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Setting the tempo

xxConducting an orchestra or ensemble is demanding. It also offers students deep and detailed exposure and experience to leadership qualities in the world of music. A roundup of Harvard students and professionals discuss their roles and reasons for pursuing the baton. 

By guest blogger William Swett '22... Read more about Setting the tempo

2019 Mar 27

ArtsBites: Meklit Hadero

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Office for the Arts, 74 Mt. Auburn Street

Meklit Hadero Photo Cody PickensEvent: ArtsBites – Indian Food and Conversation with composer, band leader and activist Meklit Hadero
Presented by: The Office for the Arts at Harvard, Department of Music and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School
Time and date: ...

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2019 May 01

Pianist Angela Hewitt: Open Master Class

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall

Angela HewittJoin internationally acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt in a master class on May 1 with four talented Harvard students: Emily Brother '19, Ariana Chiu '22, Evelyn Mo '20 and Amir Siraj '21. This Learning from Performers event is free and open to the public. 

Hewitt will also perform a free concert of her acclaimed Bach Odyssey, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at Paine Concert Hall. The concert is free, but tickets are required and available April 16 at Harvard Box Office.... Read more about Pianist Angela Hewitt: Open Master Class

2019 Feb 01

Cypher 2019

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Dance Center, 66 Garden St., Cambridge, MA

Aysha Upchurch leading a cypher at Harvard Dance Center. Photo credit: Ilya Vidrin.The Harvard Dance Center, in partnership with the Office of Diversity of Education and...

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2018 Dec 16

HYDRA: Loudspeaker Diffusion Concerts

8:00pm

Location: 

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall at Harvard University Dept. of Music - 3 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Presented by: HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDIO FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION and Harvard University Department of Music
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required

HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDIO FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION and The Harvard University Department of Music present two nights of HYDRA on December 15th and 16th. Each evening two programs will... Read more about HYDRA: Loudspeaker Diffusion Concerts
2018 Dec 15

HYDRA: Loudspeaker Diffusion Concerts

8:00pm

Location: 

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall at the Harvard University Dept. of Music - 3 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Presented by: HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDIO FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION and Harvard University Department of Music
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required

HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDIO FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION and The Harvard University... Read more about HYDRA: Loudspeaker Diffusion Concerts
2018 Dec 09

Jolly Pops

1:00pm

Location: 

SOCH Event Hall, Rm 104
JollyPopsPresented by: The Harvard Pops Orchestra & the Harvard Noteables
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required
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2018 Dec 11

Electroacoustic Concert with TAK Ensemble and Harvard Performers

8:00pm

Location: 

Holden Chapel, Harvard St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Presented by: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies & Harvard Music Department
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required

The Arts and Andes & Southern Cone Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Department... Read more about Electroacoustic Concert with TAK Ensemble and Harvard Performers
2018 Dec 08

The Revival: RCE Winter Concert

4:30pm

Location: 

Parlor Room of the Phillips Brooks House
river charlesPresented by: The River Charles Ensemble
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required

Join the... Read more about The Revival: RCE Winter Concert
2018 Dec 06

Salt Wood Salt Wire Salt Salt

7:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Art Museums, Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Salt Wood Salt Wire Salt SaltPresented by: Harvard Art Museums
Tickets: Admission Free: Tickets Required

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2018 Dec 01

An Evening of French Music: Faure’s Requiem & Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass

8:00pm

Location: 

Sanders Theatre
Presented by: Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
Tickets: Tickets Required

Faure encapsulated his Requiem and Gounod’s music when he said “It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see... Read more about An Evening of French Music: Faure’s Requiem & Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass
2018 Nov 18

Everything New Is Old Again

4:00pm

Location: 

Memorial Church Sanctuary
Presented by: Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Tickets: Admission Free: No Tickets Required

Music that's brand new, for instruments that are hundreds of years old! Harvard Baroque's fall concert dives deep into bold new repertoire, composed especially for the group, and paired with some of the most rocking early music out there.

Overture in D Minor - Philipp Heinrich Erlebach
Mutability - Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg (world premiere)
Passacaille d... Read more about Everything New Is Old Again

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