New Horizons in Audio Technology and Immersive Stage Performances are displayed in "FUTURE PHASES"
In July 2025, the MIT Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program presented the event "FUTURE PHASES" at the Thomas Tull Concert Hall within the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building. This concert, part of the 2025 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), showcased innovative works that combined string orchestra with electronic and computer-generated music, highlighting the intersection of music and advanced technology.
The event was a collaboration with the MIT Media Lab’s Opera of the Future Group and Boston’s self-conducted chamber orchestra, A Far Cry. Each work was performed by this multi-Grammy-nominated ensemble, including two new compositions by MIT composers. "EV6," a collaboration between Evan Ziporyn and Eran Egozy, was a metaphorical piece, referencing an electric car and its connection to technology and music. This work involved audience participation using cellphones and a live string orchestra.
The title "EV6" was a fitting metaphor, as the piece embraced the fusion of technology and music. Another premiere was "FLOW Symphony" by Tod Machover.
Three additional works were selected by a jury from an open call, showcasing emerging talents. These works, along with the premieres, incorporated a range of technological components, including audience participation using cellphones as musical instruments.
Following the concert, six music technology demonstrations were presented by undergraduate and graduate students from both the MIT Music program and the MIT Media Lab. One of these demonstrations was Senegroove, a drumming-based application designed for an upcoming edX online course.
Egozy, who developed the Tutti technology used in the interactive elements of the concert, expressed hope that the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT will inspire new ways of thinking, projects, and collaborations in music and music technology.
The event, which featured a variety of musical styles and ways that electronics would be used, underscored MIT’s leadership in fostering innovation at the convergence of music, technology, and interactive performance within a state-of-the-art facility designed to inspire new forms of collaboration and creativity.
[References] 1. MIT News 2. Vinyl Me, Please
- The MIT Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program organized the "FUTURE PHASES" event in July 2025, held at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building.
- The concert, part of the 2025 International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), was a collaboration with the MIT Media Lab’s Opera of the Future Group and Boston’s self-conducted chamber orchestra, A Far Cry.
- The event showcased innovative works that combined string orchestra with electronic and computer-generated music, highlighting the intersection of music and advanced technology.
- "EV6," a collaboration between Evan Ziporyn and Eran Egozy, was a metaphorical piece, referencing an electric car and its connection to technology and music, involving audience participation using cellphones and a live string orchestra.
- Tod Machover's "FLOW Symphony" was another premiere at the event.
- Three additional works were selected by a jury from an open call, showcasing emerging talents and incorporating a range of technological components, including audience participation using cellphones as musical instruments.
- Following the concert, six music technology demonstrations were presented by undergraduate and graduate students from both the MIT Music program and the MIT Media Lab.
- One of these demonstrations was Senegroove, a drumming-based application designed for an upcoming edX online course.
- Eran Egozy, who developed the Tutti technology used in the interactive elements of the concert, expressed hope that the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT will inspire new ways of thinking, projects, and collaborations in music and music technology, driving innovation in education-and-self-development and online-education.
