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"I feel very fortunate because at the end of the day I’m doing something that I really love." Julia Bomfim is a Jazz Certificate student in NEC's School of Continuing Education. Her certificate recital will take place Saturday, December 21 at 6:30 p.m. in NEC’s Pierce Hall, and is free and open to the public.

On Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18, alumni, students, and faculty came together on the NEC campus to play music inspired by the NEC Jazz Studies department’s 50 year history and to celebrate the many prominent alumni and faculty members who have influenced jazz over the years.

The Verona Quartet graduated from NEC's Professional String Quartet Program in 2019 and have been selected to receive the Cleveland Quartet Award for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.

“He was thought of as this maverick who could change the whole outlook of the conservatory,” says George Schuller, who graduated from NEC in 1982.

First prize of $7,500 plus project coaching from EM (Entrepreneurial Musicianship) at NEC was awarded to current student Naledi Masilo for her Dreaming Girls Music Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Alumni and faculty at NEC have been honored with nominations for the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, which take place on Sunday, January 26, 2020. 

Lina Gonzalez-Granados  ’14 MM has been named the fourth Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Zehavi Rodriguez, Jordan Bak, and Gabriel Martins have earned places in the Sphinx Competition semifinals.

JazzTimes honors NEC's 50th year of Jazz Studies with an overview of the history and impact of the program over time.