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Dominique Eade on Teaching at New England Conservatory
Dominique Eade knows the value of an open-minded teacher first hand. Eade’s creativity had found diverse outlets as a child, including guitar playing (“I was a pretty good finger- picker”) and songwriting, and as an English major at Vassar she would often supplement her assignments with poems and songs. “I was doing music constantly, but was ...
New England Conservatory Artist in Residence: Dave Holland
If you see NEC Artist in Residence Dave Holland in performance these days he will most likely be found either in duet with pianist Kenny Barron or amidst his newly assembled quartet Prism. These are particularly exciting projects, as the bassist and Barron have only collaborated a handful of times in the past, while Prism is ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab with Miguel Zenon
One-Week Intensive Jazz Program for Students Ages 14-18 Sunday, June 21 – Friday, June 26, 2015 Special Guest Artists MacArthur Fellow and Grammy Nominee Miguel Zenón 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 ...
Music Education Monday: Inside the musical mind of Bill Evans
Since today marks 56 years to the day since Miles Davis began recording his landmark album Kind of Blue, for this week's “Music Education Monday" let's take a closer look at one of the musicians who played a key role in those sessions. Bill Evans was the pianist in what's often called Davis “first great quintet," ...
Brain Benefits: How Learning Music is Instrumental in Children's Brain Development
Music provides many benefits to your overall well-being. It can give you that extra boost in the morning to get the day started. It can relax you at the end of a long day. It can set the mood for your next party or help you get through your next breakup. But how does music impact ...
Music Education Monday: Books, Both Fake And Real
For this week's “Music Education Monday," it's part two of a look at free sheet music resources available online, this week concentrating on fake books. First, a bit of background: A fake book is a collection of sheet music for well-known tunes, usually formatted with one song per page using only chord symbols, a written-out melody ...
San Jose Jazz: Making kids smarter through music
By Joe Rodriguez “I liked the way the trombone sounded," said Ayoko, who is now 12. His friend Jaime, 11, had hoped for a saxophone but settled for a clarinet. “They said it was free, so why not?" The musical notes that day in Santee Elementary School's echo-prone, combined cafeteria and auditorium penetrated deep enough to ...
Miguel Zenón On Teaching At New England Conservatory
Miguel Zenón, the alto saxophonist and composer who has blended jazz and the music of his native Puerto Rico into one of the most passionate and coherent forms of contemporary expression, exemplifies the new possibilities that jazz envisions in the 21st century. His triumphs of the past decade, at the head of his own quartet and ...
Berklee Names Jane Mendillo, Former President And CEO Of Harvard Management Company, To Board Of Trustees
Berklee College of Music has named Jane Mendillo to its board of trustees. Mendillo is the former president and CEO of Harvard Management Company (HMC), which manages Harvard University’s endowment and related financial assets. Mendillo had worked at HMC for 15 years earlier in her career and returned after serving six years as chief investment officer ...
New England Conservatory Faculty Profile: Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch has much to look forward to in his immediate future, including the premiere of a new extended composition and a variety of performances in the diverse solo and small-ensemble settings that have made him one of the major contemporary voices in jazz piano. Yet 2015 looms large in his mind for another reason. “It ...
