April 2025
Sound Icon: Infinity of Lists
Founded and directed by Jeffrey Means, the Sound Icon sinfonietta presents a special event at Tufts' Distler Hall featuring the premiere of "Infinity of Lists" by Ken Ueno and works by Tufts composers T.J. Anderson Jr., John McDonald, and others. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir
Join the 220-voice Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir as they present their spring concert under the direction of David Coleman. General admission tickets are $7 through the Tufts online box office. The concert also will be viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Choral Alumni Weekend Concert
The Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers welcome choral alumni back to the Distler Performance Hall for a special performance of Mozart's "Great Mass in C minor, K. 427" under the direction of Jamie Kirsch. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Granoff Colloquium: Listening to the Nakba
Today's Granoff Music Center Colloquium at Tufts University features Dr. David A. McDonald of Indiana University speaking on "Listening to the Nakba: Palestine and the Crisis of Response." For Palestinians the "nakba," or catastrophe, is a profound concept that describes the events of 1948, when the majority of the world's Palestinians were forced into exile, as well as ongoing experiences of settler-colonial dispossession and erasure. As both historical event and contemporary discourse, the nakba not only connects Palestinians across time…
Find out more »Tufts Composers New Sounds Now #6: Small Choices
Tufts Composers concludes this school year's New Sounds Now series with the program "Small Choices." No grand narrative? No categories? Is our music post-genre? And do Tufts Composers still have something to say? Can we count in new ways? Free and open to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Wind Ensemble
The Tufts University Wind Ensemble performs music by Verdi, Persichetti, Hindemith, and Johann De Meij, under the direction of Ray Daniels. This concert is dedicated Julia Bradley, who was a Tufts junior and co-president of the Tufts Wind Ensemble when she died unexpectedly on December 31. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Author Talk: Giorgio Biancorosso – Remixing Wong Kar-wai
The Tufts Department of Music and Tufts Film and Media Studies program presents a talk with author Giorgio Biancorosso about his 2024 book "Remixing Wong Kar Wai: Music, Bricolage, and the Aesthetics of Oblivion." The book is a poetic, wide-ranging evocation of cult filmmaker Wong Kar-wai's modus operandi. Dubbed once the "best ear in the industry," Wong Kar-wai crafts the soundtracks of his films by jettisoning original scores in favor of commercial recordings. Remixing Wong Kar-wai examines the combinatorial practice…
Find out more »Tufts New Music Ensemble
The Tufts New Music Ensemble performs music inspired by works by Tom Johnson, Nikita Gale, Christine Sun Kim, and Camae Ayewa. Donald Berman directs. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Kiniwe
Kiniwe, the African Music and Dance Ensemble of the Tufts Music Department, and guests will perform music and dance from the Ashanti, Ewe and Ga people of Ghana. Kiniwe will be joined by Emmanuel Agbeli, Mohammed Alidu, the New England Conservatory's Mile Norvisi, and the Agbekor Drum and Dance Society. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Sunday Concert: Tufts Chamber Orchestra
The Tufts University Sunday Concert series presents the Tufts Chamber Orchestra performing its spring concert under the direction of John Page. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Small Jazz Ensembles
The Tufts Department of Music presents a concert featuring the Paul Ahlstrand and Nando Michelin small jazz ensembles. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Early Music Ensemble
The Tufts University Early Music Ensemble presents a program of early 17th century Italian music by Monteverdi, Trabaci, Duarte, Frescobaldi and others for voices, recorders, violas da gamba, Baroque flute, lute and harpsichord. Jane Hershey, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Chamber Music
Tufts University students present works for strings, winds, brass, and piano. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Jazz Orchestra: Too Darn Hot
The Tufts University Jazz Orchestra presents its spring concert, "Too Darn Hot," celebrating the music of Wayne Shorter; Earth, Wind and Fire; and Cole Porter. Joel LaRue Smith, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Opera Ensemble: The Enchanted Pig
The Tufts Opera Ensemble, directed by Carol Mastrodomenico and Thomas Stumpf, presents the first of two performances of Jonathan Dove's fairy-tale opera "The Enchanted Pig." Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming. The second performance will be at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 25, also at Distler Hall.
Find out more »Tufts Composers: New at Noon #4
Today's New at Noon series program is "Self-Similar Magic: Marimbas and More." Inspired by Tom Johnson’s Rational Melodies and the Marimba Magic Ensemble at the Rivers Conservatory (Sarah Tenney, founder and director), Tufts Composers will match minimalist mechanisms with mallets. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Opera Ensemble: The Enchanted Pig
The Tufts Opera Ensemble, directed by Carol Mastrodomenico and Thomas Stumpf, presents the second of two performances of Jonathan Dove's fairy-tale opera "The Enchanted Pig." Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Sunday Concert: Tufts Symphony Orchestra
The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Symphony Orchestra performing its spring concert under the direction of John Page. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Flute Ensemble
The Tufts University Flute Ensemble invites you to celebrate spring with fun and interesting music for piccolo, C flute, alto flute, and bass flute. Nina Barwell, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Tufts Arab Music Ensemble
The Tufts Arab Music Ensemble presents a selection of instrumental and vocal music representative of a wide range of genres within the Arab world. Naseem Alatrash, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »May 2025
Tufts Electronic Music Ensemble: Double Digits
For its 10 anniversary concert, the Tufts University Electronic Music Ensemble presents "Double Digits," an eclectic collection of rock, jazz, classical, and experimental music on electric and electronic instruments. Paul Lehrman, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
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