Name: Concerts in the Chapel
Start: 2025-04-09T12:10:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-09T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Building W15: MIT Chapel

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ORSEL presents concerts each month, holding space in the Chapel for stillness and reflection — February 12, March 12, and April 9. Drop in anytime and enjoy tasty mORSELs after each concert!

Leon Guallart Diaz (April 9)

Leon Guallart is an artist from Barcelona, Spain, whose sound has been described as 'a warm hug in the middle of a snowstorm.' His current project, the Comfort: Home Tour, aims to bring warmth and comfort to iconic spaces around the world, designed by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, or Mies van der Rohe.

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Valerie K. Chen, cello (February 12)

Join EECS PhD student Valerie K. Chen for a midday contemplation of resilience, reconciliation, and compassion through the voice of the solo cello.

Carson Marshall and Umer Piracha (March 12)

Violinist and meditation guide Carson Marshall and Sufi vocalist Umer Piracha present a meditative sound experience blending classical violin improvisations with the rich vocal traditions of Sufi Qawwali. This collaboration explores deep listening, presence, and resonance through sustained melodic phrasing, the meditative drone of the tanpura, and immersive vocal textures.

Carson Marshall and Natalie Lin Douglas (December 4)

Violinist and Meditation guide Carson Marshall and MIT Associate Professor of Music Natalie Lin Douglas present a concert combining guided meditation with live classical music, providing tools for cultivating presence, deep listening, and emotional regulation. Musical selections will include works by Bach, Anna Clyne, and improvisations with violin and Shruti box.

Leo Eguchi: UNACCOMPANIED (November 6)

MIT Affiliated Artist Leo Eguchi, cello, presents selections from his immigration themed solo performance project, UNACCOMPANIED, featuring newly commissioned works by immigrant and first generation American composers.

Evan Ziporyn: Sonic Holograms (October 2)

Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at MIT & Faculty Director of MIT CAST, weaves live clarinet, bass clarinet, wind synth, effects boxes and loop pedals into a multidimensional, immersive and meditative auditory journey.

Christine Southworth: Mushroom Modulations (September 4)

Multi-media composer and MIT alum Christine Southworth will make music by “listening” to slight electrical variations in live colonies she has grown via electrodes placed on different parts of the fruiting growth and converted to sound.

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