March 2025
Tufts Composers New Sounds Now #5: Self-Similarity
Today's fifth edition of Tufts Composers' New Sounds Now series is titled "Self-Similarity: Algo-Rhythmic Composition, Automaticity, and Counting." Tufts Composers look to composer Tom Johnson, asking: What resembles the thing that just happened? What makes our music move and dance without overthought? 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 »C. Spencer Yeh Performance
The Tufts Department of Music and Tufts University Art Galleries are hosting experimental musician and exhibiting artist C. Spencer Yeh for his first Boston-area performance in a decade. Presented in conjunction with the current TUAG exhibition "Impossible Music," Yeh will perform improvisations on violin, voice, and electronics in Distler Hall. One hour before the performance, TUAG will offer a curatorial tour of the Yeh’s installation "World of Music," part of the "Impossible Music" exhibition, in the adjacent gallery in Aidekman…
Find out more »Tufts/NEC Dual Degree Recital
Students from Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music studying in this program present a unique evening of classical, jazz, and original compositions. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. This concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Granoff Colloquium: Rap and Redemption of Death Row
Today's Granoff Music Center Colloquium at Tufts University features University of North Carolina music professor Mark Katz speaking on his book, "Rap and Redemption of Death Row – Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose Behind Bars," which was published last April. A hip-hop-rich prison memoir, the book chronicles inmate Alim Braxton’s struggles and triumphs as he attempts to record an album while on death row, something no one has done before. Free to the public with no tickets required.
Find out more »A Girl and Her Crocodile
Molly Wong’s one-act opera "A Girl and Her Crocodile" receives its stage premiere at Tufts University. Featuring Kristen Watson and Krista River, voice; John McDonald, piano; Nathan Troup, director; and Riley Halliday, costumes. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
Find out more »Impossible Music: Playing the Imaginary
As part of the ongoing "Impossible Music" exhibition at Tufts University Art Galleries, the Tufts New Music Ensemble — with special guest John McDonald — will perform a selection from Tom Johnson’s "Imaginary Music" series (1974-1975, 1993). Containing a total of 104 scores, these drawings of musical symbols or loose suggestions of notes promote non-linear interpretations, and Johnson used them as tools to imagine new musical possibilities. Free and open to the public with no tickets required. On view until April…
Find out more »Film Screening: Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales
The Tufts Department of Music presents the screening of the film "Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales," telling the story of the kora, one of Africa’s most iconic instruments and featuring kora player Ballaké Sissoko. Co-written and co directed by Lucy Durán and Laurent Benhamou. This screening is part of the International Symposium on the Musical Arts of Africa, taking place at Tufts Music on March 28-29.
Find out more »International Symposium on the Musical Arts of Africa
The Tufts Department of Music presents the 2025 International Symposium on the Musical Arts of Africa, focusing on the dialogue between communities of practice and communities of learning. The event brings together representatives from African communities and a cast of interdisciplinary academics to unpack the multifaceted relationships between African communities and the researchers who study them. Friday, March 28 will feature a day of discussions and presentations by academics while master performers from Africa share their experiences working with scholars. Saturday,…
Find out more »Tufts Composers: Look What Happened Now
Violist Anna Griffis premieres Kareem Roustom’s "Pavane (pour les enfants défuntes)" alongside other new works for strings by Tufts Composers. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
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