"Awakening" - MIT Wind Ensemble Rehearsal
"Awakening" - MIT Wind Ensemble Rehearsal
Jamshied Sharifi and Fred Harris
9th Annual Prokopoff Violin Music Concert
9th Annual Prokopoff Violin Music Concert
A violin concert hosted by the Lewis Music Library on April 8, 2011
A Bright Idea: Getting Electricity from Lemons
A Bright Idea: Getting Electricity from Lemons
Learn how to make a battery from lemons and common household materials.
A Conversation with Robert Pinsky
A Conversation with Robert Pinsky
02/23/2006 5:30 PM BartosRobert Pinsky, Professor of English, Boston University; Former U.S. Poet LaureateDescription: There's much to please the literate listener in this feast of spoken (and sung) words. First, Robert Pinsky and his composer collaborator Tod Machover offer a glimpse of ...
A Musical Score for Disease
A Musical Score for Disease
Gil Alterovitz, a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, translated populations of genes into musical notes. Each constellation (green) represents a key network of interrelated genes (blue). Each network is represented by a musical note. In healthy cells, the notes form music in harmony, ...
An Underground Cellist
An Underground Cellist
By Wojciech Mikoluszko, a science reporter from Poland. Mikoluszko is currently a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT.You could hardly find a bigger contrast: the clean voice of a cello breaking through the dirty noise of a subway. And this is what people hear in Cambridge subway stations. ...
Arensky Piano Trio - MIT Chamber Music
Arensky Piano Trio - MIT Chamber Music
MIT students perform the Piano String Trio No. 1 in D Minor composed by Anton Arensky. Bravo to violinist Pam Cai, cellist June Kim, and pianist Ray Hwa Wu. And thanks to their coach Marcus thompson. Four movements: Allegro, Scherzo, Elegia, and Finale. Killian Hall, ...
Art and Technology
Art and Technology
High tech tools have become a means for both creating and communicating art. For some of the symposium panelists, this poses a mixed blessing.
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 ...
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) David Epstein, conductor Recorded live at Kresge Auditorium, December 5, 1987 CD available at the Lewis Music Library Jump to: I. Allegro Jump to: II. Adagio Jump to: III. Allegro Jump to: IV. Menuetto Jump to: V. Trio Jump to: ...
Bach, Concerto in d for Two Violins and Orchestra
Bach, Concerto in d for Two Violins and Orchestra
Bach, Concerto in d for Two Violins and Orchestra MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) David Epstein, conductor Jin Choi and Grant Ho, violins Recorded live at Kresge Auditorium, December 7, 1996 CD available at the Lewis Music Library Jump to: I. Vivace Jump to: II. Largo ...
Bach, Concerto in d minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Bach, Concerto in d minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Bach, Concerto in d minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043 MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) Neal Stulberg, guest conductor Arthur Hu and David McCall, violins Recorded live at Kresge Auditorium, May 9, 1981 CD available at the Lewis Music Library Jump to: I. Vivace Jump to: ...
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 ...
Banjo Band - Blaze Away by Holzman
Banjo Band - Blaze Away by Holzman
This is a demo of the march, Blaze Away by Abraham Holzman, played by Raymond and His Banjo Band. We hope this inspires the MIT Band to perform it. It was often played as a tribute to President Theodore Roosevelt. AND lest we forget, decades ago, MIT had a number of Banjo Clubs and Banjo ...
Barry L. Vercoe - Interview - Aug. 19, 2011
Barry L. Vercoe - Interview - Aug. 19, 2011
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 Mark Ethier, MIT Lewis Music Library. Topics include: ...
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 ...
Beethoven Flute Trio - MIT Chamber Music
Beethoven Flute Trio - MIT Chamber Music
MIT students perform the Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat Major composed by Ludwig Beethoven. Bravo to flutist Vivian Liu, cellist Sae Jang (cello heaven), and pianist Yimin Chen. And thanks to their coach Jean Rife. Four movements: Allegro, Adagio Cantabile, Scherzo, and Presto. Killian ...
Beethoven, Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra
Beethoven, Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra
MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) David Epstein, conductor Joseph Silverstein, violin Recorded live at Kresge Auditorium, December 4, 1966 CD available at the Lewis Music Library Jump to: I. Allegro, ma non troppo Jump to: II. Larghetto Jump to: III. Rondo
Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 in c minor, op. 37
Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 in c minor, op. 37
Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 in c minor, op. 37 MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) Frances Steiner, guest conductor Theodore Lettvin, piano Recorded live at Kresge Auditorium, October 25, 1980 CD available at the Lewis Music Library Jump to: I. Allegro con brio Jump to: II. ...
Beethoven, Egmont Overture
Beethoven, Egmont Overture
Beethoven, Egmont Overture MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) David Epstein, conductor Recorded live at Kresge Auditorium, March 11, 1989 CD available at the Lewis Music Library