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Music

Bang Your Head! - Heavy Metal 101
Jeffrey Pearlin
Thu Jan 27, 06-08:00pm, 14N-217

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 27-Jan-2011
Single session event

Not Metallurgy! Celebrating its fifth year, 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 single-session 2 hour seminar 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-329B, 253-9776, pearlin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Jeffrey W Pearlin, 14N-329B, 617 253-9776, pearlin@mit.edu

Beginning Music Synthesis: Discover MIT's hidden music studio.
Molly Ruggles
Fri Jan 28, 10:30am-12:00pm, NMC 26-139

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 27-Jan-2011
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Bring flash drive. Use piano keyboard as compositional tool

Learn about Apple's Garage Band and its range of musical and sonic features. We'll explore the software interface, its capabilities, musical and more. Bring a flash drive. Best for those with some musical experience and who are comfortable using the piano keyboard as a compositional tool.

To sign up: email Molly Ruggles
Limited to MIT students, faculty and staff
Contact: Molly Ruggles, NE 48-308, (617) 324-9185, ruggles@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology

Change Ringing in the Tower
Elaine Hansen Alum, Ricky Morse, Asher Kaboth, Emily Russell
Wed Jan 5, 06:30-09:00pm, see below
Sun Jan 9, 01:30-04:00pm, see below
Wed Jan 12, 06:30-09:00pm, see below
Sat Jan 15, 10:30am-01:00pm, see below
Wed, Jan 19, 26, 06:30-09:00pm, see below

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

Change ringing is the traditional British style of ringing bells. We follow mathematical patterns instead of sheet music to ring up to 8 large tower bells with each bell controlled by a single rope. We ring the bells at Church of the Advent and Old North Church in Boston.

We have organized a several open practices during IAP particularly to focus on beginners and provide an in-depth introduction to change ringing and one-on-one instruction.

If you are unable to make one of these sessions but are still interested in learning to ring, please contact us.

Please wear comfortable, warm clothes. No previous musical experience necessary. We often go out to for a bite to eat after practice, and you are welcome to join us.

The Guild of Bellringers is a secular organization.  All are welcome.

All classes will meet in Kendall Square Food Court, outside the COOP and travel to the towers together
Web: http://web.mit.edu/bellringers/www
Contact: Emily Russell, bellringers@mit.edu
Sponsor: Guild of Bellringers

ESG Musical Concert
Graham Ramsay
Fri Jan 21, 12-12:45pm, 24-612

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

An informal concert will be presented featuring the musical talents of ESG staff, students, and alumni. The concert is free and open to the entire MIT community. Lunch will be served after the concert.
Contact: Graham Ramsay, 24-610, x8-0481, ramsay@mit.edu
Sponsor: Experimental Study Group

Irish traditional music session
Rosanne Santucci
Tue Jan 25, 07-09:30pm, 8-205

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

The traditional instrumental music of Ireland consists primarily of dance music — reels, jigs, polkas, hornpipes, slides and the like. There are literally thousands of existing tunes with new ones being added all the time, and the possibilities for variation are endless. This session is an opportunity for musicians to practice tunes in a relaxed, informal setting. The first hour will be a slow session geared towards people with little or no experience in playing Irish music, while the remainder will be uptempo for more seasoned players. Although sheet music and alternate notation will be provided, the best way to learn is to listen, since this is an oral tradition (and besides, there’s no room for music stands in pubs!).

For players of flute, violin, whistle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, accordion, concertina, pipes, harp, bodhrán, or related instruments.
Contact: Rosanne Santucci, 12-127, x3-1196, santucci@mit.edu
Sponsor: Rosanne S Santucci, 12-127, 617 253-1196, santucci@mit.edu

Is This On? (Learn To Be a College DJ)
Generoso Fierro
Mon Jan 10, 06-07:30pm, 50-030, Walker Memorial Basement/WMBR

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 10-Jan-2011
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.

OPEN ONLY TO WMBR Students, Staff and Faculty.
Contact: Generoso Fierro, 13-2090, x3-5965, generoso@mit.edu
Sponsor: WMBR Radio
Cosponsor: Comparative Media Studies

Mathematics Department Music Recital
Dana Mendelson, Michael Andrews
Thu Jan 27, 03:30-05:00pm, 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: Dana Mendelson, 2-251, x3-7566, dmende@math.mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics

Middle Eastern Drumming
Ethan Sokol, Guest teacher George Kirby class of '79
Mon Jan 10, 07:30-09:30pm, W20 Coffee Lounge

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!
We have a few extras drums to use for practice, feel free to come with other instruments.
Contact: Ethan Sokol, esokol@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hillel

Musical Mechanical Engineers
Barbara Hughey
Fri Jan 28, ??-??:00am


Friday, Jan 28, time TBA, Killian Hall (14W-111)
No enrollment limit, advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 03-Jan-2011

Participate in the second annual IAP Course 2 concert! Anyone affiliated with the Mechanical Engineering department is invited to perform in a concert to be held in Killian Hall on Friday, Jan 28, time TBA. The hall will be available in the morning for run-throughs, and the concert will be in the afternoon. You may form your own group, or simply sign up and ask to be placed in a group. Information is posted on the Wiki (link below)

Web: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2IAPCONCERT/Home
Contact: Barbara Hughey, bhughey@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
Web: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2IAPCONCERT/Home
Contact: Barbara Hughey, bhughey@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering

They Danced to This? French Harpsichord Music
Jean Rife, Teresa Neff
Fri Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, Lewis Music Library

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 70 participants.
Single session event

This event will consist of a performance and discussion of harpsichord suites by Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre and Jean-Philippe Rameau. Harpsichordist Jean Rife will perform this music and musicologist Teresa Neff will provide commentary and historical context to the music. There may even be some dancing!
Contact: Peter Munstedt, 14E-109, 253-5636, pmunsted@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Music and Theater Arts

World Folk Music Jam Session
Ariel Weinberg, Yaron Shragai
Thu Jan 20, 07:30-09:30pm, 20 Chimneys-W20 3 fl

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Learn to play in time signatures you've never heard of!

An open jam session featuring traditional folk dance music from a variety of countries, led by Skorosmrtnica, a local folk dance band with its roots at MIT.

Tunes will be from the Balkans (Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Greek, and others) and a variety of other genres (klezmer, Romanian, Armenian, Israeli, Breton (the Celtic part of France), Russian, German, Scottish, Swedish, Quebecois, English, and American old time).

Sheet music will be provided. Bring an instrument, or come to listen. No folk music experience necessary!
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc
Contact: Ariel Weinberg, N51-210, 253-3378, asweinbe@mit.edu
Sponsor: Folk Dance Club


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