Introducing The Listening Room
The Listening Room and music at MIT
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences' Web-based collection showcases the Institute’s longstanding engagement with music.
Lecture 16: 16th C. Vocal & Instrumental Music
Lecture 16: 16th C. Vocal & Instrumental Music
This sample video lecture covers 16th-century vocal and instrumental music, from Martin Luther's Psalms to the early madrigal. It includes works by composers Giovanni Palestrina, Michael Praetorius, and Thomas Weelkes, and an in-class demonstration of the chant Office ...
Civic Media Lunch: "ZUMIX"
Civic Media Lunch: "ZUMIX"
ZUMIX is an East Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building our community through music and the arts. A core belief is that music is the most powerful means of developing adolescent self-identity. Our award-winning music and creative technology programming is designed to equip ...
Barry L. Vercoe - Oral History Interview no. 2, April 24, ...
Barry L. Vercoe - Oral History Interview no. 2, April 24, 2012
Oral history interview with Barry Vercoe, MIT Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, founding member of the MIT Media Lab, and computer music pioneer and composer. Interviewed by Forrest Larson and Christopher Ariza, MIT Video Productions studio. Topics ...
Tech Night at Pops - Balloon Drop
Tech Night at Pops - Balloon Drop
Tech Night at Pops is MIT's longest-running reunion tradition—115 years and counting!—and perhaps the most beloved. While the musical program changes, one tradition constant: the balloon drop set to the accompaniment of "Stars and Stripes Forever." If you've never seen it, it's ...
MIT Logarhythms at Symphony Hall
MIT Logarhythms at Symphony Hall
During MIT Reunion Week, the MIT Logs Alums serenaded fellow alums at the class dinners and in the hallways of Symphony Hall before Tech Night at the POPS.
Jamshied Sharifi - Oral History Interview, February 27, 2012
Jamshied Sharifi - Oral History Interview, February 27, 2012
Oral history interview with Jamshied Sharifi, MIT Class of 1983, second director of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, 1985-1992, composer, keboard player, producer and arranger. Interviewed by Forrest Larson, MIT Video Productions studio. Topics include: family and ...
Logarhythms Spring Concert 2012
Logarhythms Spring Concert 2012
Watch the MIT Logarhythms drive everyone wild with musical fireworks.
Robert Lepage and Peter Gelb Panel Discussion at MIT, 2012
Robert Lepage and Peter Gelb Panel Discussion at MIT, 2012
April 26, 2012 Technology in Stagecraft and StorytellingRobert Lepage in dialogue with Peter Gelb, General Manager, Metropolitan Opera Robert Lepage is the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts recipient. This event offered a fascinating glimpse into Lepage's ...
Eugene McDermott Science Festival Panel
Eugene McDermott Science Festival Panel
Panel Discussion: The Science of IllusionWednesday, April 25, 2012Produced in partnership with the Cambridge Science Festival Can you imagine the science behind an invisibility cloak? What about a hovering hologram? The Science of Illusion pushes beyond the boundaries of the real and provides ...
Baker House Piano Drop 2012
Baker House Piano Drop 2012
This video shows the 2012 Baker House Piano Drop captured in real time and with a 2000 fps high-speed camera. It assembles some of the footage shot by Kyle Hounsell, MIT EECS '13 (with Kyle's permission) from the 2012 Baker House Piano Drop on April 26th, 2012. The high-speed footage was shot ...
Awakening: Jamshied Sharifi with the MIT Wind Ensemble
Awakening: Jamshied Sharifi with the MIT Wind Ensemble
Jamshied Sharifi was commissioned by the MIT Wind Ensemble to create an extended composition that recognizes the Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab World that began in December 2010. The piece uses ...
MIT Logs at Framingham Library
MIT Logs at Framingham Library
See the MIT Logarhythms Alums at a successful concert at the Framingham Library. An exciting and joyful performance for us and for our receptive and appreciative audience. Hawaiian War Chant, Mood Indigo, Rigoletto, Lindy Serenade, 64, Sandman, and Swing Down Chariot. Costin ...
Visionaries: Tod Machover
Visionaries: Tod Machover
WBUR's Visionaries series featured Tod Machover of the MIT Media Lab, and his use of music in therapy for emotionally and physically challenged individuals.
Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop
Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop
Robert Lepage visited MIT on Sunday, Feb. 12, to initiate a collaborative workshop with MIT students and launch the class 21M.805, Performance and Design Practicum.
"Awakening" I
MIT Wind Ensemble: "Awakening" I
MIT Wind Ensemble playing Jamshied Sharifi's "Awakening"
"Awakening" II
MIT Wind Ensemble: "Awakening" II
MIT Wind Ensemble playing Jamshied Sharifi's "Awakening"
"Awakening" III
MIT Wind Ensemble: "Awakening" III
MIT Wind Ensemble playing Jamshied Sharifi's "Awakening"
"Awakening" - MIT Wind Ensemble Rehearsal
"Awakening" - MIT Wind Ensemble Rehearsal
Jamshied Sharifi and Fred Harris
The Paradiso Synthesizer
The Paradiso Synthesizer
MIT Media Lab associate professor Joe Paradiso's homemade analog synthesizer, probably the world's largest, is on display at the MIT Museum and streaming online.