Performances + Events
Performances + Events
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Performances + Events
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Events calendar
Master Class: Steve Smith
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Steve Smith's drumming can best be described as a style that embodies the history of U.S. music. Steve is active as a band leader (Steve Smith and Vital Information) as a featured sideman (Mike Stern Group, Zakir Hussain’s Masters of Percussion, Steps Ahead, Hiromi – The Trio Project) and as an educator/clinician. Steve Smith grew up in the Boston area and started p…
Chamber Music Showcase | December 10 | 5 p.m.
Burnes Hall
A flight of performances. A richness of artists. In December, April, and May, New England Conservatory fills the air with the sounds of piano trios, string quartets, and more, both day and night. Performers include NEC's faculty of chamber music superstars, and the students coached by these great artists. In tonight's concert, student ensembles demonstrate the works they…
Liederabend LXXVIII: Songs by Maurice Ravel
Williams Hall
The Liederabend—literally, "evening of song"—dates back to the 1800s, when musicians and lovers of music would gather at someone's home, and one or more singers and a pianist would perform the songs of composers of the day. In the field of classical music, these songs are referred to as "art songs," and the German art songs are called "Lieder."…
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Handel, Bartók, Beethoven
Jordan Hall
Artist Diploma student Joshua Brown joins the NEC Philharmonia, conducted by Hugh Wolff, in a performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Also on the program are Handel's Concerto Grosso in A Minor and the Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta.
Jazz Small Ensembles: Gospel
Joseph Copeland leads the Gospel Ensemble in an exploration of contemporary gospel. This ensemble works on repertoire composed within the last 20 years of contemporary gospel music and highlights key composers and choir leaders.
Sonata Class Recital
Williams Hall
The NEC Chamber Music Department presents the fruit of the semester's work in a free recital. Led by NEC faculty member Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, student pairs perform individual movements of sonatas that demonstrate the equal partnering of string player and …
NEC Opera: Musical Theater Performance
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Graduate voice students perform selections from the musical theater cannon. Guest coach and Broadway stage veteran Patty Goble works with the students in preparing for the evening's performances.
Jazz Small Ensembles: Afro-Latin, Brazilian and World Rhythms
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Tonight's Small Jazz Ensemble concert features world music and its impact on jazz. The Brazilian Ensemble, with direction by Caio Afiune, explores music from the early choros of the 19th century, to the music of Tom Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal andGuinga. Mark Walker’s Afro-Latin Ensemble delves into the use of South American and Caribbean rhythms and the works of high-level jazz com…
NEC Conductors' Choir
Burnes Hall
The graduate choral conductors in the studio of Erica J. Washburn conduct a wide-ranging program of music from the 16th to the 21st centuries.
CPP Holiday String Quartet at the Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116
Join one of the Community Performances and Partnerships Program's Holiday Ensembles for songs of the season! This performance is free and open to the public. It will last about 45 minutes.
