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History of the project | List of interviews | Special funding History of the projectThe Lewis Music Library’s Music at MIT Oral History Project was established in 1999 to document the history of music at MIT. For over 100 years, music has been a vibrant part of MIT’s culture. This history covers a wide variety of genres, including orchestral, chamber, and choral musical groups, as well as jazz, musical theater, popular and world music. Establishment of a formal music program in 1947 met the growing needs for professional leadership in many of the performing groups. Shortly thereafter, an academic course curriculum within the Division of Humanities was created. Over the years, the music faculty and alumni have included many distinguished performers, composers and scholars. Through in-depth recorded audio interviews with current and retired MIT music faculty, staff, former students, and visiting artists, the Music at MIT Oral History Project is preserving this valuable legacy for the historical record. These individuals provide a wealth of information about MIT. Furthermore, their professional lives and activities are often historically important to the world at large. Special Funding ObtainedIn the past, two to three individuals per year were usually interviewed; often more than one session per person is required. In the fall of 2006, the project received funding from Lionel Kinney ('53) to make possible interviews of five to six subjects per year for the next five years. For each subject, significant background research is conducted. The goal of these interviews is to obtain information that has not been documented in other sources. All interviews are conducted by Forrest Larson, Library Assistant at the Lewis Music Library, who has received training in oral history methodology and practice at Simmons College and from the Society of American Archivists. He is also an active composer and violist. Recorded interviews, field notes, photographs and other directly related material are located in the Lewis Music Library. CD recordings of some of the interviews are available; click on a name to view the Barton library catalog record. For more information, contact Forrest Larson (twiggy@mit.edu or 617-253-0982). The following subjects have been interviewed:Dante Anzolini: Associate Professor of Music at MIT 1998-2006, conductor of the MIT Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. Active conductor of orchestras in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. Jeanne Bamberger: Professor of Music at MIT 1971-2005. Pianist (student of Arthur Schnabel), music theorist (student of Ernst Krenek, Roger Sessions), important figure in the field of music perception and how children learn music. John Bavicchi: MIT student Business and Engineering 1940-1942, Professor Emeritus, Berklee College of Music. Composer, conductor, has written orchestral, chamber, piano and vocal music; some of his works for band were written for the MIT Concert Band (John Corley, conductor). David Bondelevitch: MIT B.S. Film/Video Production 1985. Played trumpet in MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, film music producer. Adrian Childs (MIT B.S. Mathematics and Music 1994). Played in MIT Concert Band and other groups. Commissioned to write a piece for John Corley’s final concert May 1999. Composer, Assistant Professor of Music, University of Georgia. Charles Yardley Chittick (MIT B.S. 1922, Course XV, Business and Engineering). Played in the MIT Mandolin Club. Patent attorney. John Corley. Founding director and conductor of the MIT Concert Band from 1949 to 1999. Leading figure in performing works originally written for concert band. He commissioned over 50 new pieces. Cherry Emerson (MIT M.S. Chemical Engineering 1941). Philanthropist for music at MIT. Distinguished career in chemical engineering. Amateur pianist. Stephen Erdely. MIT Professor of music 1973-1991. Ethnomusicologist specialist in eastern European folk music and Béla Bartók. Concert violinist. Cleveland Orchestra member 1951-1966. Sara Emerson Farwell. Daughter of the distinguished composer Arthur Farwell, 1872-1952 (MIT class of 1893, B.S. in Electrical Engineering). Retired actress and acting teacher. David Foxe (MIT B.S. Architecture and Music 2003, M.S. Architecture 2006). Composer, pianist. Has written orchestral, vocal and chamber music. He was a student assistant in the Lewis Music Library 1999-2003. William Grossman (MIT B.S. Electrical Engineering 1971). Piano, French horn, composer, arranger. Played in many MIT musical ensembles: Festival Jazz Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, musical theater productions and many others. Rehearsal pianist for musical theater productions in New York. Arnold Judson (MIT B.S. Chemical Engineering 1947, MIT M.S. Organizational Behavior 1948). Pianist, composer. Played Beethoven Piano Concerto no.1 with the MIT Symphony Orchestra in spring 1947. Studied composition with Walter Piston. Has written piano, vocal and orchestral music; continues to play piano and give occasional recitals. Karl Kornacker (MIT B.S. Physics 1958, PhD Biology 1962). Cellist, active in MIT Symphony (appeared as soloist), played semi-professionally after MIT. Professor at Ohio State Univerity, Division of Sensory Biophysics. Rajesh Mehta (MIT B.S. Electrical Engineering and Humanities 1986). Played in MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Professional avante-garde trumpet player and composer. He was MIT artist-in-residence April 2001. Richard Orr (MIT B.S. Electrical Engineering 1962, M.S. 1963 E.E., PhD 1973 E.E.). Trombonist. Original member of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Distinguished career as an electrical engineer. Semi-professional musician. Herb Pomeroy. Director of MIT Jazz Bands 1963-1985. Founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Noted jazz trumpeter and band leader, Professor of Music at Berklee College of Music (retired). Brian Robison. Assistant Professor of music composition at MIT from 2002-2006. Composer of orchestral, chamber, and vocal music. Robert Spritch (MIT B.S. Humanities 1960). MIT Music Library student employee. Literature and film scholar. Professor of English Emeritus, Bentley College. Group leader, Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement. Claudia Von Canon (Lecturer in Music at MIT 1974-1991). Pianist, harpsichordist, singer. This page was last updated on 03/27/08 |
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