC...IMPROV: Animated filmaker Kate Matson joins forces with an elite band of jazz improvisers, including Mark Harvey of the Music Section on trumpet and members of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra to present an in-the-moment FiLmprov event at IAP 2009. For more on FiLmprov, an ever-evolving experiment in the union of film, musical improvisation, poetry, and beyond, visit http://filmprov.tripod.com
Web: http://mharvey@mit.edu
Contact: Mark Harvey, 10-277, x2-3205, mharvey@mit.edu
Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts
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Fiddle-Dee-Dee During IAP
George Ruckert
Thu Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, Lewis Music Library
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Able to play traditional music
Join in a Traditional Folk Session at the Lewis Music Library! Participants will bring their own folk instruments and play from a list of common session tunes - it's fun, it's casual, it's free!
Contact: Cate Gallivan, 14 E-109, x3-7389, categal@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Introduction to Change Ringing on Handbells
Teresa Gomez, James Whiting, Cally Perry, Elaine Hansen
Mon Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, 07:30-09:45pm, 3-343, 3-442
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
An introduction to the traditional British way of ringing bells called change ringing. Because of the way the bells are hung in a church tower, we do not ring tunes on the bells. Instead, we ring permutations of the bell orders by following particular mathematical patterns. Come hear about change-ringing, listen to us practice on handbells, and learn how to do it yourself.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/bellringers/www
Contact: Cally Perry, bellringers@mit.edu
Sponsor: Guild of Bellringers
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Is This On? (Learn To Be a College DJ)
Generoso Fierro
Wed Jan 28, 06-08:00pm, 50-030
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 10-Jan-2009
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Checking levels, making a segue, cueing vinyl (vinyl-what's that?)
Get to know your campus radio station (WMBR) as DJ Generoso teaches you various skills of doing a radio show. Then, learn some history of WMBR (the first punk rock radio show in the USA), have a tour of the station and obtain membership information.
Freshly baked cookies and milk will be provided because Andy would've wanted it that way.
Contact: Generoso Fierro, 13-2090, x3-5965, generoso@mit.edu
Sponsor: WMBR Radio
Cosponsor: Comparative Media Studies
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Mathematics Department Music Recital
Timothy Nguyen
Thu Jan 29, 03-05:00pm, 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: Timothy Nguyen, 2-310, x4-1231, timothyn@math.mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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Middle Eastern Drumming
Eliad Shmuel, George Kirby
Sun Jan 18, 07-09:00pm, W11 Main Dinning Roo
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Spend an evening learning Middle Eastern rhythms on the dara bukka/dumbeg, an hourglass-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. If you have any interest in learning more about Middle Eastern culture this program is for you! Guest teacher George Kirby.
The class is co-sponsored with MISTI Israel
Contact: Eliad Shmuel, W11-040, x3-2982, eliad@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hillel
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NOUR in Concert
Bedross Der Matossian
Fri Jan 23, 07:30-11:00pm, Killian Hall-14W-111
Single session event
Features the NY based musical group NOUR. NOURishing itself from Middle Eastern polyglot folk traditions, NOUR means pomegranate in Armenian, divine light in Arabic. Songs in Armenian, Kurdish, Turkish, Ladino, Arabic, Hebrew, Assyrian and Greek. Pomegranate is the heavenly fruit of the old world symbolizing fertility, abundance, and sanctity. In line with its pomegranate nature, NOUR is rich in anti-oxidants and enhances its audience's cardio-vascular health. EX ORIENTE LUX concert illuminates the New World with the divine light that NOUR brought from the Old one.
Ayda Erbal - lead vocals, daf, dumbek, percussions
Ozan Aksoy - vocals, saz, kaval, ney, percussions
Bedross Der Matossian - keyboards, shvi, duduk, percussions, vocals
Z. Umut Turem- oud, vocals
Mustafa Avci - vocals, saz
Gabrielle Clark - violin
Contact: Bedross Der Matossian, E51-178, 253-9621, bedross@mit.edu
Sponsor: History
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Piano Recital by Sunghee Shin
Sis de Bordenave
Sat Jan 31, 07-09:00pm, Killian Hall
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
An evening of music will be performed by pianist Sunghee Shin who began playing the piano at an early age in South Korea, graduated from Busan National University, and moved to Russia to continue her postgraduate piano studies at the Moscow Conservatory.
Ms. Shin has participated in master classes at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Korea-IBACH Festival; performed recitals at Moscow Conservatory, Gagarinsky Hall, and the National Culture Hall in Busan; performed with Russian contemporary composer Alexander Rudin; and accompanied solo vocals and chorus in Moscow and Korea.
Her travels brought her to MIT where her husband is an MTL Visiting Scholar in EECS. Tonight she performs a selection of classical piano pieces especially chosen for this occasion. You are invited to come, listen and enjoy!
Contact: Sis de Bordenave, 10-342, 253-3656, esdeb@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Womens League
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The Art of Listening to Jazz
Alain Pacowski Jazz guitarist and a Berklee College of Music graduate
Thu Jan 22, 29, 06-07:30pm, 4-160
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
This is for the beginner. Truly appreciating Jazz goes beyond just listening to the music. We propose to cover the elements of jazz, including improvisation, harmony and instrumentation. We'll look at the history of jazz and examine the contributions of the legendary masters and innovators. We'll provide pointers to good jazz albums, radio programs, local jazz clubs, and the current scene. This will be done through a combination of lectures, audio/video clips and live demonstrations by two jazz musicians.
Contact: deva@alum.mit.ed
Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts
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The Quire of Carolingia: Medieval Choral Music
Lady Eowyn Eilonwy of Alewife Brooke
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: No experience necessary.
Come sing with us from a varied selection of Medieval and Renaissance songs. Open to all interested in singing pre-1600, mixed-ensemble, a capella music. Ability to read music is helpful but not required. Music is provided.
Contact: Lady Eowyn Eilonwy of Alewife Brooke, quire@mit.edu
Sponsor: Society for Creative Anachronism
Yuletide Music
Lady Eowyn Eilonwy of Alewife Brooke
Twelfth Night was only last week, so we'll take one more swing through seasonal music from several times and places.
Mon Jan 12, 08:30-10:00pm, 36-112
Drinking Songs and Other Diversions
Lady Eowyn Eilonwy of Alewife Brooke
When you're drinking with friends, what pleasanter way to round out the time than to sing together? If you are presently lacking drink, you can sing about what it would be like. And if you're too young to drink yet,
you can practice for later. Learn several suitable songs for belting out in such circumstances. (NB: This activity does not involve any actual alcohol.)
Mon Jan 19, 08:30-10:00pm, 36-112
Madrigals and Similar Lovelorn Laments
Lady Eowyn Eilonwy of Alewife Brooke
Think you have romantic troubles? So did the Renaissance English and Italians—as they explained at length and in exquisite harmony. Join us to emulate them.
Mon Jan 26, 08:30-10:00pm, 36-112
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The Waytes of Carolingia: Medieval Dance Music
Herr Udalrich Schermer
Mon Jan 12, 19, 26, 07-08:30pm, 36-112
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: No experience necessary.
Come learn how they really used to play it! The Waytes is open to all interested in playing pre-1600 music, especially dance music, in a broken (mixed-instrument) ensemble. Members are expected to have their own instruments and to know, at least basically, how to play them—although some loaner instruments and lessons may be arrangeable. Music is provided.
Contact: Herr Udalrich Schermer, waytes@mit.edu
Sponsor: Society for Creative Anachronism
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