Paul Biss holding his violin
Q&A with Paul Biss: 50 Years of Teaching, 75th Birthday Concert
Paul Biss on his 75th birthday concert, playing chamber music with loved ones, and why beauty is necessary to the human soul.
Tristan Rais-Sherman sitting on a bench
Welcome and Congratulations for Orchestral Conductors
NEC welcomes new orchestral conducting student Tristan Rais-Sherman, and congratulates conducting alumni Radu Paponiu, & Nathan Aspinall on recent appointments.
Rachael & Vilray
Rachael and Vilray's Debut Album
Rachael Price and Vilray met as jazz students at NEC.
Claire Deokyong Kim plays the cello with an expression of emotion on her face.
Q&A with Cellist Claire Deokyong Kim ’21: “Music is not just a sound, but it is a feeling.”
Claire Deokyong Kim ’21 shares reflections on performing Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 in E–flat Major with NEC Philharmonia as the winner of NEC's 2019 spring concerto competition.
Fred Hersch Trio stands against an industrial wall in a band portrait
Jazz Alumni & Faculty Recognized in Downbeat's 67th Annual Critics Poll
Top category honors went to Fred Hersch, Miguel Zenón, and Sara Serpa, with additional nods to many other alumni and faculty.
Violinist Eric Charles Chen performs with The Cleveland Orchestra
Eric Charles Chen ’23 Wins 2019 Cooper Competition for Violin
Eric will matriculate with the class of 2023 as a Bachelor of Music student, and will study with Donald Weilerstein.
Sara Serpa sings into a microphone with her eyes closed.
Downbeat Spotlights Sara Serpa's Mixed Media Meditation on Colonialism, Racism, and Family History
Downbeat's August issue includes an interview about Sara Serpa's mixed-media work Recognition.
Ariel Wang headshot
Prep Student Ariel Wang Wins Concerto Competition at Eastern Music Festival
Ariel is a student in NEC's Preparatory School, where she studies piano with HaeSun Paik, Sangyoung Kim, and Wha Kyung Byun.
A graphic of a viola with smokestacks of an oil refinery overlaid.
Tanya Kalmanovitch on the Music of Climate Crisis
NEC faculty Tanya Kalmanovitch's feature on the music of climate crisis was recently published in 21CM.