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 New England Conservatory’s…
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…
Mal Barsamian’s musical career began when he was four years old playing the dumbeg (hand drum) with his father, Leo Barsamian, at…
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…
Tanya Blaich is widely respected as a pianist and teacher with particular sensitivity and expertise in the song and collaborative piano…
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…
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 in 2004, and became 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.
Linda Chase is a composer and improvising flutist who teaches interdisciplinary arts,…
Rachel Childers joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as second horn at the start of the 2011–12 season, becoming the first female member of…
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…
For more than two decades, omnivorous violist Nicholas Cords has been on the front line of a growing constellation of projects as performer, educator, and…
Romina Crociani was born and raised in the Tuscany region of Italy. She holds a B.Sc.
Matthew Cron earned a Ph.D. from Brandeis University, an M.A. from Smith College, and a B.A.
Lyle Davidson conducts research in music and cognition, pedagogy, and assessment; and is a founding member of the Conservatory Laboratory…
Mario DeCiutiis joins New England Conservatory's percussion faculty with the 2017/2018 academic year.
Peter DiMuro became the Executive Director of The Dance Complex in 2013, returning to Boston after touring, teaching, and making dances for…
The music of saxophonist and composer Jorrit Dijkstra draws from the jazz tradition in spirit and sound, but has crossed stylistic and…
Michael Dobrinski will join the New England Conservatory trumpet faculty in the fall of 2018.
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.
Matthew Duveneck joins New England Conservatory's liberal arts department starting with the 2017/2018 academic year, with a focus on math…
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.
Drawing inspiration from different world genres, chants, voices, poems, and animal sounds, Henrique Eisenmann is changing the paradigm of…
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 is a musicologist focused primarily on musical culture in Berlin during the reign of Frederick II (“The Great”) of Prussia,…
Jonathan Feldman joined the New England Conservatory collaborative piano faculty in 2011.
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.
Anne Marie Gabriele joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in January 2000 as second oboist, a position she held in the Columbus Symphony…
Sean Gallagher is a musicologist and pianist focused on the musical cultures of late medieval and renaissance Italy, France, and the Low…
Michael Gandolfi has written works for the London Sinfonietta, Riverside Symphony Orchestra, Parnassus, Speculum Musicae, Sonor, Boston…
Jill Gatlin began teaching at NEC in 2008, after completing her PhD and teaching in the Department of English, the Program on the Environment, the…
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.
Adam Greenberg has an MFA in poetry from Brown University and has taught literature and writing courses at Brown University, Newbury…
Helen Greenwald is a musicologist, cellist, and translator.
Carole Haber, a lyric coloratura soprano, won the N Meyer Baker Award and the Eleanor Steber Music Foundation Award at the 1989 Washington…
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.
Phil Hill is an attorney in the Copyright Trademark Internet & Advertising Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP…
In July 1968, Miles Davis happened to listen in on a performance by jazz bassist Dave Holland at London's Ronnie Scott's…
Soprano Karen Holvik brings a wealth of experience in many styles of music to her performances.
I was born in New York City on the lower west side. My mom and dad are from Arklow, Co.
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…
William Hudgins was appointed principal clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by Seiji Ozawa in 1994, occupying the Ann S.M.
Harpist Franziska Huhn has given numerous solo recitals throughout the United States as well as international recitals in Lithuania, Norway…
Pianist Ethan Iverson joined New England Conservatory's jazz studio faculty in 2016.
Elke Jahns-Harms joined New England Conservatory to teach Music and Social Change starting with the 2017/2018 academic year, bringing…
Angie Jepson is a fight director, actress, and professor in the Boston area.
The daughter of eminent conductor Eugen Jochum (1902-87), German-born pianist Veronica Jochum has been associated with musical greatness…
Tanya Kalmanovitch is a Canadian violist, ethnomusicologist, and author known for her breadth of inquiry and restless sense of adventure.
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…
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 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…
Carol Krusemark is a vocal pathologist/singing voice specialist at the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at the…
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…
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…
Brian Levy is a musicologist and jazz saxophonist who received his PhD in musicology from Brandeis University in 2012.
A recipient of the 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Meng-Chieh Liu joined New England Conservatory's piano studio faculty in 2014.
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.
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.
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 composer and conductor whose creative work engages issues of memory, cultural identity, and art as social testimony;…
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: Ra Kalam 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 Naumburg International Violin Competition, Ayano Ninomiya joined the New England Conservatory…
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 JP and Mary B Barger chair at…
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…
Pianist HaeSun Paik has been hailed as a “sensitive and thinking musician first and an awesome technician second” (Los Angeles Times) with…
Donald Palma, a founding member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, founded and coaches the NEC Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless orchestra…
Cellist Merry Peckham is a dedicated performing artist and a longtime educator who has developed a host of accomplished performers.
Lara Pellegrinelli is a scholar and arts journalist.
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…
Anna-Christina (Annie) Phillips is on faculty and Assistant Director of Entrepreneurial Musicianship at…
Katya Popova is a multimedia artist-designer, who has been teaching Visual Art courses at the New England Conservatory since…
The daughter of a musician/educator, Nedelka Prescod continues to walk in the tradition as a member of the new Contemporary Improvisation…
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.
Originally from Poland, Magdalena Richter has appeared as soloist with the Warsaw and Cracow Philharmonic and in the US with the Boston…
Jean Rife continues to enjoy a varied, interesting, and challenging musical career.
Mikael Ringquist teaches hand drumming classes at NEC, as a member of the percussion faculty.
Ramón Rivera is the former Director of New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School, where he continues to chair Piano Seminars.
Appointed as Founder & Director of NEC's Entrepreneurial Musicianship (EM) department in 2009, Rachel Roberts was charged with…
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…
Focused on elevating engagement in the arts, Jessi Rosinski combines her experiences as a professional musician and her competitive…
Sitarist and ethnomusicologist Peter Row performed as a solo recitalist throughout North America and India, making numerous concert, radio,…
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.
The writing of Felicia Sandler's theory dissertation, Music of the Village in the Global Marketplace: Self-Expression, Inspiration,…
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol is a Grammy nominated composer and CMES Harvard University Fellow.
Francesca Santovetti received a doctorate, summa cum laude, from the University of Rome La Sapienza in English and Comparative Literature, and a 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…
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…
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…
Tara Stadelman-Cohen, B.M., M.S., CCC-SLP is a voice pathologist/singing health specialist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Voice…
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…
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman has opened up new possibilities for the instrument, giving the first clarinet recitals in the histories of…
Sia Liss Stovall is a Professor of German in the Liberal Arts Department.
Pianist Cameron Stowe is a leading specialist in the study and performance of song recital repertoire.
Daphne Strassmann holds an MFA in Creative Writing, with a focus on Creative Non Fiction, from Lesley University.
An award-winning writer and NEC faculty since 2011, Tracy Strauss teaches College Writing and Liberal Arts electives.
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…
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.
Thomas Van Dyck joins the New England Conservatory double bass faculty beginning in Fall 2018.
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.
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…
Justin Williams is the Undergraduate Opera Studio Music Director.
Michael Winter joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as third horn in September 2012.
Lawrence Wolfe is assistant principal bass of the BSO and principal bass of the Boston Pops.
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 was also music director of NEC’s School of Continuing Education Opera Studio for many years.
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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.