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Tufts Arab Music Ensemble
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts Arab Music Ensemble performs a selection of instrumental and vocal music that represents a wide range of genres within the Arab world. Tareq Rantisi, director
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The Mahler Sessions: Anna Handler — Assistant Conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesJoin the Tufts University Department of Music for The Mahler Sessions, a compelling spring series of student-led conversations with leading classical musicians. This kickoff event features Anna Handler, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in a discussion about musical interpretation and the artistry behind performance. The series explores how musicians approach works like those …
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Cancelled: Sunday Concert Series – Music of Turkey
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesExperience The Art of the Bow, part of the Tufts Sunday Concert Series, featuring Beth Bahia Cohen and friends in an exploration of music drawn from modal bow traditions. This concert showcases the rich expressive possibilities of bowed instruments and the cultural contexts behind their techniques, offering an immersive afternoon of performance and insight. The …
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The Mahler Sessions: David Robertson (Former Music Director, St. Louis Symphony)
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe distinguished conductor David Robertson—former music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra—joins Tufts students for the next installment of the Mahler Sessions, a new series of public conversations about the art of interpretation, featuring some of the leading classical voices of today and tomorrow. About the Mahler Sessions: The composer Gustav Mahler famously declared that …
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Rescheduled: From Dance Club to Church Altar: Sanctifying the Seben
Varis Lecture Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesJoin ethnomusicologist Jean Ngoya Kidula for an illuminating colloquium examining the transformation of the seben — a musical section and practice that emerged within Congolese rumba and has historically been associated with secular, and often stigmatized, dance culture. This talk explores how and why the seben has been integrated into contemporary African and diasporic Christian …
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The Mahler Sessions: Esa-Pekka Salonen (Former Music Director, LA Philharmonic & San Francisco Symphony)
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe visionary conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen—former music director of Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony—joins Tufts students for the next installment of the Mahler Sessions, a new series of public conversations about the art of interpretation, featuring some of the leading classical voices of today and tomorrow. About the Mahler Sessions: The composer Gustav Mahler …
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Sunday Concert Series: Sun Salon – Stare Directly at It
Fisher Performance Room, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe poetry and improvised music collective directed by Abe Brownell strikes again in Fisher Performance Room. Sunglasses encouraged but not required!
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Tufts Composers: New At Noon #3
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesA Chord Accord. Hot-off-the-press homophonic works by Tufts Composers aspire to new euphonies.
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Family and Children’s Concert: Kidcappella with “Rainbow Jeff”
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United States“Rainbow Jeff” Rawitsch hosts several of Tufts student-run a cappella groups in a concert of tunes for music fans of all ages, culminating in a sing-along of “Rainbow Connection” with Rich Stillman, banjo.
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From Bonnie Raitt to Billie Eilish: Making Live Music Greener
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesLearn how your favorite musicians and festivals are going green behind the scenes! Join a special conversation with the 2026 recipients of the Lyon & Bendheim Citizenship Award, Lauren Sullivan, J96 and Adam Gardner, A95, on the green music movement and the powerful role music can play in driving positive change. After seeing firsthand how musicians’ …
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