Musicmaking Forum: Creativity, Collaboration, Community - Masterclass with Vijay Iyer
In conjunction with USC Thornton’s Music@RushHour weekly concert series, award-winning composer, pianist, and Harvard professor Vijay Iyer will lead a public masterclass titled “Musicmaking Forum: Creativity, Collaboration, Community.” USC Thornton students and student ensembles will perform original works-in-progress for Iyer, who will provide teaching on form, performance, and more.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 @ 5:00 PM
Ramo Recital Hall (BMH 100), 820 W 34th St BMH 100, Los Angeles, CA 90007
“There’s probably no frame wide enough to encompass the creative output of the pianist Vijay Iyer.”—New York Times
Register: Click here to register through USC’s website
Cost: No charge
Contact: Madeleine Mejia, Madeleine_Mejia@post.harvard.edu
Vijay Iyer, Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts at Harvard University, is a musician and scholar who has been described by the New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway.” The composer-pianist has earned a place as one of the leading music-makers of his generation. Iyer’s honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, and the Alpert Award in the Arts. His newest album, Compassion, features his acclaimed trio with drummer Tyshawn Sorey and bassist Linda May Han Oh. His lush, expansive collaboration with Arooj Aftab and Shahzad Ismaily, Love in Exile, received two GRAMMY nominations and was named among the best albums of the year in Pitchfork and the New York Times. Iyer’s scholarship dwells at the intersections of music studies, Black studies, and the sciences.
This event is part of Iyer’s three-day residency at USC, which includes a performance on Tuesday, February 25, and a lecture on Thursday, February 27.
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