Index of interviewees
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Dante Anzolini |
MIT Associate Professor of Music, 1998-2006; conductor, MIT Symphony | Conductor of orchestras in the United States, Latin America, and Europe | ||
Jeanne Bamberger |
MIT Professor of Music, 1971-2005 | Pianist, Music Theorist | ||
John Bavicchi |
MIT student, Business and Engineering, 1940-1942 | Composer, conductor; Professor of Music, Berklee College of Music | ||
Leo Beranek |
MIT Associate Professor of Communications Engineering, 1947-1958 | Concert hall acoustical design consultant; partner in BBN Inc. |
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Linda Solow Blotner
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MIT Music Librarian, 1972-1984 | Head, Music Library, Hartt School of Music 1987-2007 | ||
David Bondelevitch |
MIT B.S. Film/Video Production, 1985; trumpet player | Assistant Professor at University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television; film music & dialog editor and mixing engineer | ||
Claude Brenner |
MIT B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, 1947; MIT M.S.,1948; sang in the MIT Glee Club and the MIT Logarhythms | President, Commonwealth Energy Group Ltd.; active in Council for the Arts at MIT | ||
Peter Child |
Professor of Music, 1986- | Composer | ||
Adrian Childs |
MIT B.S. Mathematics and Music, 1994; played in the MIT Concert Band, Chamber Music Society; student composer | Composer; Assistant Professor of Music, University of Georgia | ||
Charles Yardley Chittick
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MIT B.S. Business and Engineering (Course XV), 1922; MIT Mandolin Club | Patent attorney | ||
John Corley
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Founding director and conductor of the MIT Concert Band, 1949-1999 | Conductor, trumpet player |
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Cherry Emerson
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MIT M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1941 | Chemical engineer, amateur pianist; philanthropist for music at MIT |
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Stephen Erdely
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MIT Professor of Music, 1973-1991 | Ethnomusicologist, concert violinist |
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Sara Emerson Farwell |
Daughter of Arthur Farwell, MIT B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1893 | Actress; theater voice teacher; daughter of the distinguished composer Arthur Farwell, 1872-1952 | ||
David Foxe |
MIT B.S. Architecture and Music, 2003; M.S. Architecture, 2006 | Architect and composer | ||
William Grossman
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MIT S.B. 1969 and M.S. 1971 in Computer Science; active in many MIT performing groups | Conductor, arranger, editor, and rehearsal pianist for Broadway theater productions in New York | ||
John Harbison |
Professor of Music 1969 – | Composer, Pianist | ||
Ellen T. Harris |
Professor Emeritus 1989 – | Musicologist | ||
Mark S. Harvey |
Senior Lecturer in Music 1981 – | Trumpet player, composer | ||
Arnold Judson |
MIT B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1947; MIT M.S. Organizational Behavior, 1948; pianist; active in MIT student performing groups | Business management consultant; pianist; composer | ||
Samuel Jay Keyser
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MIT Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy; played in MIT Concert Jazz Band | Linguist, trombonist in area jazz bands | ||
Lionel Kinney
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MIT B.S. Civil Engineering, 1953; active in student performing groups | Engineer with Caterpiller, Inc; philanthropist for music at MIT |
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Karl Kornacker
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MIT B.S. Physics, 1958; MIT Ph.D. Biology, 1962; cellist; played in MITSO | Professor at Ohio State University, Division of Sensory Biophysics; semi-professional cellist |
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Lowell Lindgren
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Professor of Music Emeritus 1979-2013 | Musicologist |
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Everett Longstreth
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Director of MIT Concert Jazz Band, 1968-1995 | Band leader, trumpet player, arranger |
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Rajesh Mehta
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MIT B.S. Electrical Engineering and Humanities, 1986 | Trumpet player | ||
Richard Orr
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MIT B.S., 1962; MIT M.S., 1963; MIT Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, 1973; played in Festival Jazz Ensemble | Electrical engineer, jazz trombonist, composer | ||
Herb Pomeroy
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Director of MIT Jazz Bands, 1963-1985; founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble | Jazz trumpeter and band leader; composer, arranger; Professor at Berklee College College of Music 1955-1995 | ||
Brian Robison
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MIT Assistant Professor of Music, 2002-2006 | Composer |
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Elena Ruehr
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Lecturer in Music 1991 – | Composer |
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Jamshied Sharifi
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Directed the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, 1985-1992; MIT B.S. Humanities, 1983 | Composer, keyboard player, producer, arranger |
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Robert Sprich
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MIT B.S. Humanities, 1960; Music Library student assistant | Professor of English Emeritus, Bentley College |
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Patricia Tang
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Associate Professor of Music | Ethnomusicologist, violinist |
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Marcus Thompson
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Professor of Music 1973 – ; Institute Professor 2015 – | Violist |
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Barry Vercoe
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MIT Professor Emeritus of Music; MIT Professor of Media Arts and Sciences | Computer music engineer, composer, conductor |
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Claudia Von Canon
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MIT Lecturer in Music, 1974-1991 | Pianist, harpsichordist, singer, novelist |
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Duscha Weisskopf
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MIT Music Librarian, 1949-1952 | Historian, amateur singer |
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