In their Celebrity Series debut, the Castalian Quartet unveils a diverse repertoire that showcases their versatility and depth. From the nuanced moods, rich allusions, and intricate textures of Schubert to Kurtág’s collection of disparate miniature sound worlds; and from the sprightly and stately dances by Coleridge-Taylor to Beethoven’s Serioso Quartet, full of experimental techniques that set the stage for the composer’s later period, their program is a vivid journey through the landscape of classical music. 

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Castalian String Quartet 

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Korean-Canadian pianist and composer Rick Son will perform original pieces as well as compositions by the masters. He will be joined by Graham Monroe on drums, Jan Portisch on bass, and Phil Grenadier on trumpet.

Rick Son Quartet

Oliver Colvin Recital Hall

Rinat Fishman(Opens in a new window), an Israeli clarinetist and woodwind player, presents a set of her original compositions and arrangements with her band.

Rinat Fishman Quartet

The anniversary season finale unfolds as the quintessential Radius concert—eclectic and dynamic, each piece the Epitome of its type. The swashbuckling biography of Joseph Bologne, aka the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, belies a sensitive musical voice that comes through in a capstone collection of sonatas for violin and viola, including the opus posthumous B-flat major sonata featured here. Post-modernist par excellence, George Crumb creates a spellbinding and immersive soundscape that recalls the songs of humpback whales in his now classic work Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for amplified flute, cello, and piano. Trademark pulsing and rich harmonies pervade New York Counterpoint for clarinet and tape by minimalist icon Steve Reich. Finally, a new work by hometown hero and longtime friend of Radius, Elena Ruehr, brings the season to a climactic close. Inspired by Mondrian’s painting Broadway Boogie Woogie, the piece includes all members of the ensemble to commemorate 25 years.

Radius Ensemble | Epitome

Presented by the MIT Chamber Music Society Recital Series

MIT Chamber Music Society Concert

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941) in response to an appeal from Associate Provost Ellen T. Harris, Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus of Music, the Emerson/Harris Program (E/HP) offers merit-based financial grants for private lesson study in music to MIT students of outstanding achievement on their instruments or voice in classical, jazz or world music. Each academic year, the Emerson/Harris program awards half or full stipends to cover the cost of lessons to nearly fifty applicants who commit to a full year’s study and participate in the musical life of the MIT community. Subject credit may be obtained commensurate with the project options. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the music faculty, may include instructors from MIT staff and throughout Greater Boston.

Emerson/Harris Piano Group Recital

MTA Visiting Artist Janessa Clark is a BESSIE Award-nominated choreographer, dance filmmaker, performer, and installation artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her practice combines dance, video, and language to develop art for the stage, screen, and site-specific environments. The work created nourishes a desire to challenge traditional modes of choreography and spectatorship through co-authorship. Janessa holds an MA in Performance Practices and Research from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and a BFA in Choreography from Arizona State University. Janessa has enjoyed prior residencies through CEC ArtsLink in St Petersburg, Russia, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Lake Studios Berlin, Loyola Marymount University, Exploring the Metropolis at Jamaica Arts Center, THE VISIONARY, and Stockholm University of the Arts (formerly DOCH). Her work has been presented widely over the past 20 years including at HERE Arts Center, Danspace Project, Barry Art Museum, the American Dance Festival, Bate Dance Festival, and internationally at numerous festivals. Her video-dance project COMMUNION, a response to the Covid-19 crisis, was nominated for the 2021 BESSIE Award for Outstanding Production.

Choreographing the Unknown: Vicious Terrain

April 11-14 MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika at Symphony Hall as part of BSO's Festival of the Senses. GGT will perform new and traditional music for Balinese gamelan before each of the BSO's performances of Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony. Under the direction of Gusti Komin, the group (comprised of MIT faculty, students, and community members) will perform 45-minutes before the start of the BSO concert itself, in the O'Block Kay Room at Symphony Hall.

BSO Festival of the Senses, featuring MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika

Masks are optional. Event attendees are encouraged to be mindful of others’ risk tolerance and respectful of their personal choices. All event attendees are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated and boosted. Tim Tickets are no longer required.

Emily Hu '27, piano

May 2023 marked the 30th anniversary of Mieczysław Horszowski’s death. The legendary pianist was active in collaborating with his contemporary composers, and this program features two of the composers with whom he had personal contact: Enrique Granados and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Horszowski Trio | The Journey and Legacy of Miecio’s Clavichord

Holden Mui, piano

Cellist Carlos Prieto (B.S. in Course III, then called Metallurgical Engineering ‘58 and in Course XIV, Economics ’59) will give a talk about his new memoir MI VIDA MUSICAL, touching on his formative years at MIT and his subsequent career as a professional cellist. The talk will be followed by performances of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 and Eugenio Toussaint’s Bachriation. 2022 Sudler Prize winner and Emerson/Harris Fellow Valerie Chen will also perform Phillip Glass’s Orbit. A light reception will follow.

Mi Vida Musical: Carlos Prieto in Conversation and Concert

The MIT Music & Theater Arts Composer Forum is a series of public presentations by composers from inside and outside of MIT. Hosted in the Lewis Music Library, the MTA Composer Forum Series gives the MIT Community an opportunity to engage with leading voices in every field of Composition. Past presenters include John Harbison, Julia Wolfe, Terry Riley, Don Byron, and others.

Composer Forum: Guillermo Klein

Ensemble-in-Residence Castle of our Skins returns for an immersive three-day residency focused on the music of Adolphus Hailstork. The ensemble and guest composer will work with students in master classes, classroom visits, and affinity spaces, and present a capstone portrait concert featuring chamber music from Hailstork’s rich body of work.

Castle of Our Skins | Love & Justice

This red-hot young quartet was founded in 2019 at the Juilliard School and was launched on their current trajectory by winning one of the most prestigious awards in chamber music at the 2022 Banff Competition. Their artistry and limitless potential were further recognized when they were awarded a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Celebrity Series | Isidore String Quartet

The Age of the Rise will feature music written by Eliza Brown, Catarina Domenici, Mary Montgomery Koppel, J. A. J. Sedarski, and Kyle Rivera. Their works will be performed by Ryan Shannon, violin; Thomas Barth, cello; Celine Ferro, clarinet; Thomas Schmidt, percussion; Julia Scott Carey, piano; Kelley Hollis, soprano; and Nicholas Southwick, flute.

The Age of the Rise

Multicultural Arts Center

Music has the power to enlighten us, enrich us spiritually, even make us whole. In this one-hour performance, Palaver Strings explores this unique power by bringing together music that is transcendent in nature, drawing inspiration from dreams, medieval chant, renaissance polyphony, spirituality, and the power of silence.

Palaver Strings | Visions & Miracles

Elizabeth Klein joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1994 and was named associate principal flute in 1997. Klein grew up in Ridgewood, NJ, and graduated in 1994 from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she was a student of Julius Baker and Jeffrey Khaner. During her freshman year at Curtis, she won first prize in the quadrennial Koussevitzky Competition for Woodwinds. She spent a summer with the National Repertory Orchestra and was a featured soloist during the Festival of Contemporary Music as a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow. Klein has been featured in BSO performances of Frank Martin's Concerto for Seven Winds and has also performed as soloist with the Boston Pops, New Jersey Symphony, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, and Masterworks Festival Orchestra. A frequent performer in solo and chamber recitals, she has appeared locally with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players and the Boston Artists Ensemble. She has premiered three works written for her: at Jordan Hall, Michael Gandolfi's Geppetto's Workshop for flute and piano; Dan Coleman's Pavanes and Symmetries for flute and orchestra; and at Gordon College, Jeremy Begbie's Good Measure for flute and piano, after a poem by Malcolm Guite. In May 2017, Klein graduated summa cum laude from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with a master's degree in spiritual formation. There, she studied Christian piety in various eras of church history, as lived by individuals such as the Stockbridge, MA, Puritan missionary Jonathan Edwards and the composers Hildegard of Bingen and Olivier Messiaen. She has lectured on Christ and the arts at the Institute for Christian Unity and performed in lecture events for Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. Klein is on the flute faculty of Boston University.

Emerson/Harris Masterclass: Elizabeth Klein

Longy School of Music of Bard College is proud to present The Multifaceted Career Speaker Series which broadens personal narratives around success and inspires us to create our own diverse and multifaceted careers. Join the conversation with a musician who defines their vision of success and forges their own paths along the way. Explore the different ways these artists have connected their various passions to build their own careers. This series is offered as part of Longy’s Career Coaching Program. All speaking events are free and open to the public.

The Multifaceted Career | Meena Malik and Aristides Rivas

The Longy Vocal Studies Department and Longy’s Orchestra FLEX under the baton of Cailin Marcel Manson team up to present beloved arias and duets from the operatic repertoire, oratorio, and other works for orchestra and voice.

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