Follow in their footsteps.

BSO members share their craft as NEC brass faculty.

Brass

Brass students at NEC study with renowned faculty mentors – virtually the entire brass section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra – as they seek to follow in their footsteps. Performance opportunities are numerous, including solo recitals, chamber music, and orchestra concerts, where you will collaborate with your talented peers who are equally dedicated. The annual Brass Bash concert brings NEC/BSO faculty and students to play together.

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What We Do

Maestro Hugh Wolff conducts the NEC Philharmonia in a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's epic Symphony No. 11 in G minor, "The Year 1905" at Boston's Symphony Hall.

I know in our careers, we'll have to play in large ensembles...

to have that experience prior is really an amazing thing.

Taylor BlantonTrombone

Elmer Churampi's spectacular performance of Alexander Arutiunian's Concerto for Trumpet and Symphonic Band with the NEC Wind Ensemble.

Last year's Brass Bash was amazing. I love Norman Bolter's work with the trombones.

Concertgoer

NEC's Trombone Choir, conducted by Norman Bolter, performs J.S. Bach's Contrapunctus 9 during NEC's Brass Bash.

[Philharmonia] was my first concert as an NEC student and it gave me so much hope for my future as a musician.

Concertgoer

Hugh Wolff conducts the NEC Philharmonia in a performance of Gunther Schuller's Dreamscape.

Who We Are

Find Your Teacher: Brass

Toby Oft Faculty

Jean Rife Faculty

Elmer Churampi Mucha Student

Beyond the Studio

What’s in your professional toolkit?

At NEC, you’ll strengthen your music with skills outside of music. In Community Performances & Partnerships, you’ll pitch programming and perform for diverse audiences. In Entrepreneurial Musicianship you’ll make new ventures happen, start to finish. And in Liberal Arts you’ll sharpen the intellectual and communications skills artists need to go further.

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