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MIT's Makan wins Rome Prize

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. April 11, 2008

Alum 'zaps' MOS

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. April 25, 2007

ICA presents Machover work

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. March 21, 2007

Condry explores Japanese hip-hop in new book

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. March 7, 2007

Media Lab plans 'sonic bath' for Music Library

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." January 10, 2007

Makan's '2' will be performed next month

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. November 22, 2006

R.D. Lewis Music Library turns 10

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. November 1, 2006

Building a better violin bow? Sounds good!

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. July 6, 2006

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