page_title: Traditions and student activities at MIT
section_title: Symphony Orchestra
hierarchical_section_title: Traditions and student activities at MIT / Performing arts / Symphony Orchestra
caption_attribution_description: Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts. Architect Eero Saarinen, 1954. Interior view of stage; a concert by the MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra. Photograph by me, August 2005.
context_page_description: The traditions and student activities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology encompass hundreds of student activities, organizations, and athletics that contribute to MIT's distinct culture.
context_section_description: The MIT Symphony Orchestra is the symphony orchestra of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  The origins of the MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) date back as far as 1884 when the first MIT Tech Orchestra appeared on campus along with the Banjo and Glee Clubs. The orchestra disbanded and re-appeared several times over the years that followed until 1947, when Klaus Liepmann (1907–1990), MIT's first full-time professor of music and founder of the music program, became director of the MIT Glee Club, the Symphony and the Choral Society.
  Nine years later John Corley (1919–2000) took over the direction of the Symphony until 1966, when David Epstein (1931–2002) became the Symphony Orchestra's music director. Under Prof. Epstein, the orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall and made several LP recordings. David Epstein's tenure ended in the spring of 1998 upon his retirement from the Institute. The MITSO has also performed with artists such as Peter Schickele, when he performed works of P.D.Q. Bach as a dog chained to the concertmaster. After an international search, Dante Anzolini became Music Director of the Orchestra and Associate Professor of Music at MIT in September 1998. For the 2006–2007 season, Paul Biss from Indiana University served as interim conductor for MITSO, and in the fall of 2007, Adam Boyles began his tenure as the current music director.
caption: An MIT student orchestra performs in Kresge Auditorium
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