Student Profiles

NEC's student body consists of undergraduate and graduate musicians from various backgrounds.

Click on a picture below to read a current student's perspective on NEC and life in Boston.

*Student Profiles may be rotated to highlight NEC's diverse community and programs.

Samantha Bennett
Major: Violin Performance
Degree: B.M.
"This fall the NEC Philharmonia performed with Wayne Shorter and his quartet. Getting to work with the most influential jazz artists of our time was unbelievable!"

Nell Shaw Cohen
Major: Composition
Degree: B.M.
"At NEC, I'm surrounded and welcomed by composers who make music differently from me, and from each other."

John Elliott
Major: Tuba Performance
Degree: M.M.
"The Entrepreneurial Musicianship program, which will help us as professionals beyond performance, is very exciting to me."

Narek Hakhnazaryan
Major: Cello Performance

Degree: A.D.
"I am looking forward to performing the Schumann Cello Concerto with the NEC Philharmonia and Hugh Wolff in the same hall where the Boston Symphony Orchestra performs!"

Amanda Hardy
Major: Oboe Performance
Degree: G.D.
"NEC's orchestral department provides students like me with invaluable experience working under world-class conductors in a stimulating environment."

Christina Hughes
Major: Flute Performance
Degree: B.M.
"Being at NEC has also expanded my musical horizons and I have been able to listen and learn about music beyond my major."

Eddie Kass
Major: Double Bass Performance
Degree: B.M.
"In just one week you can see a period instrument ensemble, a Contemporary Improvisation group, and everything in between."

Samantha Mason
Major: Trumpet Performance
Degree: M.M.
"NEC has also made me realize how many amazing young musicians are out there right now."

Max Von Mosch
Major: Jazz Composition
Degree: D.M.A.
"After looking into the profile of the Doctoral program and finding out more about it, I got pretty excited."

Timothy Whipple
Major: Vocal Pedagogy
Degree: M.M.
"From acting classes to opera performances, everything at NEC is focused on making me a better musician and performer."

Zephyrus Wind Quintet
Majors: Classical Performance
Degrees: All B.M.
"We joined to play together because we wanted to, and there isn't a faster way in getting to know each other's playing than playing chamber music together."

2010-07-12