December 2014

Jazz-Combo-10-20-14-1272 | Tue | CMS Jazz Combos Concert. Keala Kaumeheiwa, coach. CMS combo 1: Jonathan Abbott, trumpet; Manuel Aristaran, bass; Jake Burga, tenor sax; Justin Gong, alto sax; Henry Kavle, piano; Olivier Midy, baritone sax; Stephanie Newton, tenor sax; Daniel Smithwick, drums; Fulton Wang, piano; Joshua Woodard, violin. CMS combo 2: Nat Atnafu, bass; Jason Choi, alto sax; Clark Davenport, drums; Alexandra Geffrey, alto sax; Luca Giancardo, alto and soprano sax; Dave Lawrence, piano; Alex Mijailovic, guitar; Luke Roberto, vibraphone; Andrew Smith, trumpet; Stas Tsitkov, clarinet. CMS combo 3: Stephen Allsop, piano; Clark Davenport, drums; Dennis Miaw, guitar; Mark Mimee, bass; Sahin Naqvi, alto sax’ Jim Van Deventer, tenor sax. 8pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

MITSO5 | Fri | MIT Symphony Orchestra, Adam K. Boyles, director. Bloch, Finale (Fugue) from Concerto Grosso, No. 1; 
Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano; Elgar, Symphony No. 1. 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. Admission $5; Free, in advance via Eventbrite, to MIT community with MIT email.
Tickets at http://mitmta.eventbrite.com and at the door.

6 | Sat | MIT Emerson Scholars String Recital, 10am, Killian Hall.  Free.

Wind-Ensemble-10-2-13-1026 | Sat | MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., music director. Mark Harvey, guest composer-conductor. Featuring music composed for FJE, including Kenny Werner’s Institute of Higher Learning; music by Harvey, Gillespie, Mingus, Jones, Stitt, and new works by FJE members. 8pm, Kresge Auditorium. General admission $5; Free, in advance via Eventbrite, to MIT community with MIT email address. Tickets at http://mitmta.eventbrite.com and at the door.

7 | Sun | MIT Emerson Scholars Wind Recital, 10:30am, Killian Hall. Free.

twopianos7 | Sun | Chamber Music Society Concert. BRAHMS, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b (1873), Daniel Manesh (G), piano; Andrew Wang (G), piano; ROTA, Sarabande and Toccata for Harp (1945), Nora Kelsall ’18, harp; HONEGGER, Sonatine for Violin and Cello (1932), Angela Yen (G), violin; Simone Ovsey ’10, marimba; DEBUSSY, Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp (1915), QinQin Yu ’15, flute; Kristen Cotner ’15, viola; Nora Kelsall ’18, harp. Noon, Kresge Auditorium.  Free

7 | Sun | MIT Emerson Scholars Piano Recital. 1:30pm, Killian Hall. Free.

CMS.rehearsal7 | Sun | Chamber Music Society Concert. BRAHMS, Piano Quintet in F Minor Op. 34 (1864), June Park ’16, violin; Ari Umans (G), violin; Carolyn Chang ’16, viola; Evan Lynch (G), cello; Dario Garcia-Dominguez ’15, piano; HAYDN, Trio in D Major, Hob.XV:16 (1790), Sarah Van Dierdonck ’18, flute; Alex Wang (G), cello; Joonwon Choi (G), piano; MOZART, Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Winds, K. 452 (1784), Paul Schwein (’16), oboe; Austen Yueh (’17), clarinet; Benjamin Steinhorn (G), bassoon; Gabriel Lesnick (’16), horn; Daniel Parker (’16), piano; SHOSTAKOVICH, Piano Quintet in G Minor, Opus 57 (1940), Chelsea Edwards ’17, violin; Deepti Raghavan ’17, violin; Kristen Cotner ’15, viola; David Merchan ’18, cello; Eric Fegan ’17, piano. 4pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

7 | Sun | Rambax, MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble Winter Concert, Lamine Touré, director. 3pm, Lobdell, MIT Student Center. Free.

griffelkin7 | Sun | MIT Concert Choir and MIT Chamber Chorus, William Cutter, director.  Griffelkin a three-act opera by American composer Lukas Foss. Produced by Lynn Torgove, stage director.  Griffelkin, a child-devil, on his tenth birthday in Hell, receives a gift in the form of a trip to the world.  Armed with a bottle of magic liquid, he arrives in Manhattan where has been charged with changing the world into Hell!!   His mission is corrupted when he discovers all things human – including love, motherhood, and death.  5pm, Kresge Auditorium. Admission $5; Free, in advance via Eventbrite, to MIT community with MIT email address. Tickets at http://mitmta.eventbrite.com and at the door.

vje7 | Sun | Vocal Jazz Ensemble, John Harbison, director.  Dominique Eade, guest coach. Bothered & Bewildered: Songs of Rodgers & Hart. Sandra Bayona ’17; Jaaron Botello ’15; Ben Bloomberg G, logistics, rehearsal assistant; Sam Fomon ’15; Royal Morris ’15, whip; Tiandra Ray ’15; Matthew Starr ’15; Molly Tracy ’16; Emily Wean ’14, assistant to the director; Hannah Wood ’15; Joanna So ’15, rehearsal accompanist; Brian Mayton G, logistics; Adrian Grossman ’14 bass; Clark Davenport ’11 drums; John Harbison, piano; Peter Godart ’15 piano. 8pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

violinistback.2008 | Mon | MIT Chamber Music Society Concert. SHOSTAKOVICH, String Quartet No. 8 (1960), Julia Guo ’17, violin; Tara Lee ’17, violin; Kevin Tian ’16, viola; Alex Jaffe ’16, cello; HINDEMITH, Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1938), Kenny Kang (G), clarinet; Milena Sisovics (G), violin; Alan deLespinasse (’94), cello; Abhishek Sarkar (G), piano; DVORAK, Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 (1887), Daniel Zhang ’15, violin; Pamela Cai ’16, violin; Valerie Peng ’17, viola; Emily Mackevicius (G), cello; Carl Lian ’15, piano; LANGE, Kleine Musik fur drei Floten (1938); TCHESNOKOV, Tableaux Feeriques (2008), Miriam Nussbaum (G), flute; Emily Su (G), flute; Daniel Waldinger (G), flute. 7pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

piano9 | Tue | MIT Chamber Music Society Concert. DVORAK, Terzetto in C for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 74 (1887),Wendy Wei ’18, violin; Katherine Young ’18, violin; Emmanuel Fasil ’17, viola; BABAJANIAN, piano Trio in F sharp minor (1952), Matthew Heising ’15, piano; Henry Love ’18, violin; Taylor Safrit ’18, cello; HIGDON, Dash (2001); DEBUSSY, Petite Suite for Flute, Clarinet in A and Piano (1889), Kyle Swanson ’18, flute; Kelsey Chan ’18, clarinet; Christine Zheng ’18, piano; SCHUMANN, Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 (1842), Abby Hill (G), violin; Michelle Sing (G), viola; Stephen Shum (G), cello; Jacqueline Ohmura (G), piano. 5pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

pianohands10 | Wed | MIT Chamber Music Society Concert. TCHAIKOVSKY, String Quartet No. 1 in D Major (1871), Lawrence Cheuk (G), violin; Daniel Rothenberg (G), violin; Nathan Gibson (G), viola; Dan Amrhein (G), cello; MARENZIO, O voi che sospirate (1584), Tirsi morir volea (1580), Solo e pensoso (1599); MILLER, Alba (2014), Danielle Espinosa ’16, soprano; Aishwarya Narayan ’16, alto; Jason Ku ’09, PhD candidate, tenor; Tommy Moriarty ’14 baritone; Samuel Bauman ’16 bass; MENDELSSOHN, Trio in D Minor, Op. 49, for Piano, Flute, and Violoncello (1839), Bennett Amodio ’17, cello; Connor Duffy ’17, piano; Jonathan Uesato ’17, flute. DI LASSO, Cor Meum (1584); MONTEVERDI, Canzonette a tre voci (1584); BATESON, The Nightingale (1604); WEELKES, I Bei Ligustri from (1608), from Ayres or Phantasticke Spirits for Three Voices, Emily Salvador ’16, mezzo-soprano; Emily TenCate ’15, mezzo-soprano; Varsha Raghavan (G), mezzo-soprano. 5pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

violin210 | Wed | MIT Chamber Music Society Concert.  KODALY, Serenade, Op. 12 (1919-1920), Alexandra Panov ’17, violin; Rachel Kurchin (G), violin; Yaning Zhang ’17, viola; SAINT SAENS, Benedictus from Oratorio de Noël (1858) and El Desdichado (1871); SCHUMANN, Ich denke dein (1849); MENDELSSOHN, Ich wollt’, mein Lieb’ ergössen (1844); CORNELIUS, Brennende Liebe (1873), David Rolnick (G), baritone; Divya Pilai ’15, soprano; Eva Belmont (G), piano; BRAHMS, Piano Trio No.1 in B major, Op. 8 (1889), Karan K. Mehta (G), violin; Elizabeth Choe ’13, cello; Bogdan I. Fedeles  PhD ’09, piano; BEACH, Piano Trio, Op. 150 (1938); HIGDON, Piano Trio (2003), Justin Stilwell ’13, violin; Eleanor Bors (G), cello; Derek Wu ’15, piano. 7pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

11 | Thu | Advanced Music Performance Student Recital. Daniel Parker, piano.  J. S. Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.  8pm, Killian Hall.  Free.

Gamelan13 | Sat | MIT Gamelan Galak Tika, Evan Ziporyn, director.  Gamelan Galak Tika performs new compositions for gamelan gong kebyar at Kresge Auditorium. The concert will feature Sam Schmetterer’s Slow Down (2014), Pete Steele’s Sudamala (2014), in addition to the traditional Balinese dance pieces, Puspanjali (1988) and Topeng Tua. Special guests on this program include dancer Shoko Yamamuro and the MIT Gamelan Banyuwangi, directed by Christine Southworth and Evan Ziporyn. The MIT Gamelan Banyuwangi will perform Padang Ulan, a traditional piece from Banyuwangi, Java.  8pm, Kresge  Auditorium. Admission $5; Free, in advance via Eventbrite, to MIT community with MIT email address. Tickets at http://mitmta.eventbrite.com and at the door.

 

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