News

NEC strings soloists Gabriel Martins ’21 MM and Jordan Bak ’16 won First and Third Prizes in the Sphinx Competition's Senior Division.

Third year oboist Cheyanna Duran discusses a recent panel on Music & Gender hosted by SAGE (Students Advocating for Gender Equality).

Second year violinist Julian Rhee ’22 has won first prize at the 2020 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, which includes a $30,000 cash prize as well as significant career development opportunities.

William Wrzesien was part of NEC's woodwinds faculty for over 40 years, including 28 years as department chair, leaving an indelible mark on a generation of NEC students. Wrzesien also earned three degrees at NEC and chaired the Preparatory School's woodwinds faculty.

Vietnamese-Canadian Pianist Dang Thai Son is a renowned interpreter of Chopin’s music, soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and teacher.

The New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) has announced Ari Sussman to be the first of seven composers selected to write an orchestral piece to be premiered by the NYYS on Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 2pm at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Contemporary Improvisation alumnae Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O'Donovan, two-thirds of the folk band I'm With Her, were honored for Best American Roots Song—and were among several NEC winners and nominees.

The New York Times featured singer and alumna Sara Serpa (MM '08) as one of New York's innovative vocalists at Winter Jazzfest.

Recent alum Marcelo Pérez ’19 MM presented “No Means No”: an awareness-building and transformative concert addressing sexual assault against women, as part of SFJAZZ's Artists On The Rise series.