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NEC Presents A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall Tuesday, February 18 At NEC’s Jordan Hall
Original Works and Recompositions Offering a Kaleidoscopic Perspective on Protest Music and Social Change Throughout History NEC Faculty Eden MacAdam-Somer, Anthony Coleman Tanya Kalmanovitch plus student pieces include Soldiers Joy which explores the dual reality of soldiers lives in the field and when they come home; a reflection on the Persian Gulf War; a piece inspired ...
Internationally-Acclaimed Improvisers Debut Quartet With Two Violas Sunday, February 2 At NEC's Jordan Hall
Following performances in New York, New England Conservatory faculty member Tanya Kalmanovitch debuts her new two-viola quartet—featuring fellow violist Mat Maneri, an NEC student, Welsh pianist Huw Warren and Austrian bassist Peter Herbert—in concert on Sunday, February 2 at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. The concert is free and open to the public. For ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Nearly 50 Free Performances For The Winter/spring 2014 Season
Plus Two Events at Museum of Fine Arts and Residencies with World-Renowned Performers January 16 – May 30, 2014 Highlights include Sun Ra Centennial Concerts; World Premieres of Charles Mingus’ Half-Mast Inhibition and Gunther Schuller’s From Here to There; A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall; Jazz and the Struggle for Freedom and Equality; residency by Dave Holland; ...
Wayne Wallace’s Latin Jazz / Jazz Latin Earns Grammy Nomination For “Best Latin Jazz Album”
World-renowned trombonist, composer, arranger, and producer Wayne Wallace has earned a GRAMMY nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album” for his CD Latin Jazz / Jazz Latin his seventh CD on the Patois label. The CD, which topped the radio charts and earned rave reviews and a place on numerous top CDs of the year lists, displays ...
Legendary Jazz Group Weather Report Rises With Legacy Project
Documentary “Calm Before The Storm" to be directed by Tony Zawinul Seminal jazz group Weather Report rises again with the Weather Report Legacy Project and crowdfunding initiative. The new project, launching December 9, 2013, will support the creation of a documentary, “Calm Before the Storm." The film documents the group from its beginnings in 1970, through ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab
One-Week Intensive Jazz Program for Students Ages 14 – 18 June 22 – 27, 2014 Special Guest Artist Grammy Award Winning Bassist Dave Holland plus NEC Jazz Studies Chair Ken Schaphorst headline the week holding masterclasses paired with evening concerts of their music Students ages 14 - 18 are invited to explore jazz at New England ...
New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Ken Schaphorst Performed By The NEC Jazz Orchestra With Special Guests Nedelka Prescod And Donny McCaslin -- Thursday, December 12 In NEC’s Jordan Hall
“Schaphorst's writing and arranging, like that of Duke Ellington, is for individual musicians." —Mark Corroto, All About Jazz Ken Schaphorst, New England Conservatory's chair of jazz studies, leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in The Music of Ken Schaphorst, a program of his original music and arrangements. The free concert takes place at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, ...
New England Conservatory Prep Presents The NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra Conducted By Ken Schaphorst
Wednesday, December 11 in NEC’s Brown Hall New England Conservatory Prep presents the NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra conducted by Ken Schaphorst in a concert featuring the music of Duke Ellington, Gerald Wilson, Sun Ra, Imogen Heap, John Klenner, Joe Henderson, Harold Arlen, and Thad Jones all performed by middle and high school students in the NEC Youth ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Luciana Souza On Wednesday, December 4
Grammy Winner Souza Will Perform with Each of Three Student Groups Public Residency Events Include Introduction to Brazilian Music on December 2 and Expanding the Singer's Vocabulary on December 3 “Her music soulfully reflects, wistfully regrets, romantically woos, joyfully celebrates." —Billboard New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department presents The Music of Luciana Souza, a free concert ...
New England Conservatory’s Hankus Netsky Chosen As One Of The Forward 50
50 American Jews who had the greatest impact in 2013 Netsky, Chair of NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation Department, cited for being a “mentor (to) generations of Jewish musicians” and “a quiet but powerful force affecting nearly every corner of contemporary Jewish music." Hankus Netsky, chair of New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation program, has been selected for The ...
