MIT Wind Ensemble: Solar Return for Change Spring 2026 Concert Live Webcast 

Friday | May 08, 2026 | 08:00 pm EDT

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Presented by MIT Music and Theater Arts (MTA) and the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)

With generous support from the MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance and the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC)

This environmentally themed concert brings together three of the most innovative musicians of their generations with the MIT Wind Ensemble and celebrated author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben. The performance features the world premiere of Guillermo Klein’s Guitierra, a prayer for the Earth, and Klein’s Solar Return Suite, a work honoring the energy and depth of the natural world. Solar Return Suite is performed in honor of the 20th anniversary of its premiere by the MIT Wind Ensemble in 2006. It features MacArthur Fellow and GRAMMY®-winning saxophonist Miguel Zenón, Professor of Jazz at MIT, alongside the internationally renowned jazz guitarist Ben Monder.

Featuring the world premiere of Guitierra.

MIT Wind Ensemble

Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director

Guillermo Klein, composer-pianist

Miguel Zenón, saxophonist

Ben Monder, guitarist

Bill McKibben, Guest Speaker