2024 Commencement Concert
An eclectic concert featuring graduating students from across NEC's departments.
This is an in-person event with a public live stream: https://necmusic.edu/streaming-jordan-hall
Lauren Bernofsky | from Trio for Brass (2002)
I. Allegro deciso
III. VivoArtists- Willow Otten '24 MM, horn
- Cody York '24, trumpet
- Noah Korenfeld '24 MM, trombone
Mason Ishida '24 | An Exaggeration
Artists- Changjin Ha '24, piano
Johann Strauss II | “Mein Herr Marquis” from Die Fledermaus
Artists- Megan Hull '24 MM, soprano
- Jamie Lorusso '24 GC, piano
Michele Zimmerman '24 MM & George Maclaurin '24 MM | Holding On
Artists- Michele Zimmerman '24 MM, voice
- Isaac Dubow '24, trumpet
- Itay Dayan '24 GD, clarinet
- Nadav Brenner, guitar
- George Maclaurin '24 MM, piano
- Kira Daglio Fine '24 MM, bass
- Noah Mark, drums
Sergei Rachmaninoff | Prelude in D Major, op. 23 no. 4
Artists- Song Hyeon Kim '24, piano
Engelbert Humperdinck | “Ja, Gretelchen…Hurr, hopp hopp hopp!” from Hänsel und Gretel
Artists- Colin Miller '24, tenor
- Jamie Lorusso '24 GC, piano
Francis Poulenc | from Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
I. Presto
Artists- Robert Diaz '24, oboe
- Evan Judson '24, bassoon
- Rafe Lei Schaberg, piano
George Gershwin (arr. Earl Wild) | Embraceable You
Artists- Yuki Yoshimi '24, piano
Duke Ellington | Come Sunday
Artists- Jacqueline Armbruster '24 MM, vocals, viola
- Itay Dayan '24 MM, clarinet
- Michele Zimmerman '24 MM, violin
- Karl Henry '24 MM, cello
Paul Simon | Slip Sliding Away
Artists- Jacqueline Armbruster '24 MM, vocals, viola
- Itay Dayan '24 MM, clarinet
- Michele Zimmerman '24 MM, violin
- Karl Henry '24 MM, cello
Isaac Albeníz | Asturias (Leyenda)
Artists- Motti Fang-Bentov '24 GD, piano
Felix Mendelssohn | from Octet for Strings, op. 20 MWVR 20
I. Presto
Artists- Hyun Ji Lee '24 GD, Helen Yu '24 MM, June Chung '24 MM, Jia-Ying Joy Wei '24 MM, violin
- Asher Boorstin ' 24, Elton Tai '24, viola
- Pi-Wei Lin '24, Nicholas Tsang Man To '24 MM, cello
Leonard Bernstein | “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide
Chorus and Orchestra
Graduating students are identified with their anticipated degree or diploma:
* Bachelor of Music ^ Undergraduate Certificate
‡ Master of Music ** Doctor of Musical Arts
ChorusMargie Apfelbaum, Xingyan Chen, Haijie Du, Richard Giarusso, Bailee Green, Killian Grider,
* Changjin Ha, ‡ Jackie Hu, Thai Johnson, Kira Lim, ** Lingbo Ma, Sally Millar, Joseph Nizich,
Felicia Sandler, ** Tamir Shimshoni, Sara Stancliffe, * Claire Stephenson, * Flora Sun,
Valentine Umeh, Erica J. Washburn, Lena Wong, * Haoyu Zheng
Orchestra
Violin 1
* Clayton Hancock
* Hila Dahari
‡ Helen Yu
+ Mitsuru Yonezaki
Hyun Ji Lee
Violin 2
‡ June Chung
‡ Jia-Ying Joy Wei
‡ Min-Han Tsai
* Tsubasa Muramatsu
Viola
* Yi-Chia Chen
Yu-Heng Wang
RuYao Van der Ploeg
Cello
* Lexine Feng
^ Ari Freed
* Pi-Wei Lin
Zanipolo Lewis
Bass
‡ Shion Kim
‡ Yu-Cih Chang
* Cailin Singleton
Flute
* Isabel Evernham
* Honor Hickman
Piccolo
* Honor Hickman
Oboe
‡ Kelley Osterberg
Clarinet
* Xianyi Ji
Chasity Thompson
Bass Clarinet
Chasity Thompson
Bassoon
* Julien Rollins
French horn
* Graham Lovely
‡ Rachel Brake
Trumpet
* Cody York
‡ Eddy Lanois
Trombone
* Eli Canales
* Noah Nichilo
Tuba
* James Curto
Timpani
* Doyeon Kim
Percussion
* Ngaieng Lai
Harp
‡ Yoonsu ChaArtists- Megan Hull 24 'MM, Ashley Chen '24, and Corinne Luebke-Brown '24, soprano soloists
- Colin Miller '24 and Calvin Isaac Wamser '24 MM, tenor soloists
- Nicholas Ottersberg Enriquez '24, baritone soloist
- Maggie Storm '24 MM, conductor
Many thanks to all the parents
who have really made this evening’s concert possible.
Congratulations!
Best wishes to our graduating students!