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Mariano Salcedo '25 (@marianoawesome) is a master’s student in MIT's Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program. He's designing an AI to visualize and express music and other sounds.

The new graduate program is a collaboration between MIT Music and Theater Arts (@mitmta) in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and the School of Engineering (@mit_engineering).

some fabulous pics by @costanzatinti + video by tony of the show we had the pleasure to play this past saturday for MIT’s lighting design midterm !!
this was one of the coolest things i’ve ever been a part of !!

some fabulous pics by @costanzatinti + video by tony of the show we had the pleasure to play this past saturday for MIT’s lighting design midterm !!
this was one of the coolest things i’ve ever been a part of !!

some fabulous pics by @costanzatinti + video by tony of the show we had the pleasure to play this past saturday for MIT’s lighting design midterm !!
this was one of the coolest things i’ve ever been a part of !!

some fabulous pics by @costanzatinti + video by tony of the show we had the pleasure to play this past saturday for MIT’s lighting design midterm !!
this was one of the coolest things i’ve ever been a part of !!

some fabulous pics by @costanzatinti + video by tony of the show we had the pleasure to play this past saturday for MIT’s lighting design midterm !!
this was one of the coolest things i’ve ever been a part of !!

Ken Urban is a senior lecturer of dramatic writing in MIT Theater. He is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and musician.

In the classroom, Urban says he treats his students as real-world playwrights, encouraging them to write characters and create worlds that are different from their own.

“One of the things students often write about in my classes, as STEM majors, is the ethical implications of the work that they do,” he says.

Learn more about Urban’s approach to teaching at MIT in this video spotlight.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

MIT alum and distinguished cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus on March 31 for an afternoon of conversation and music, co-hosted by the SHASS Dean’s Office, the Lewis Music Library, and the Emerson/Harris Program. Prieto presented his most recent book to the MIT Libraries and performed before an audience of students, faculty, staff, and friends of MIT Music. Two Emerson/Harris cellists, Jasper Lee and Chengyu Li, also performed. The event highlighted the extraordinary artistry and interdisciplinary spirit thriving at MIT.

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

“Hiii-iii! I’m Spider Rabbit,” beams the man in white coveralls, floppy paper ears, and chalky face paint. Played in March to a packed house at MIT and currently at La MaMa in New York, Spider Rabbit is a surreal solo one-act by poet Michael McClure, brought to life by MIT senior lecturer Dan Safer and actor Tony Torn.

The pair spent an intensive week on campus working with creative collaborators and MIT students to develop a production they’d begun building together a few years ago. For Torn, who taught acting at the Institute a few years ago, the chance to work with students again was a perk of rehearsing on campus. Students like Joy Ma ‘25, completing an MEng after earning her bachelor’s in physics and computer science, joined the production team during rehearsals—one of over 10 theater classes she’s taken at MIT. As Torn puts it, “once [MIT students] see theater as a different kind of creative problem to be solved, they immediately lock in.”

Spider Rabbit is now playing at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York through April 12.

🔗 Read the full story at the link in our bio
📸 Photos by Ben Rose/MIT and HErickson/MIT

#artsatmit #thisismit #experimentaltheater #lamamaetc #theaterarts

Mariano Salcedo (@marianoawesome), a student in @mitmta and @mit_engineering's Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program, is designing an AI to visualize and express music and other sounds. The simulation tool he designed observes Neural Cellular Automata (NCA) as it reacts to audio in real time.

“What if we could improve the ways we model self-organized systems?” he asks. “That is, systems like multicellular organisms, flocks of birds, or societies that interact locally but exhibit interesting behaviors.”

Learn more about Mariano's research, his time inside and outside the classroom, and more at the link in our bio.

Danny Yang (@dannyfyang) is a senior majoring in biology (@mitbiology) and minoring in Japanese (@mit.global.languages).

In this video spotlight, Danny talks about one of his most memorable SHASS classes, 21M.030 (Introduction to World Music), where students study global music traditions and cultures. "That's not something that I really experienced before coming to MIT. It was something that I was extremely moved by when I took that class."

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

SPIDER RABBIT

Presented by MIT Theatre Arts
Written by Michael McClure
Directed by Dan Safer

Original Music: Christian Frederickson & Jared Michael Nickerson

Featuring: Tony Torn

“First written in 1971, Spider Rabbit is an absurdist, anti-war, gargoyle cartoon that feels increasingly relevant over 50 years later. It’s a radical, expressionistic, surreal journey – an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse that turns into a poignant tragedy, that then turns into a howl against brutality.”

What playlist would you pair with a novel? 🎻📖

After a conversation with a literature professor (Sandy Alexandre) and a cognitive neuroscientist (Rebecca Saxe) about the novel IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, our visiting novelist Ling Ling Huang picked up her violin—and with pianist Yoko Greeney—played the scenes she hears in the very story she authored. Thank you @violingsquared

That evening, we saw how #MIT can also mean "Music Is Translation"—how a narrative passage on the page can become music to your ears.

What music plays in your mind when you read?

#ImmaculateConception #LingLingHuang #literature #music

What playlist would you pair with a novel? 🎻📖

After a conversation with a literature professor (Sandy Alexandre) and a cognitive neuroscientist (Rebecca Saxe) about the novel IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, our visiting novelist Ling Ling Huang picked up her violin—and with pianist Yoko Greeney—played the scenes she hears in the very story she authored. Thank you @violingsquared

That evening, we saw how #MIT can also mean "Music Is Translation"—how a narrative passage on the page can become music to your ears.

What music plays in your mind when you read?

#ImmaculateConception #LingLingHuang #literature #music

What playlist would you pair with a novel? 🎻📖

After a conversation with a literature professor (Sandy Alexandre) and a cognitive neuroscientist (Rebecca Saxe) about the novel IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, our visiting novelist Ling Ling Huang picked up her violin—and with pianist Yoko Greeney—played the scenes she hears in the very story she authored. Thank you @violingsquared

That evening, we saw how #MIT can also mean "Music Is Translation"—how a narrative passage on the page can become music to your ears.

What music plays in your mind when you read?

#ImmaculateConception #LingLingHuang #literature #music

What playlist would you pair with a novel? 🎻📖

After a conversation with a literature professor (Sandy Alexandre) and a cognitive neuroscientist (Rebecca Saxe) about the novel IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, our visiting novelist Ling Ling Huang picked up her violin—and with pianist Yoko Greeney—played the scenes she hears in the very story she authored. Thank you @violingsquared

That evening, we saw how #MIT can also mean "Music Is Translation"—how a narrative passage on the page can become music to your ears.

What music plays in your mind when you read?

#ImmaculateConception #LingLingHuang #literature #music

What playlist would you pair with a novel? 🎻📖

After a conversation with a literature professor (Sandy Alexandre) and a cognitive neuroscientist (Rebecca Saxe) about the novel IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, our visiting novelist Ling Ling Huang picked up her violin—and with pianist Yoko Greeney—played the scenes she hears in the very story she authored. Thank you @violingsquared

That evening, we saw how #MIT can also mean "Music Is Translation"—how a narrative passage on the page can become music to your ears.

What music plays in your mind when you read?

#ImmaculateConception #LingLingHuang #literature #music

An exciting a collaborative research project between @mit's Center for Materials Research in Archeology and Ethnology (CMRAE) and SHASS uses computed tomography (CT) to scan, chemically and structurally characterize, and produce replicas of the ancient and historical musical instruments housed at @mfaboston.

“For example, if we’re trying to recreate a violin, we can use an impact hammer — a very small hammer with a transducer in it — so we’re imparting a known force signal into the instrument, and then measure the resulting [surface] vibrations with a laser Doppler vibrometer,” says Mark Rau, a professor with shared appointments in MIT Music (@mitmta) and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (@miteecs).

Learn more about this MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC)-funded project at the link in our bio. @mitdmse @mit_anthropology

#100daysofpractice day 63. No practice video today but had an absolute blast playing Natural Machines 2.0 and other things (including two new big band arrangements of my tunes Afterglow and Roadrunner by @remyleboeuf & Kevin Costello) with the @mitmta big band. Thanks to @fred.music94 and @miguelzenonmusic for welcoming me so warmly at @mit, and to the students for playing with so much heart.

📷 : @mollyschen59

#100daysofpractice day 63. No practice video today but had an absolute blast playing Natural Machines 2.0 and other things (including two new big band arrangements of my tunes Afterglow and Roadrunner by @remyleboeuf & Kevin Costello) with the @mitmta big band. Thanks to @fred.music94 and @miguelzenonmusic for welcoming me so warmly at @mit, and to the students for playing with so much heart.

📷 : @mollyschen59

#100daysofpractice day 62. Singing Ellington’s Sophisticated Lady.

I’m performing Natural Machines 2.0 with the MIT Big Band at @mitmta tomorrow Saturday, and one of the things I’ll do is improvise an arrangement of a standard with the band, which will be reading real-time notation sent by my computer.

The singer in the band, Mariabelle, requested Sophisticated Lady, which I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never properly learned. So, after a day of teaching, coding, and rehearsing, I decided to finally learn the lyrics to this masterpiece, musically and lyrically as sophisticated as its protagonist.

Would you agree this is one of the greatest songs ever written?

#musiclife #practice #multidisciplinary