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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 ...
NEC Alum John Medeski Returns To Campus For Performance On Thursday, February 26
“The Music of Ken Schaphorst and John Medeski” Concert to Feature Pianist and Hammond B3 Organ Player Medeski, Percussionist Rakalam Bob Moses, and the NEC Jazz Orchestra Conducted by Ken Schaphorst Medeski Also Working with Students During 3-Day Residency NEC alum John Medeski '88 returns to his alma mater to play piano and Hammond B3 organ ...
Renowned Composer/Percussionist John Hollenbeck Teaching At New England Conservatory During Fall 2014 Semester
Also leads September 23 Master Class with Claudia Quintet “John Hollenbeck has the power to induce synesthesia. A precociously gifted... composer, arranger, percussionist, and leader of several musical groups... Hollenbeck makes music that sounds the way the world looks and feels… Hollenbeck is a musician for our time.” —David Hadju, The New Republic New England Conservatory’s ...
NEC’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Nearly 100 Free Performances For 2014-2015 Season
Plus Residencies with World-Renowned Performers September 2, 2014 — May 19, 2015 Highlights include: The Music of John Zorn: A 35-Year Retrospective; Order of the Virtues a re-interpretation of Hildegarde Von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum; The Music of Ken Schaphorst and John Medeski; Workshops/masterclasses with Lake Street Dive, Jason Moran/Vijay Iyer, Evan Parker, Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck ...
Five Free Public Concerts Featuring World-Renowned Artists During New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab
Sunday, June 22 – Friday, June 27, 2014 Concerts by Special Guest Artist Grammy-Award Winning Bassist Dave Holland with Dominique Eade, NEC Jazz Studies Chair Ken Schaphorst, the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra and a Jazz Lab Student Farewell Concert New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab, a one-week intensive program for students ages 14 – 18, will feature ...
New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents Jazz And The Struggle For Freedom & Equality
Performed by the NEC Jazz Orchestra on Thursday, February 27 at Jordan Hall WGBH Jazz Host Eric Jackson to Narrate Mingus’ “Freedom” Ken Schaphorst, New England Conservatory's chair of jazz studies, leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in Jazz and the Struggle for Freedom & Equality featuring some of the landmark compositions associated with the battle against ...
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 Vaughn Moore + Billy Eckstine On Thursday, October 17 Featuring Ken Schaphorst And The NEC Jazz Orchestra
Ken Schaphorst and the NEC Jazz Orchestra draw on New England Conservatory's exclusive archive of Vaughn Monroe charts, alongside hits by Billy Eckstine — two of the most popular singing stars of the 1940s — in the Music of Vaughn Monroe + Billy Eckstine, a free concert on Thursday, October 17 at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 ...
New England Conservatory Presents "African Rhythms" - Rare Boston-Area Performance By Legendary Pianist/Composer Randy Weston
In Concert with the NEC Jazz Orchestra Under the Direction of Ken Schaphorst on Thursday, April 18 in NEC's Jordan Hall Randy Weston will return to New England Conservatory in May to receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree. “(one) of the most powerful, percussive pianists alive…and also one of the most joyous.” —Lloyd Sachs, Chicago ...
