http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/music.html Music technology headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/music.html 88 31 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/3qziporyn-0622.html In this installment of '3 Questions,' Evan Ziporyn, the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music, talks about his new opera, 'A House in Bali,' which is based on a true-life story and combines Balinese and Western musical forms. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/3qziporyn-0622.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/music-mit-tt0415.html Later this month, the MIT community will celebrate the 70th birthday of one of America's most prominent and prolific composers, Pulitzer Prize-winning musician John Harbison, with a special tribute concert and symposium. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/music-mit-tt0415.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/chameleon-guitar-0203.html Built by a student at MIT's Media Lab the Chameleon Guitar -- so named for its ability to mimic different instruments -- is an electric guitar whose body has a separate central section that is removable. Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/chameleon-guitar-0203.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/rome-prize-0411.html MIT professor Keeril Makan, a musician and composer acclaimed for his technique of layering recorded and live sounds, has been awarded the prestigious Rome Prize by the American Academy in Rome for 2008-2009. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/rome-prize-0411.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/alumzap-0425.html Christine Southworth's "Zap!" combines a Van de Graaff generator, flutes, guitar, cello, bass, piano, robots and human voices. The composition will be performed at the Museum of Science's Theater of Electricity (Science Park, Boston) on Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/alumzap-0425.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/arts-machover-0321.html MIT Media Lab composer Tod Machover, known for his innovativeness as a musician and as a creator of new technology for musical instruments, will present an evening performance of work commissioned for the Grammy Award-winning Ying Quartet. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/arts-machover-0321.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/arts-japan-0307.html Six months of hanging out in smoky, grungy "genbas," or Japanese hip-hop clubs, gave cultural anthropologist Ian Condry insight into how American rap music and attitudes were being transformed by the youth in Japan. Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/arts-japan-0307.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/music-library-0110.html The Lewis Music Library will be transformed into what Tod Machover, professor of media arts and sciences, calls a "sonic bath" next week as graduate students from the Media Laboratory join him in a collaboration with library staff to present "Library Music." Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/music-library-0110.html