IAP 2018 Activities by Sponsor - Music and Theater Arts

Joe Paradiso, Alexander W. Dreyfoos Prof. in Media Arts & Sciences

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

Although ‘Prog’ (a.k.a. Progressive) Rock is strongly associated with the iconic British arena bands of the early/mid 1970s, it’s become a thriving international musical phenomenon.  Over the past decades, it has cross-fertilized with many different kinds of music (drawing from classical, jazz, academic, and world music at least as much as rock) and spawned many subgenres, including Rock-in-Opposition, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Space Rock, Krautrock, Symphonic Prog, Mathrock, etc.  In most of its forms, Prog is often known for the extreme virtuosity of its musicians, the complexity of its compositions, quirky and dynamic meters, the use of groundbreaking studio techniques, and the edgy timbres and sounds of its instruments.  Although mostly veiled in cultural obscurity, Prog Rock is now a worldwide phenomenon, with avid musicians, fans, and scenes active in every populated continent.  The Prog scene isn’t ‘retro’ - it works as a musical laboratory that hatches bold new musical ideas that diffuse into the mainstream often many years later  In this lunchtime IAP seminar, I will provide a ‘tasting tour’ through Prog Rock, introducing some of its most fundamental and vital bands while emphasizing, exploring, and celebrating this edgy music as we sample needledrops from essentially every subgenre of Prog hailing from all corners of the globe.  Further info will be posted at http://prog.media.mit.edu

Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences, Music and Theater Arts
Contact: Joseph Paradiso, E14-548P, 617 253-8988, JOEP@MEDIA.MIT.EDU

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An Introduction to Prog Rock

	Jan/10	Wed	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Jan/12	Fri	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Jan/17	Wed	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Jan/18	Thu	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Jan/19	Fri	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Jan/24	Wed	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Jan/26	Fri	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Jan/31	Wed	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341
	Feb/02	Fri	12:00PM-01:30PM	E15-341

1: Intro - Prog's genesis in psychedelia, classic prog, etc.

2; Canterbury

3: Rock in Opposition

4: Zeuhl

5: Space Rock and Neopsychedelia

6: French & Quebecois Prog

7: Rock Progressivo Italiano

8: Germany, Berlin, and Krautrock (perhaps some Scandinavia too)

9: Japanese Prog

Joe Paradiso - Alexander W. Dreyfoos Prof. in Media Arts & Sciences

Joe Diaz, Tushar Swamy

	Jan/08	Mon	06:30PM-08:00PM	4-145
	Jan/12	Fri	06:30PM-08:00PM	4-153
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	Jan/29	Mon	06:30PM-08:00PM	4-145
	Feb/02	Fri	06:30PM-08:00PM	4-153

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

Not a Metallurgy class! This veteran crash-course is coming back in full force and 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 how Metallica tries too hard to be cool, why Lemmy IS God (RIP), and why you might already be a metalhead and not even know it. 

 

We'll look at metal cultures, explore the fringes of the most extreme forms of metal, and, of course, listen to some SCREAMING HEAVY METAL! This is guaranteed to be the most BRUTAL class ever offered at MIT! Learn more at metal.mit.edu.

 

WARNING: This series most definitely goes to 11!  Earplugs optional.

Sponsor(s): Music and Theater Arts
Contact: Joe Diaz, josephpdiaz@gmail.com

Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin

	Jan/08	Mon	02:00PM-03:30PM	4-162
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Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/31
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Intermediate to advanced performance level, pref. w/ensemble

This course provides an opportunity for flutists to improve their instrumental skills in a traditional, large flute ensemble configuration, while learning and performing interesting music in a wide range of musical styles from the 16th -21st centuries.  Bass flute, alto flutes and piccolos will be made available for students to play. The ensemble may also divide into smaller groupings.

Prereq: Intermediate to advanced performance level, preferably with some previous experience playing in musical ensembles. 

Enrollment: maximum 15 students,  by audition or permission of instructor

Sponsor(s): Music and Theater Arts
Contact: Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, suellen@mit.edu

Jean Rife, Lecturer in Music

	Jan/08	Mon	11:00AM-01:00PM	Killian Hall
	Jan/09	Tue	11:00AM-01:00PM	Killian Hall
	Jan/10	Wed	11:00AM-01:00PM	Killian Hall
	Jan/16	Tue	11:00AM-01:00PM	Killian Hall
	Jan/17	Wed	11:00AM-01:00PM	Killian Hall
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Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/10
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Please contact and meet instructor by December 10th.

In this class, you will 

-see and play the three different harpsichords on campus
-take a trip to an extensive private collection in Harvard Square
-compare and contrast harpsichord technique with piano technique to achieve the most beautiful sound
-play early music literature on instruments much more suited to that music than is the piano
-perform, study, and hear harpsichord music by the English Virginalists and the court musicians of Louis XIV
-perform and hear early Italian, Spanish music for harpsichord
-perform, study, and hear harpsichord music by Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Couperin, Rameau
-study and experience Basso Continuo playing
-become familiar with the inner workings of these beautiful instruments.

 

Limited to eight performing participants.  Please contact and meet with the instructor before December 10 in order to agree on the literature you will be playing over the course of the two weeks.  You will be expected to practice this music on piano, harpsichord, electronic keyboard or organ before the beginning of the class.

 

Sponsor(s): Music and Theater Arts
Contact: Jean Rife, 10-273, (617) 253-4964, jeanrife@mit.edu