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As a performer on the recorder, Aldo Abreu has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, New Zealand, Central America, and his native Venezuela…

“One of the brightest stars in her generation of composers” (Audiophile Audition), Kati Agócs has served on the composition faculty at New…

Jean Anderson-Collier teaches courses in song repertoire and diction, as well as coaching opera and art song, at New England Conservatory.

Megan Barrett joined the Graduate Languages Department as German Instructor in Fall 2015 and is now also German staff for NEC's newly formed Foreign…

Mal Barsamian’s musical career began when he was four years old playing the dumbeg (hand drum) with his father, Leo Barsamian, at an Armenian…

A native of the Chicago area, Cathy Basrak is assistant principal viola of the BSO, where she occupies the Anne Stoneman Chair, and…

Daniel Bauch serves as the Assistant Principal Timpanist and Section Percussionist with the Boston Symphony.

Tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi is an internationally recognized jazz performer, composer, author, and educator.

Violinist, violist and conductor Paul Biss has appeared in recital, with orchestra, and in chamber music performances throughout North…

Born in Walla Walla, Washington, Tanya Blaich made her concerto debut with the Washington-Idaho Symphony at age 15.

Third Stream pianist Ran Blake has recorded more than 30 albums and performed in major jazz festivals, concert halls, jazz clubs, and…

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Norman Bolter was first inspired to play the trombone when, at age four, he saw the "Captain Kangaroo"…

Luis Bonilla is a jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger, and is a prominent force in the New York and international jazz and Latin scenes…

Nicholas Kitchen, violin

Natasha Brofsky, a member of the New England Conservatory cello faculty since 2004, has enjoyed a career in both the United States and…

Bruce Brubaker joined the New England Conservatory faculty as piano chair in 2005.

Paul Burdick is a composer, theorist, and educator who specializes in music and technology.

Wha Kyung Byun was born and educated in Korea, where she won several major competitions and was chosen as one of the most talented young…

Pianist, composer Frank Carlberg teaches NEC jazz performance and composition students, and directs the NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop…

Cristi Catt is a soloist and chamber musician who specializes in mixing contemporary, world, folk and medieval music.

Violinist Lucy Chapman, chair of NEC's chamber music faculty, also served as chair of the strings studio faculty from 2001 through 2012.

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Rachel Childers joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as second horn at the start of the 2011–12 season, becoming the first female member of…

Gabriel Chodos chaired the NEC piano department for 25 years.

Cellist Lluis Claret joins the New England Conservatory faculty with the 2016/2017 academic year.

Robert Cogan’s internationally acclaimed books include Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music (coauthor, Pozzi Escot),

From the Sarajevo Jazz Festival to the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, Anthony Coleman’s musical odyssey has taken him through…

Romina Crociani was born and raised in the Tuscany region of Italy. She holds a B.Sc.

Lyle Davidson conducts research in music and cognition, pedagogy, and assessment; and is a founding member of the Conservatory Laboratory Charter School.

The music of saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra draws from the jazz tradition in spirit and sound, but has crossed stylistic and…

Stephen Drury has given performances throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America, soloing with orchestras from San Diego to…

William Drury is NEC's Associate Conductor of Wind Ensembles and directs the NEC Symphonic Winds.

Born in Strasbourg, France, cellist Blaise Déjardin joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2008.

Dominique Eade has been a featured vocalist and composer in the Boston Globe Jazz Festival, the Jazz in Toulon Festival in France, the…

Dramatic soprano Jane Eaglen joined New England Conservatory's voice studio faculty beginning with the 2013–2014 academic year.

Trumpeter Steve Emery began his playing career at age fifteen, playing extensively in the genres of jazz and popular music.

Acclaimed for his "glowing sound," "facility," and "lyrical freedom," Eli Epstein is a sought-after horn player, educator, and conductor.

A native of Amsterdam, percussionist Frank Epstein came to the United States in 1952, settling in Hollywood, and joining the BSO in 1968.

Pozzi Escot was chosen as one of the five outstanding women composers of the 20th century in 1975, when her Fifth Symphony was…

Ellen Exner joins NEC's Music History faculty with the 2015/2016 academic year.

Jonathan Feldman joined the New England Conservatory collaborative piano faculty in 2011.

Prior to joining the faculty at NEC, John Felix spent many years addressing a wide range of environment issues for the Massachusetts…

Massachusetts native John Ferrillo is currently principal oboist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he occupies the Mildred B.

Israeli-born cellist Guy Fishman is active as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral player.

In addition to his extensive solo career, Eliot Fisk has collaborated frequently with such colleagues as flutist Paula Robison, violinist…

Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek’s teaching and performing career incorporates his unique and diverse background as a pianist, classical singer,…

Miriam Fried has been recognized for years as one of the world’s preeminent violinists.

Sean Gallagher joined the New England Conservatory faculty in 2013.

Michael Gandolfi has written works for the London Sinfonietta, Riverside Symphony Orchestra, Parnassus, Speculum Musicae, Sonor, Boston Musica Viva, San…

Jill Gatlin completed her Ph.D.

A distinguished keyboard artist and founding member of the Boston Museum Trio, John Gibbons has performed as harpsichord and fortepiano…

Bassoonist Marc Goldberg’s work as musician and educator has taken him throughout the country and around the world with a host of premier…

Steven Goldstein has acted on Broadway and in television dramas, directed theatre and opera, and sung opera himself.

Roger Graybill's research has focused on rhythm and gesture, the music of Brahms, and theory pedagogy.

Helen Greenwald is a musicologist, cellist, and translator.

Carole Haber, a lyric coloratura soprano, won the N.

Thomas Handel maintains a varied career as an administrator, teacher, and performer.

Billy Hart played in rhythm-and-blues bands while in high school, accompanying such important soul artists as Otis Redding, Joe Tex, and…

Based in Boston, Aaron Hartley is a freelance trombonist whose playing is defined by Third Stream methodology.

Suzanne Hegland teaches College Writing and Critical Reading & Writing at New England Conservatory.

John Heiss is an active composer, conductor, flutist, and teacher.

Gregg Henegar has been a contrabassoon/bassoonist with the BSO since 1992, after 15 years in the same position with the Houston Symphony…

Phil Hill is an attorney in the Copyright Trademark Internet & Advertising Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP…

Randall Hodgkinson is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society.

In July 1968, Miles Davis happened to listen in on a performance by jazz bassist Dave Holland at London's Ronnie Scott's club.

Soprano Karen Holvik brings a wealth of experience in many styles of music to her performances.

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Jason Horowitz joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the start of the 2006 Pops season.

Since 2014, countertenor Ian Howell has taught NEC's graduate vocal pedagogy curriculum, supported by the implementation of a new Voice and…

Will Hudgins has been a member of the BSO since 1990; he won his previous position in the Florida Symphony Orchestra directly after his…

Harpist Franziska Huhn has given numerous solo recitals throughout the United States as well as international recitals in Lithuania, Norway…

Joe Hunt is a jazz drummer, educator, author, and historian.

Davide Ianni is an Italian composer residing in the U.S. since 2004.

Pianist Ethan Iverson joined New England Conservatory's jazz studio faculty in 2016.

The daughter of eminent conductor Eugen Jochum (1902-87), German-born pianist Veronica Jochum has been associated with musical greatness…

Canadian violist and violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch operates at the intersection of contemporary jazz, classical music and free improvisation…

Panagiota Kambouris taught English as a Foreign Language at the Stratigakis School of Languages in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kim Kashkashian, internationally recognized as a unique voice on the viola, was born of Armenian parents in Michigan.

Violist Martha Strongin Katz was a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Cleveland Quartet, playing in it from its inception in 1969 until 1980…

Paul Katz is known to concertgoers the world over as cellist of the Cleveland Quartet, which, during an international career of 26 years,…

Patrick Keppel is chair of New England Conservatory's Liberal Arts and Graduate Languages departments and director of the NEC Writing &…

Carla Kihlstedt plays the violin, sings, improvises, and composes—sometimes at the service of a simple song, and other times, as part of a…

Violinist Soovin Kim joins the New England Conservatory faculty as of fall 2014.

Cellist Yeesun Kim is a member of the Borromeo String Quartet, New England Conservatory's quartet-in-residence.

Violinist Nicholas Kitchen, a native of Durham, N.C., has been active as a soloist and chamber musician since making his first professional…

James A. Klein graduated from Kenyon College summa cum laude with highest honors in English literature and the philosophy of history.

Pianist Alexander Korsantia has won great critical acclaim for his versatility, power and the unique sincerity of his playing.

As a soloist and chamber musician flutist Renée Krimsier has made a name for herself in the areas of contemporary and classical repertoire…

Robert Labaree is an ethnomusicologist and performer specializing in Turkish music.

Boston Symphony Orchestra trombonist Stephen Lange joined the New England Conservatory faculty in fall 2011.

Jerry Leake is co-founder of the acclaimed world-music ensemble Natraj, whose four recordings feature his diverse percussion talents.

Pianist Pei-Shan Lee’s active concert career has taken her to the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher (David Geffen) and Alice…

Ruth Lepson’s books of poems are I Went Looking for You, Morphology (with photographer Walter Crump), and Dreaming in…

A member of the New England Conservatory faculty since 1974, and president of the school from 1983 through 1996 (following a year as artistic director), …

A recipient of the Andrew Wolf Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and first prize in the 1997 Dublin International Piano Competition, Max Levinson…

Jazz saxophonist Brian Levy received his Ph.D.

A recipient of the 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Meng-Chieh Liu joins New England Conservatory's piano studio faculty with the 2014/2015…

Acoustic and electric bassist John Lockwood has toured the U.S.

Noted for performances that combine innate musicality with interpretive insight, David Loebel joined the faculty of New England…

Malcolm Lowe is concertmaster of the BSO, where he occupies the Charles Munch chair.

Justin Lundberg's research focuses on voice leading, the analysis of post-tonal music, transformation theory, computer applications for…

In addition to teaching duties on New England Conservatory's College faculty, Eden MacAdam-Somer chairs New England Conservatory's…

Toronto-born Joshua Major joined the New England Conservatory faculty in fall 2012 as Chair of Opera Studies.

John Mallia's compositional process is informed by spatial constructs and concepts, and a fascination with presence, ritual, and the…

James Markey is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since Fall 2012, at which time he also joined the New England Conservatory…

Katarina Markovic is a musicologist and pianist specializing in late- and post-Romantic music.

A native of Marietta, Georgia, Michael Martin joined the trumpet section of the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops as Fourth/Utility…

Thomas Martin began his professional career as a clarinetist, saxophonist and flutist at the age of 13, performing with several big bands…

Double bassist Cecil McBee got his start with the Paul Winter Sextet, and earned international acclaim in the mid-60s touring with Charles…

Jazz saxophonist Donny McCaslin started playing tenor saxophone at age twelve, and quickly progressed, touring Europe, and participating in…

Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano MaryAnn McCormick has been hailed in the press as “charismatic,” “spell-binding,” and “elegant.”…

A native of Saskatoon, Canada, Mark McEwen joined the BSO oboe section in 1996.

Percussionist Matthew McKay joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of the 2012–2013 season, and occupies the Barbara Lee…

John McNeil is one of the most influential trumpet players of his generation.

From an early age, Zaira Meneses began studying both classical guitar and voice and appearing frequently in a wide variety of venues both…

Jonathan Menkis has been assistant principal horn with the BSO since 1984.

Baritone Michael Meraw performs regularly with companies across North America, in repertoire ranging from Monteverdi and Handel, to Webern…

Cynthia Meyers joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as piccolo in fall 2006; she occupies the Evelyn and C.

Composer Katarina Miljkovic has written for symphony orchestra, string orchestra, and various other groupings, including works for…

Flutist Amir Milstein has established his career in the world-music scene, founding acknowledged ensembles such as Bustan Abraham and Tucan…

Stratis Minakakis is a Greek composer and conductor.

Pianist and composer Jason Moran joined the New England Conservatory faculty as of Fall 2010, following a series of residencies at NEC.

Originally from New Haven, Conn., guitarist and composer Joe Morris began playing in 1969 and is self-taught.

Drummer, composer, artist, poet, dancer, visionary, nature mystic: Bob Moses's life has been a continuous quest for vision, spirit,…

Violist Mai Motobuchi joined the Borromeo String Quartet in August 2000.

Belgian guitarist Jérôme Mouffe has toured throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Western Europe as a soloist and chamber…

Uncovering the intimate relationship between the best musical expression and movement is Vanessa Breault Mulvey’s mission.

A multi-instrumentalist, composer, and scholar, Hankus Netsky teaches improvisation and Jewish music.

Bob Nieske has worked with Jimmy Giuffre, the Either/Orchestra, George Russell, and Stephane Grappelli.

The second-prize winner of the 2003 Walter W.

An active chamber and freelance musician in New York for 10 years, bassoonist Thomas Novak was a founding member of the Amerigo Ensemble,…

Lorraine Nubar is head of the Juilliard School’s Pre-College voice department, and a member of its faculty since 1978.

Toby Oft was appointed principal trombone of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in September 2008; he occupies the J.P. and Mary B.

James Orleans has been a member of the BSO since 1983. He was previously a member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

A versatile artist, cellist Carol Ou is known for her “fiery, marvelous” and “meltingly melodic outpourings” (Boston Globe) and…

Donald Palma, a founding member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, founded and coaches the NEC Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless orchestra…

Lara Pellegrinelli is a scholar and arts journalist. She received her Ph.D.

Besides his work with wind ensembles, Charles Peltz is music director of the Glens Falls Symphony, and has conducted symphony orchestras…

Malcolm Peyton has directed, conducted, and concertized in many new music concerts in Boston and New York, including most recently The…

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Saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras and ensembles throughout the world, including the Leipzig…

Richard Ranti joined the BSO as associate principal bassoonist in 1989, where he occupies the Diana Osgood Tottenham/Hamilton Osgood chair…

Ted Reichman is an accordionist, keyboard player, and composer, focusing on connections between improvisation and various forms of folk,…

Dr. Jonathan Richter is an active conductor, vocalist, and music educator based in the Boston area.

Jean Rife is a prize-winning soloist and chamber musician.

Mikael Ringquist teaches hand drumming classes at NEC, as a member of the percussion faculty.

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Rachel Roberts has navigated both the non-profit performing arts and higher education sectors, having held unique positions in both that focus on…

One of the world's foremost flute soloists, Paula Robison has performed in major concert halls and music festivals in the U.S., Canada,…

Thomas Rolfs is principal trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops.

Pianist Victor Rosenbaum, former chair of the NEC piano department for more than ten years, has performed widely as soloist and chamber music performer in…

Focused on elevating engagement in the arts, Jessi Rosinski combines her experiences as a professional musician and her competitive…

Sitarist and ethnomusicologist Peter Row has performed as a solo recitalist throughout North America and India, making numerous concert,…

Elizabeth Rowe joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2004 and holds the Walter Piston Principal Flute Chair.

Mike Roylance is Principal Tuba with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he occupies the Margaret and William C. Rousseau chair.

Soprano Lisa Saffer joined the NEC voice faculty in fall 2010.

Mallet player Dave Samuels is a multiple Grammy Award winner and nominee.

The writing of Felicia Sandler's theory dissertation, Music of the Village in the Global Marketplace: Self-Expression, Inspiration, Appropriation or…

Grammy nominated composer and CMES Harvard University fellow Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol made his Carnegie Hall debut in April 2016 premiering his…

Francesca Santovetti joins the Liberal Arts faculty as a teacher of Italian. She received her Ph.D.

A founding member of the Boston-based Jazz Composers Alliance, an organization in the tradition of jazz composer-directed ensembles dedicated to the…

Former Boston Symphony Orchestra principal trumpet Charles Schlueter grew up in Du Quoin, Illinois, and got his early musical training…

Editorial assistant to George Russell and a certified teacher of the Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization, Ben Schwendener has…

Larry Scripp, Ed.D., heads NEC's Music-in-Education program and Research Center for Learning Through Music.

Jazz pianist and composer Bert Seager teaches creative musicians an in-depth approach to the fundamentals of harmony, rhythm, and…

Richard Sebring is the BSO’s associate principal horn and principal horn of the Boston Pops.

Todd Seeber joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1988. At the BSO he occupies the Eleanor L. and Levin H. Campbell chair.

Warren Senders is an internationally recognized musician and educator with decades of involvement in the artistic and pedagogical traditions of India as…

Born in Walla Walla, Washington and raised in Seattle, 40-year-old Brad Shepik began playing guitar at age 10, when he picked up his father…

As a Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at NEC, pianist Russell Sherman offers his insights to students through masterclasses, performance…

Thomas Siders joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Principal/Third Trumpet in January 2010, and joins the New England…

Jason Snider joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as fourth horn in March 2007.

James Sommerville joined the BSO as principal horn in January 1998, and joined the New England Conservatory faculty that fall.

French instructor Anne Squire has worked as an editor on the college-level textbooks Contacts and Qu'est-ce qui se passe.

Timothy Steele is an active vocal coach, collaborative pianist, and conductor, and is currently in his twenty-seventh year on the opera…

Deborah Stein has published articles in music theory and musicology journals, and is author of Hugo Wolf’s Lieder and Extensions of Tonality (1985…

Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman has opened up new possibilities for the instrument, giving the first clarinet recitals in the histories of…

B.A. in German, magna cum laude, Connecticut College; M.A. in German, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Pianist Cameron Stowe is a leading specialist in the study and performance of song recital repertoire.

Michael Strauss is a native of Cape Town, South Africa. He received his B.M.

Melinda Sullivan is movement and dance teacher for undergraduate and graduate opera programs at New England Conservatory, where she has…

Richard Svoboda has been principal bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players since…

Rebecca Teeters joined the NEC Entrepreneurial Musicianship department faculty in 2014, teaching one of the sections of INT 351: The…

Marcus Thompson has taught at NEC since 1983.

Kristopher Tong joined the Borromeo String Quartet, New England Conservatory's quartet-in-residence, as second violinist in March 2006.

Matthias Truniger has been active as a music theorist, composer, and cellist in Europe and the Unites States.

Conductor Robert Tweten joins the New England Conservatory opera faculty as Music Director in Fall 2017.

John Tyson is a winner of the Bodky International Competition, the Noah Greenberg Award, and a former student of Frans Brüggen.

Originally from Belgium, Bert Van Herck trained as a pianist and composer at the Lemmensinstitute in Leuven.

Jacob Vance joined the Graduate Languages Department at NEC in Spring 2014 and is French staff for NEC’s Foreign Language Center.

Violinist Valeria Vilker-Kuchment is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Keisuke Wakao is assistant principal oboe with the BSO, where he occupies the Farla and Harvey Chet Krentzman chair.

Conductor and mezzo-soprano Erica Washburn has served as Director of Choral Activities at New England Conservatory since 2009.

Clarinetist Michael Wayne is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Donald Weilerstein has concertized extensively throughout the world as soloist and chamber musician.

Vivian Hornik Weilerstein is the director of New England Conservatory's

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An actor, director, and teaching artist, Eric Weiss has worked with a broad range of students and communities.

Since the mid 1990s the music of composer Julia Werntz has been almost exclusively microtonal.

Bradley Williams, one of opera's most sought-after tenors in the bel canto repertoire, joined the New England Conservatory voice studio…

Michael Winter joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as third horn in September 2012. At the BSO, he occupies the Elizabeth B.

Lawrence Wolfe is assistant principal bass of the BSO and principal bass of the Boston Pops.

Hugh Wolff joined the NEC faculty in fall 2008, and has conducted a large share of NEC's College

Randy Wong, Ed.M, CFRE is a nationally respected program developer, educational researcher, and arts administrator, specializing in the…

Benjamin Wright joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra trumpet section in July 2002 as fourth trumpet.

A member of the college opera faculty, Daniel Wyneken is also music director of NEC’s School of Continuing Education Opera Studio, which runs during …

Internationally touring musician Mark Zaleski has distinguished himself as a uniquely dynamic soloist, multi-instrumentalist, and band…

Saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón joined the NEC jazz faculty in Fall 2009.

Born in Beijing, China, Jessica Zhou joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as its harpist in fall 2009, and joined the New England…

Jazz guitarist and composer Norman Zocher has performed with his trio in clubs both in Boston—the Willow and Ryles—and in Manhattan—…

David Zoffer is a multi-instrumentalist whose principal instrument is piano.