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New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Celebrates Music Of George Russell On Thursday, October 19
Ken Schaphorst leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in its first concert of the year, a celebration of the centennial of George Russell, cherished NEC faculty member, innovative figure in the evolution of modern jazz, the music’s only major theorist, one of its most profound composers, and a trailblazer whose ideas transformed and inspired some of the ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies And Contemporary Musical Arts Departments Announce Fall 2023 Concerts Featuring Expansive Programming Across Genres
New England Conservatory (NEC) announces an expansive fall season of performances, featuring a diverse roster of ensembles and programming. Ensembles large and small perform in NEC’s world-class venues, including Jordan Hall and the Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre. Jazz Studies welcomes award winning vocalist and alum Sara Serpa for a residency focusing on her acclaimed multi-media ...
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts Program Shines A Spotlight On Alumni Including Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Jarosz, John Medeski
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts program showcases the musical achievements of department alumni with Coast to Coast, a month-long celebration June 1 – 30, 2023. Featured are artists in a wide array of genres including jazz, folk, klezmer, Indian classical, bluegrass, original music and more. “We couldn’t think of a better way to cap our ...
June 17: New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts Program Shines A Spotlight On Alumni With Live At The Burren
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts Program shines a spotlight on alumni with Live at the Burren on Saturday, June 17. The evening begins at 7 p.m. with a performance by the Lucy Little Trio featuring Little (violin), Miguel Landestoy (piano), and Kelly Bray (trumpet). A solo performance by NYC-based singer/songwriter Katie Martucci follows. Headlining the ...
New England Conservatory Announces 2023 Speaker And Honorary Degree Recipients For Its 152nd Commencement Ceremony
New England Conservatory President Andrea Kalyn and the Board of Trustees announce composer, trombonist, and musicologist George E. Lewis as commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient at the Conservatory’s 152nd annual commencement exercises which will be held in-person on Sunday, May 21 at 2 p.m. ET. This is NEC’s largest graduating class in the school’s history. ...
New England Conservatory’s Pioneering Jazz Studies And Contemporary Musical Arts Programs Announce Winter-Spring Season
New England Conservatory (NEC) announces a wide-ranging spring season of jazz and contemporary musical arts events featuring a diverse roster of ensembles and programming. Concerts are free and open to the public. For more information on all concerts, and a complete event calendar, visit necmusic.edu/concerts. Jazz Studies welcomes Jason Moran, Dave Holland and Michael Formanek for ...
New England Conservatory Alums Win Grammy Awards
New England Conservatory (NEC) alumna Stephanie Economou (‘12 Composition) made history Sunday night as the first-ever winner of the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media for “Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök." As the only woman nominated in the category, this award puts Stephanie at the forefront of an exciting ...
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts Program Presents November Events Celebrating 50th Anniversary
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts (CMA) program marks five decades of crossing boundaries, pushing limits, and training creative contemporary musicians and artists with a CMA Festival from Saturday, November 12–Thursday, November 17 and a concert honoring Gunther Schuller’s legacy on Tuesday, November 22. The festival, part of a year-long celebration featuring faculty, students and alumni ...
Acclaimed Vocalist Michael Mayo Returns To New England Conservatory For Performance With Students On November 10
New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department presents acclaimed vocalist and alum Michael Mayo in concert with jazz students on Thursday, November 10, 2022. The concert features Mayo sharing his unique approach to solo performance using live vocal looping, along with NEC vocalists and instrumentalists. It’s part of a four-day residency which also includes master ...
New England Conservatory’s Pioneering Jazz Studies Department Announces 2022-2023 Season
New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department announces its 2022-2023 season with an array of concerts featuring NEC students performing with faculty and guest artists. Highlights include NEC’s visiting artist-in-residence, bassist/composer and NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland in a concert with students; a residency concert by vocalist Michael Mayo featuring live vocal looping; and other ...
