Q&A: John Harbison on his new album, “Diotima”
The MIT composer endows his orchestral works with “unexpected” musical elements, while evoking aspiration, hope, and loss.
The MIT composer endows his orchestral works with “unexpected” musical elements, while evoking aspiration, hope, and loss.
“Robotic” textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing, and potentially help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes.
After nearly a decade, an interdisciplinary collaboration to model a 3D spider web leads to many surprising results.
Miles Johnson ’21, a recent graduate in mathematics and EECS, employed a strong dorm network and personal interests including rock climbing and jazz to complete a rich MIT experience.
A new art/science collaboration uses molecular structures as its creative medium.
MIT Syncopasian’s musical performance features the poem “Things We Carry On The Sea” by Wang Ping and invites Asian members of the MIT community to help celebrate AAPI Heritage Month.
Professor Markus Buehler composed it, and a South Korean orchestra performed it; it’s the latest in a series of artistic collaborations sparked by Buehler’s exploration of the structure of SARS-CoV-2.
Computer models that mimic humans’ extraordinary hearing abilities could improve treatments for hearing loss.
MIT composer hopes his newest work builds connections — between music and his Choctaw heritage, between classical and traditional music, and between generations in the Choctaw Nation.
Senior Alberto Naveira has found himself and his community as a member of the a cappella group the Chorallaries.
MIT chamber quartet showcases the power of digital platforms to create community around classical music.
“I’ll have an idea for a tune, and then I’ll have to think about where I can take it next, just like in a math problem,” says the MIT senior.
Associate professor of music Emily Richmond Pollock studies the way modern opera incorporates the new and the traditional.
Acoustic and biological constraints shape how we hear harmony across cultures.
A modern-day Renaissance man, Hawley pioneered the internet of things, won the Van Cliburn amateur piano competition, and published the world’s largest book.