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CAST Marathon Concert

Friday, April 5, 2013
7 p.m. | Kresge Auditorium
48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Reserve a seat

General admission: $20
Non-MIT students: $10
MIT students, faculty, and staff: Free
Cash only at the door

The four-hour CAST Marathon Concert, following up on 2011’s popular FAST Forward New Music Marathon, features renowned guest artists Hauschka, Pamela Z., and Dewa Alit performing solo works and with students in MIT’s own Gamelan Galak Tika, Glass Lab Orchestra, Lamine Touré and Rambax. Traversing the spectrum of contemporary musical practice, the marathon will conclude with an unprecedented world fusion version of Terry Riley’s anthemic In C, featuring Senegalese drums, original glass instruments, electronics and western instruments.

More information at: http://arts.mit.edu/cast/marathon/

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