Welcome back to campus!

The Department of Music presents a talk by Ivan Tan, “From Abbey Road to McLemore Avenue: Booker T and the MG’s Beatles Covers.” This event takes place on Monday, April 4 at 12pm in Orwig 109, and the event is free and open to the public. Write to music@brown.edu if you want to attend via Zoom.

Ivan Tan is Visiting Lecturer in Music at Brown University, where he teaches courses in music theory, musicianship, and songwriting. His research on popular music and music cognition has been published in Music Perception and Psychology of Music, and presented at international, national, and regional conferences. Ivan is a Ph.D. candidate in music theory at the Eastman School of Music, where his dissertation research investigates issues of virtuosity, texture, and groove in 1970s progressive rock keyboard performance.

Jazz drummer/composer Allison Miller and her band Boom Tic Boom will present her new evening-length multimedia work, Rivers In Our Veins, on Friday, April 8th at 8:00 p.m. at the Granoff Center for the Arts at Brown University. In addition to her group of renowned jazz musicians, the concert will feature acclaimed tap dancer Claudia Rahardjanoto and video design by Brown University professor, Todd Winkler. Admission to this event is free, but space is very limited. We recommend you reserve your seats today.

Learn more about Allison Miller, Boom Tic Boom, and Rivers In Our Veins on the concert event page.

The Department of Music presents guest pianist Beatrice Long in a performance at Grant Recital Hall on April 8. Ms. Long plays music by Chopin, Bach, Bonds, and Ravel. Admission to the event is free and open to the public. Learn more about Beatrice Long on the recital event page.

Program
Frederic Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Op. 25
Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (second half)
Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water (based on the spiritual “Wade in the Water”)
Maurice Ravel: La Valse

Guest pianist Beatrice Long leads a masterclass for piano students in Grant Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public for observation. Learn more about Beatrice Long on the masterclass event page.

No One Is Driving, Everyone Is Riding is Seamus Hubbard Flynn’s Honors Thesis concert featuring Ben West ’22.5. Seamus’ description of the work follows:

The first public interpretation of a text-based open score for any vocalist, any instrumentalist, and digital visuals. This is an outgrowth of a years-long process of starting to love my body a little bit, composing contexts instead of sounds, and improvising to cultivate safety in the apocalypse. Expect amplified tiny noises and some screaming. Endless thanks to collaborator Ben West ’22.5 and thesis advisors Wang Lu and Butch Rovan. Poster art by Hannah-Rose Albinus.