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ABOUT THE MIT WIND ENSEMBLE Founded by Music Director Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr. in the fall of 1999, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is one of the most innovative such ensembles of its kind. Comprised primarily of outstanding MIT undergraduates and graduate students studying a wide range of disciplines within science, engineering, and the humanities. Repertoire includes outstanding traditional works and new music for full wind ensemble, chamber winds, brass ensemble, percussion ensemble, and woodwind ensembles. MITWE has commissioned 45 original works from many prominent composers. MIT Affiliated Artist, renowned composer, and tuba player of the Empire Brass, Kenneth Amis, is the Assistant Conductor of MITWE. MITWE has been featured on NPR and was the subject of the 2014 Emmy-winning documentary Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring Through Music, aired on PBS. MITWE is also featured in the 2019 Emmy-nominated documentary The Great Clarinet Summit, and Call and Response: Creativity at MIT. MITWE’s joint recording with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Infinite Winds, received a five-star review from DownBeat and was chosen by the magazine as one of its “Best Albums of 2015 Five-Star Masterpieces” — the first such recognition of its kind for a collegiate wind ensemble. The Boston Globe called the recording “one of the most compelling of 2015.” Throughout its 21-year history, MITWE has collaborated with elementary, middle and high school students throughout Massachusetts. In March of 2019, MITWE embarked on its first tour, spending a week in the Dominican Republic, presenting four concerts, many STEAM presentations for middle, high school and college students, and premiering the eco-music piece In Praise Of The Humpback. In May of 2020, MITWE had the honor of opening MIT’s virtual Commencement with To The Light, To The Flame. MITWE also participated in MIT’s 2021 virtual Commencement, performing Diary Of A Pandemic Year. In March 2023 the MIT Wind Ensemble, along with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble, toured and performed in the Brazilian Amazon. The project was focused on cultural and environmental sustainability and music's power as a vehicle for change. REHEARSALS M/W, 7-9:30pm, Kresge Auditorium CONCERTS Fall 2024 October 25, 2024 - 8pm - MIT's Annual Family Weekend Concert December 6, 2024 - 8pm - PRISM concert Spring 2025 March 15, 2025 - 8pm - MITWE Spring Concert 1 April 18, 2025 - 7:30pm - MIT's Annual Campus Preview Weekend Concert May 9, 2025 - 8pm - MITWE Spring Concert 2 AUDITIONS Fall 24 Auditions for participation in the MIT Wind Ensemble (21M.426) are Sept. 3-6, with additional options on August 29 & 30, 2024. Auditions are also held Spring 2025 but students are strongly encouraged to audition in the fall for participation for the full AY. Accepted students may take MITWE for credit (6 units) but may also participate not for credit. Those not taking MITWE for credit should register as a listener. Early Auditions: If you would like to audition earlier than the dates listed above you may do so on zoom with Dr. Harris. Email him directly (fharris@mit.edu) to set up a day/time. MITWE is comprised of MIT undergraduate and graduate students but all local college students, MIT community members, and non-MIT community members are welcome to audition. The audition will take approximately 15 minutes. Pianists, string bassists, and harpists interested in participating in MITWE should Dr. Harris directly. First MITWE rehearsal of the Fall semester will be Monday, September 9, 7:00-9:30pm, Kresge Auditorium. REGISTER FOR MITWE AUDITION here There are four parts to the audition: 1. Chromatic scale through your entire range. 2. Sight-reading. 3. Two short contrasting sections of any solo(s) or etude(s) of your choice that demonstrate your musicianship. Your choices should include passages that are slow and lyrical and ones that demonstrate your technical facility. (Percussionists, NOTE: For this portion of the audition — the prepared piece of our choice — you are encouraged (but not required) to play at least two of the three major percussion instruments (timpani, mallet instrument, snare drum). Timpani auditions will include basic tuning, snare drum auditions will include basic rudiments, and mallet auditions will include scales). 4. Prepare Gustav Holst’s Hammersmith (the entire piece) for your instrument. Percussionists, instead of Hammersmith, you should prepare two of the three percussion excepts that are below. Hammersmith parts HERE Sample recording of Hammersmith HERE Percussion audition parts HERE NOTE: *Flutists may choose either Hammersmith Flute 1 or Flute 2 parts. Flutists also interested in piccolo should also prepare the Hammersmith piccolo part. *Oboists also interested in English Horn should prepare any short excerpt on English Horn of any piece of their choice, in addition to the Hammersmith oboe part. *Clarinets may choose either the Hammersmith Solo Clar., or Clar. 1 or Clar. 2 parts. *Horns may choose the Hammersmith Horn 1 or Horn 2 parts. *Trumpet players may choose either Solo Cornet or Cornet 2 part. *Horns may choose either Horn 1 or Horn 2. *Trombones may choose either Trombone 1, 2, or 3 parts. If you have any questions about auditions/MITWE in general, contact Dr. Fred Harris (fharris@mit.edu). If you need access to an instrument, fill out the Instrument Request Form, then contact Jacob Means (mta-request@mit.edu). Note: students who register for an audition and need access to the MTA 4-260 practice room suite during the week leading up to auditions, may request access by emailing mta-request@mit.edu. Percussionists will be given access to the Kresge Percussion Studio, and can also request access by emailing mta-request@mit.edu. 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ABOUT THE MIT WIND ENSEMBLE Founded by Music Director Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr. in the fall of 1999, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is one of the most innovative such ensembles of its kind. Comprised primarily of outstanding MIT undergraduates and graduate students studying a wide range of disciplines within science, engineering, and the humanities. Repertoire includes outstanding traditional works and new music for full wind ensemble, chamber winds, brass ensemble, percussion ensemble, and woodwind ensembles. MITWE has commissioned 45 original works from many prominent composers. MIT Affiliated Artist, renowned composer, and tuba player of the Empire Brass, Kenneth Amis, is the Assistant Conductor of MITWE. MITWE has been featured on NPR and was the subject of the 2014 Emmy-winning documentary Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring Through Music, aired on PBS. MITWE is also featured in the 2019 Emmy-nominated documentary The Great Clarinet Summit, and Call and Response: Creativity at MIT. MITWE’s joint recording with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Infinite Winds, received a five-star review from DownBeat and was chosen by the magazine as one of its “Best Albums of 2015 Five-Star Masterpieces” — the first such recognition of its kind for a collegiate wind ensemble. The Boston Globe called the recording “one of the most compelling of 2015.” Throughout its 21-year history, MITWE has collaborated with elementary, middle and high school students throughout Massachusetts. In March of 2019, MITWE embarked on its first tour, spending a week in the Dominican Republic, presenting four concerts, many STEAM presentations for middle, high school and college students, and premiering the eco-music piece In Praise Of The Humpback. In May of 2020, MITWE had the honor of opening MIT’s virtual Commencement with To The Light, To The Flame. MITWE also participated in MIT’s 2021 virtual Commencement, performing Diary Of A Pandemic Year. In March 2023 the MIT Wind Ensemble, along with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble, toured and performed in the Brazilian Amazon. The project was focused on cultural and environmental sustainability and music's power as a vehicle for change. REHEARSALS M/W, 7-9:30pm, Kresge Auditorium CONCERTS Fall 2024 October 25, 2024 - 8pm - MIT's Annual Family Weekend Concert December 6, 2024 - 8pm - PRISM concert Spring 2025 March 15, 2025 - 8pm - MITWE Spring Concert 1 April 18, 2025 - 7:30pm - MIT's Annual Campus Preview Weekend Concert May 9, 2025 - 8pm - MITWE Spring Concert 2 AUDITIONS Fall 24 Auditions for participation in the MIT Wind Ensemble (21M.426) are Sept. 3-6, with additional options on August 29 & 30, 2024. Auditions are also held Spring 2025 but students are strongly encouraged to audition in the fall for participation for the full AY. Accepted students may take MITWE for credit (6 units) but may also participate not for credit. Those not taking MITWE for credit should register as a listener. Early Auditions: If you would like to audition earlier than the dates listed above you may do so on zoom with Dr. Harris. Email him directly (fharris@mit.edu) to set up a day/time. MITWE is comprised of MIT undergraduate and graduate students but all local college students, MIT community members, and non-MIT community members are welcome to audition. The audition will take approximately 15 minutes. Pianists, string bassists, and harpists interested in participating in MITWE should Dr. Harris directly. First MITWE rehearsal of the Fall semester will be Monday, September 9, 7:00-9:30pm, Kresge Auditorium. REGISTER FOR MITWE AUDITION here There are four parts to the audition: 1. Chromatic scale through your entire range. 2. Sight-reading. 3. Two short contrasting sections of any solo(s) or etude(s) of your choice that demonstrate your musicianship. Your choices should include passages that are slow and lyrical and ones that demonstrate your technical facility. (Percussionists, NOTE: For this portion of the audition — the prepared piece of our choice — you are encouraged (but not required) to play at least two of the three major percussion instruments (timpani, mallet instrument, snare drum). Timpani auditions will include basic tuning, snare drum auditions will include basic rudiments, and mallet auditions will include scales). 4. Prepare Gustav Holst’s Hammersmith (the entire piece) for your instrument. Percussionists, instead of Hammersmith, you should prepare two of the three percussion excepts that are below. Hammersmith parts HERE Sample recording of Hammersmith HERE Percussion audition parts HERE NOTE: *Flutists may choose either Hammersmith Flute 1 or Flute 2 parts. Flutists also interested in piccolo should also prepare the Hammersmith piccolo part. *Oboists also interested in English Horn should prepare any short excerpt on English Horn of any piece of their choice, in addition to the Hammersmith oboe part. *Clarinets may choose either the Hammersmith Solo Clar., or Clar. 1 or Clar. 2 parts. *Horns may choose the Hammersmith Horn 1 or Horn 2 parts. *Trumpet players may choose either Solo Cornet or Cornet 2 part. *Horns may choose either Horn 1 or Horn 2. *Trombones may choose either Trombone 1, 2, or 3 parts. If you have any questions about auditions/MITWE in general, contact Dr. Fred Harris (fharris@mit.edu). If you need access to an instrument, fill out the Instrument Request Form, then contact Jacob Means (mta-request@mit.edu). Note: students who register for an audition and need access to the MTA 4-260 practice room suite during the week leading up to auditions, may request access by emailing mta-request@mit.edu. Percussionists will be given access to the Kresge Percussion Studio, and can also request access by emailing mta-request@mit.edu. 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width="500" height="333" /></p> <p><a href="http://mta.mit.edu/person/fred-harris">Dr. Fred Harris, Jr.</a>, Music Director </p> <p><a href="http://mta.mit.edu/person/kenneth-amis">Kenneth Amis</a>, Assistant Conductor</p> <p> </p> <p>MIT Wind Ensemble may be taken for credit: <a href="http://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/21m/">21M.426</a></p> <p><em>You are encouraged to take MITWE for credit, but it is not necessary in order to participate.</em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>ABOUT THE MIT WIND ENSEMBLE</strong> </p> <p>Founded by Music Director Dr. Frederick Harris, Jr. in the fall of 1999, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is one of the most innovative such ensembles of its kind. Comprised primarily of outstanding MIT undergraduates and graduate students studying a wide range of disciplines within science, engineering, and the humanities. Repertoire includes outstanding traditional works and new music for full wind ensemble, chamber winds, brass ensemble, percussion ensemble, and woodwind ensembles. MITWE has commissioned 45 original works from many prominent composers. MIT Affiliated Artist, renowned composer, and tuba player of the Empire Brass, Kenneth Amis, is the Assistant Conductor of MITWE. </p> <p>MITWE has been featured on NPR and was the subject of the 2014 Emmy-winning documentary <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9pX_eFGmic">Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring Through Music</a></em>, aired on PBS. MITWE is also featured in the 2019 Emmy-nominated documentary <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzpII7AchZc">The Great Clarinet Summit</a></em>, and <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV03QSxpwCk" target="_blank">Call and Response: Creativity at MIT</a></em>. MITWE’s joint recording with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, Infinite Winds, received a five-star review from DownBeat and was chosen by the magazine as one of its “Best Albums of 2015 Five-Star Masterpieces” — the first such recognition of its kind for a collegiate wind ensemble. The Boston Globe called the recording “one of the most compelling of 2015.” </p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/public/resize/pictures/dkl_7961_500-500x531.jpg" style="float:right; height:531px; width:500px" width="500" height="531" /></p> <p>Throughout its 21-year history, MITWE has collaborated with elementary, middle and high school students throughout Massachusetts. In March of 2019, MITWE embarked on its first tour, spending a week in the Dominican Republic, presenting four concerts, many STEAM presentations for middle, high school and college students, and premiering the eco-music piece <em><a href="http://bit.ly/2ISCZ0b">In Praise Of The Humpback</a></em>. </p> <p>In May of 2020, MITWE had the honor of opening MIT’s virtual Commencement with <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBURQd9gY8">To The Light, To The Flame</a></em>. MITWE also participated in MIT’s 2021 virtual Commencement, performing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8MnxTxxJ98" target="_blank"><em>Diary Of A Pandemic Year</em></a>.</p> <p>In March 2023 the MIT Wind Ensemble, along with the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble, toured and performed in the Brazilian Amazon. The project was focused on cultural and environmental sustainability and music's power as a vehicle for change.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>REHEARSALS</strong></p> <p>M/W, 7-9:30pm, Kresge Auditorium</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>CONCERTS</strong></p> <p><u><strong>Fall 2024</strong></u></p> <ul> <li>October 25, 2024 - 8pm - MIT's Annual Family Weekend Concert</li> <li>December 6, 2024 - 8pm - PRISM concert</li> </ul> <p><u><strong>Spring 2025</strong></u></p> <ul> <li>March 15, 2025 - 8pm - MITWE Spring Concert 1</li> <li>April 18, 2025 - 7:30pm - MIT's Annual Campus Preview Weekend Concert</li> <li>May 9, 2025 - 8pm - MITWE Spring Concert 2</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>AUDITIONS Fall 24</strong></p> <p>Auditions for participation in the MIT Wind Ensemble (21M.426) are Sept. 3-6, with additional options on August 29 & 30, 2024.</p> <p>Auditions are also held Spring 2025 but students are strongly encouraged to audition in the fall for participation for the full AY. Accepted students may take MITWE for credit (6 units) but may also participate not for credit. Those not taking MITWE for credit should register as a listener. </p> <p> Early Auditions: If you would like to audition earlier than the dates listed above you may do so on zoom with Dr. Harris. Email him directly (<a href="mailto:fharris@mit.edu" title="mailto:fharris@mit.edu">fharris@mit.edu</a>) to set up a day/time.<br /> </p> <p>MITWE is comprised of MIT undergraduate and graduate students but all local college students, MIT community members, and non-MIT community members are welcome to audition. The audition will take approximately 15 minutes. Pianists, string bassists, and harpists interested in participating in MITWE should Dr. Harris directly.</p> <p><strong>First MITWE rehearsal of the Fall semester will be Monday, September 9, 7:00-9:30pm, Kresge Auditorium.</strong><br /> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17899302&calendarID=3055984" title="https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17899302&calendarID=3055984">REGISTER FOR MITWE AUDITION here</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p> There are four parts to the audition:</p> <p>1. Chromatic scale through your entire range.</p> <p>2. Sight-reading.</p> <p>3. Two short contrasting sections of any solo(s) or etude(s) of your choice that demonstrate your musicianship. Your choices should include passages that are slow and lyrical and ones that demonstrate your technical facility. </p> <p>(Percussionists, <u>NOTE</u><u>:</u> For this portion of the audition — the prepared piece of our choice — you are encouraged (but not required) to play at least two of the three major percussion instruments (timpani, mallet instrument, snare drum). Timpani auditions will include basic tuning, snare drum auditions will include basic rudiments, and mallet auditions will include scales).</p> <p>4. Prepare Gustav Holst’s <em>Hammersmith </em>(the entire piece) for your instrument. Percussionists, instead of <em>Hammersmith</em>, you should prepare two of the three percussion excepts that are below. </p> <p> </p> <p><em>Hammersmith</em> parts <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jdrnd089iemdg1t/AAAHA5g4Qxz3mQ6vwd-Kd0bGa?dl=0"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p> <p>Sample recording of <em>Hammersmith</em> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOJYQUD7u4w"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p> <p>Percussion audition parts <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jdrnd089iemdg1t/AAAHA5g4Qxz3mQ6vwd-Kd0bGa?dl=0"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><u>NOTE:</u> </p> <p>*Flutists may choose either <em>Hammersmith</em> Flute 1 or Flute 2 parts. Flutists also interested in piccolo should also prepare the <em>Hammersmith </em>piccolo part.</p> <p>*Oboists also interested in English Horn should prepare any short excerpt on English Horn of any piece of their choice, in addition to the <em>Hammersmith </em>oboe part.</p> <p>*Clarinets may choose either the <em>Hammersmith </em>Solo Clar., or Clar. 1 or Clar. 2 parts.</p> <p>*Horns may choose the <em>Hammersmith </em>Horn 1 or Horn 2 parts. </p> <p>*Trumpet players may choose either Solo Cornet or Cornet 2 part.</p> <p>*Horns may choose either Horn 1 or Horn 2.</p> <p>*Trombones may choose either Trombone 1, 2, or 3 parts. </p> <p> </p> <p>If you have any questions about auditions/MITWE in general, contact <strong>Dr. Fred Harris (<a href="mailto:fharris@mit.edu" title="mailto:fharris@mit.edu">fharris@mit.edu</a>)</strong>. If you need access to an instrument, fill out the <a href="https://airtable.com/shr7yyoPGX9yY0TGz" title="https://airtable.com/shr7yyoPGX9yY0TGz">Instrument Request Form</a>, then contact Jacob Means (<em><a href="mailto:mta-request@mit.edu">mta-request@mit.edu</a></em>). </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em><u>Note</u></em></strong><em>: students who register for an audition and need access to the MTA 4-260 practice room suite during the week leading up to auditions, may request access by emailing <a href="mailto:mta-request@mit.edu" title="mailto:mta-request@mit.edu">mta-request@mit.edu</a>. 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