1 | Th | MTA Composer Forum presents: Florian Hollenweger. The Revolution is Hear! Sound Art, the Everyday, and Aural Awareness. 5pm, MIT Lewis Music Library, 14E-109. Free. A reception will follow.
2 | Fri | Emerson Scholars Student Recital. Ray Hua Wu ’16, piano. Shostakovich, Preludes, Op. 34, #16, 24; Wu, Barcarolle; Beethoven, Sonata Op. 109; Chopin, Nocturne, Op, 27, No. 2 and Scherzo, Op. 39. 12pm, Killian Hall.
2 | Fri | MIT Wind Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director. Kenneth Amis, Assistant Conductor. Dana Wilson’s Day Dreams; Creston, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble, Tina Kambil, ’16, soloist; Toch, Spiel for Wind Ensemble; Gossec, Symphonie Militaire; Wagner: Elsa’s Procession from the Cathedral; Ticheli: Postcard. 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. Gen. adm. $5; Free via Eventbrite, to MIT community with MIT email. Tickets: http://mitmta.eventbrite.com/ and at the door.
3 | Sat | Outdoor Concert. Rambax, MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble, Lamine Touré, director. 3pm Stratton Student Center Steps. Rain Location: Lobdell, 2nd Floor, Stratton Student Center. Free.
3 | Sat | Guest Artist Concert. Robert Crowe, male soprano; with Laura Gulley, Baroque violin; Naama Lion, Baroque flute; Daniel Rowe, Baroque cello; Seungok Lee, harpsichord; Victor Coehlo, theorbo. Bach, The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 and Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV, 1038; Händel, Nine German Arias, HWV 202-210. Introduction by Handel scholar, Ellen T. Harris, Professor of Music Emeritus. 7pm, Killian Hall. Free.
Robert Crowe, described by the New York Times as “a male soprano of staggering gifts,“ is a member of perhaps the world’s smallest vocal category. His education was completed at the Manhattan School of Music, after receiving a master of music from Boston University School for the Arts. In 1995 he was only the second countertenor (and first male soprano) to be a National Winner of the Metropolitan Opera Competition having his professional debut as ‘Cherubino’ at the Des Moines Metro Opera. Mr. Crowe has sung on many stages in the US and in Europe. He is completing a PhD in Historical Musicology specializing in the history of the castrati at Boston University. http://robertcrowe.weebly.com/
4 | Sun | MIT Student Recitals
11am, Emerson Scholar Student Recital. Stanislav Tsitkov ‘15, clarinet; Eileen Huang, piano. Françaix, Tema con Variazioni; Salieri, Carnivale de Venezia; Schumann, Fantasiestücke; Bruch, Selection from 8 Works for Clarinet and Viola.
12pm, MIT Emerson Scholars Student Wind Recital.
2pm, MIT Emerson Scholars Student Piano Recital. Killian Hall. Free.