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Discover The Jazz Innovators Of Tomorrow With "In The Mix"
A Free Series of Concerts Showcasing New England Conservatory's Exceptional Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation Ensembles 36 One-Hour Concerts Over 12 Evenings at NEC's Pierce Hall Monday, April 1 – Wednesday, May 1 Discover the jazz innovators of tomorrow with In the Mix, 36 free 1-hour concerts, Monday, April 1 — Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at New ...
New England Conservatory Launches Jazz Lab: One-week Jazz Program For Students Ages 14-18, From June 23-28
Work With NEC’s Premier Jazz Faculty including Ken Schaphorst, Dominique Eade, Joe Morris and Rakalam Bob Moses Any plans for summer vacation? Come explore jazz at New England Conservatory during Jazz Lab, a program for students ages 14 – 18 of all proficiency levels, from all over the country and abroad. Jazz Lab promises musical and ...
Brando Noir, Multi-Media Film Noir Extravaganza; Curated By Ran Blake And Aaron Hartley - Dedicated To The Work Of Actor Marlon Brando
Monday, October 29 at NEC Part of Yearlong 40th Anniversary Celebration for NEC’s Groundbreaking Contemporary Improvisation Department Blake Also To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from NEC on Saturday Join pianist/composer/improviser Ran Blake and co-producer Aaron Hartley as they anticipate Halloween with specimens of that most haunting genre, film noir. Now an annual tradition, this year's concert ...
Jazz At NEC: November & December Highlights
November 29 NEC Jazz Orchestra in Rebirth of the Third Stream November 16 Jason Moran Piano Seminar and December 4 Jason Moran Master Class Nov. 13 - Dec. 13 In the Mix, concerts by Jazz Stars of Tomorrow Jazz Composers Workshop Orchestra NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra November 13 - December 13 In the Mix Discover the ...
Jazz At NEC: September and October Highlights
Wednesday, September 19, 1:30 p.m.: Fred Hersch Master Class, Brown Hall On tour to promote his latest two-disc album Alive at the Vanguard, NEC faculty member and alum Fred Hersch will present a master class with his working trio, featuring bassist Drew Gress and drummer Eric McPherson. Thursday, September 27, 1:00 p.m., Jason Moran and Dave ...
The Possibilities Are Endless: Celebrating 40 Years Of Contemporary Improvisation At New England Conservatory
Concerts in Boston and New York Featuring Distinguished Faculty, Alumni and Students of NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation Department August 3, 2012 – April 8, 2013 The possibilities are endless at New England Conservatory, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of its groundbreaking Contemporary Improvisation department with a year-long series of concerts and events in Boston and New York ...
The New World Jazz Composers Octet: Transitions
by Greg Simmons
The best of jazz generally ensures that there is a leader, a composition, or at least an agreed upon theme that holds the work together, and herein lies the conundrum of The New World Jazz Composers Octet's Transitions.Musical egalitarianism is one of the hallmarks of jazz--the notion that everyone has an opportunity to make ...
Accurate Records: Growing Out of Boston
by Jakob Baekgaard
In the age of globalization, when almost every musician churns out his or her own record digitally, the boundary between being a one-man business and a record company is porous. However, while many of the new labels remain dedicated to a small circle of artists, there is also the more rarified example of the musician-based label ...
Allen Carter Big Band / Lucerne Jazz Orchestra / Joris Teepe Big Band
by Jack Bowers
Allen Carter Big BandGiftsAC Muzik2010 If there were any integrity or enlightenment in the music business as we know it in 2010--not to mention among listeners--drummer Allen Carter's debut big-band album, Gifts, would surely go platinum or at least earn a well-deserved Grammy Award. As not much of ...
Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC
by Marcia Hillman
New England Conservatory (NEC) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of being America's first fully-accredited Jazz Studies Program at a music conservatory. The merriment kicked off in NEC's home of Boston with a week of events in October 2009, culminating in a performance by the Wayne Shorter Quartet accompanied by the school's Philharmonia, a merger between jazz ...
