Luciana Souza And Guillermo Klein at MIT Kresge Auditorium

WORKS ON HOPE

Two of South America’s greatest jazz artists, Luciana Souza and Guillermo Klein, join the MIT Wind Ensemble, MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble in creating innovative new compositions and arrangements. The program will include a new work for Luciana Souza and the MIT Wind Ensemble, composed by Guillermo Klein based on poetry chosen by Klein. The evening’s highlight will be the world premiere of Works on Hope by Klein for Souza and the MIT Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Fred Harris. This performance is the culmination of Klein’s and Souza’s MIT residency and a semester-long exploration of their music by three MIT student ensembles....

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WORKS ON HOPE

Two of South America’s greatest jazz artists, Luciana Souza and Guillermo Klein, join the MIT Wind Ensemble, MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble and MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble in creating innovative new compositions and arrangements. The program will include a new work for Luciana Souza and the MIT Wind Ensemble, composed by Guillermo Klein based on poetry chosen by Klein. The evening’s highlight will be the world premiere of Works on Hope by Klein for Souza and the MIT Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Fred Harris. This performance is the culmination of Klein’s and Souza’s MIT residency and a semester-long exploration of their music by three MIT student ensembles.

7:30pm pre-concert ArtWeek talk
VJE director Liz Tobias and select MIT students will discuss collaborating with Souza and Klein, the rationale behind the project, and the challenges and rewards of developing new works remotely and onsite with guest artists. The concert will start at 8pm

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