Free Concert February 9 in NEC's Jordan Hall
Making good on a threat or dare he issued on the occasion of his 80th Birthday, pianist Russell Sherman, NEC's Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, will perform the Gershwin Piano Concerto in F in a February 9 concert with the NEC Philharmonia and Hugh Wolff, Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras. The 8 p.m. concert at NEC's Jordan Hall is free and open to the public.
Interviewed last year by the Boston Globe on the eve of his birthday, Sherman confessed to “a sudden unquenchable thirst for Gershwin." ("It's just my way of saying, 'New York, New York!' “ he explained.) Wolff and the Philharmonia jumped at the chance to collaborate with the eternally cool, New York-born and bred pianist. Although perhaps better known for his performances of Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin, Sherman is no stranger to the music of Gershwin. The pianist has recorded the Concerto plus the three Gershwin Preludes and they can be heard on a compilation disc, Gershwin: the Greatest Hits, in which he is accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke's.
Also on the concert program are works of Shostakovich and Ravel.
For more information, check the NEC website at necmusic.edu/concerts-events or call the NEC Concert Line at 617-585-1122. NEC's Jordan Hall, Brown Hall, Williams Hall and the Keller Room are located at 30 Gainsborough St., corner of Huntington Ave. Pierce Hall is located at 241 St. Botolph St. between Gainsborough and Mass Ave.
ABOUT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 750 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in classical, jazz, contemporary improvisation, world and early music. Through its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education, and Community Collaboration Programs, it provides training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, adults, and seniors. Through its outreach projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences in schools, hospitals, and nursing homes—thereby bringing pleasure to new listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music and jazz.
NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year, most of them in Jordan Hall, its world-renowned, 100-year old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz and opera scenes. Every year, NEC's opera studies department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.
NEC is co-founder and educational partner of “From the Top," a weekly radio program that celebrates outstanding young classical musicians from the entire country. With its broadcast home in Jordan Hall, the show is now carried by more than two hundred stations throughout the United States.
Making good on a threat or dare he issued on the occasion of his 80th Birthday, pianist Russell Sherman, NEC's Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, will perform the Gershwin Piano Concerto in F in a February 9 concert with the NEC Philharmonia and Hugh Wolff, Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras. The 8 p.m. concert at NEC's Jordan Hall is free and open to the public.
Interviewed last year by the Boston Globe on the eve of his birthday, Sherman confessed to “a sudden unquenchable thirst for Gershwin." ("It's just my way of saying, 'New York, New York!' “ he explained.) Wolff and the Philharmonia jumped at the chance to collaborate with the eternally cool, New York-born and bred pianist. Although perhaps better known for his performances of Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin, Sherman is no stranger to the music of Gershwin. The pianist has recorded the Concerto plus the three Gershwin Preludes and they can be heard on a compilation disc, Gershwin: the Greatest Hits, in which he is accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke's.
Also on the concert program are works of Shostakovich and Ravel.
For more information, check the NEC website at necmusic.edu/concerts-events or call the NEC Concert Line at 617-585-1122. NEC's Jordan Hall, Brown Hall, Williams Hall and the Keller Room are located at 30 Gainsborough St., corner of Huntington Ave. Pierce Hall is located at 241 St. Botolph St. between Gainsborough and Mass Ave.
ABOUT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 750 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The oldest independent school of music in the United States, NEC was founded in 1867 by Eben Tourjee. Its curriculum is remarkable for its wide range of styles and traditions. On the college level, it features training in classical, jazz, contemporary improvisation, world and early music. Through its Preparatory School, School of Continuing Education, and Community Collaboration Programs, it provides training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, adults, and seniors. Through its outreach projects, it allows young musicians to engage with non-traditional audiences in schools, hospitals, and nursing homes—thereby bringing pleasure to new listeners and enlarging the universe for classical music and jazz.
NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year, most of them in Jordan Hall, its world-renowned, 100-year old, beautifully restored concert hall. These programs range from solo recitals to chamber music to orchestral programs to jazz and opera scenes. Every year, NEC's opera studies department also presents two fully staged opera productions at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.
NEC is co-founder and educational partner of “From the Top," a weekly radio program that celebrates outstanding young classical musicians from the entire country. With its broadcast home in Jordan Hall, the show is now carried by more than two hundred stations throughout the United States.
