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 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST 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 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/arts-makan-1122.html Keeril Makan, 35, is a sought-after contemporary composer who has received commissions from various ensembles and organizations all over the country and has participated in music festivals around the world. Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/arts-makan-1122.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/music-library-1101.html The newly renovated Rosalind Denny Lewis Music Library opened its doors 10 years ago. People entered the library more than 500,000 times; approximately 330,000 items were circulated and more than 20 concerts and events were performed in the library by MIT faculty, students and staff. Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/music-library-1101.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/violin.html Diana Young, a Ph.D. candidate in the Hyperinstruments Group of the MIT Media Lab, has developed a new electronic sensing system to measure minute changes in the position, acceleration and strain of a violin bow. Thu, 6 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/violin.html