What's New: Dave Douglas, Sara Serpa, Precious Perez, and More
News from NEC alumni and faculty members Dave Douglas, Dominique Eade, Simón Willson, Sara Serpa, Satoko Fujii, Bruce Brubaker, Precious Perez, and the Alinéa Ensemble.
President Andrea Kalyn spoke with ArtsFuse for their Performing Arts Series: Stories of Surviving COVID-19:
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NEC alum Dave Douglas's new album, If There Are Mountains, is "an instant classic" according to ArtsFuse. The album features vocals by NEC alumna and faculty member Dominique Eade ’82, ’89 AD, bass by Simón Willson ’15, ’17 MM. |
Jazz alum Sara Serpa ’08 MM has released an album that explores the history of Portugese colonialism in Africa and legacies of racism throughout the Western world through a personal lens, making use of family video footage and her own history.
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Jazz alumna Satoko Fujii ’96 GD is one of a dozen members of the international improvised music community to be honored with a 2020 Instant Award in Improvised Music from The Horse with No Name.
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NEC piano department chair Bruce Brubaker's new album Glassforms with Max Cooper seeks to reimagine compositions by Philip Glass in new and exciting ways. Magnetic Magazine interviewed the artists, discussing the album track by track. On many of the tracks, “the piano’s sound is transubstantiated through technology,” explains Brubaker. |
Prep alumna Precious Perez ’16 Prep spoke with Wicked Local Medford about her advocacy for the blind community:
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Alinéa Ensemble, formed at NEC and comprised of Robbie Bui, Matthew Henson, Emma Burge, Aleksis Martin, Xiaoyu Lin, Jack Yarbrough, Alex Garde, Tyler Bouque, and Cassandra Cavalieri, is curating a YouTube series:
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