Join MIT Music faculty, staff, and students for the public opening of the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT. Ahead of the Sonic Jubilance concert later that evening, the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building hosts special workshops and short performances to activate and showcase the myriad facets of this thrilling new architectural space.
Schedule
1:00pm-2:00pm // Balinese Gamelan Workshop in Music & Culture Space, W18-1202
Introductory hands-on workshop taught by Gusti Komin. No experience necessary; instruments provided. Limited to the first 25 participants; first come, first served (additional people may observe, space permitting). Children over 12 years old welcome to participate with an adult.
1:00pm-1:45pm // MIT Chamber Music Performance in W18-4311
1:50pm-2:30pm // MIT Jazz Performance in W18-4311
2:30-3:30pm // Senegalese Drum Workshop in Music & Culture Space, W18-1202
Introductory hands-on workshop taught by Lamine Touré. No experience necessary; instruments provided. Limited to the first 25 participants; first come, first served (additional people may observe, space permitting). Children over 12 years old welcome to participate with an adult.
2:30pm-3:30pm // FaMLE (MIT Laptop Ensemble) Performance in Thomas Tull Concert Hall, W18-1102
7:30pm // SONIC JUBILANCE–The Public Opening of the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building
MIT Music and Theater Arts musicians celebrate the opening of the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building with a tour de force performance featuring four MIT composer premieres and an array of vocal and instrumental ensembles. The program spans classical, jazz, chamber music, and traditional music of Senegal and Bali.