Conducting students at NEC concentrate on Orchestral, Wind Ensemble, or Choral Conducting, with frequent podium time in front of incredible NEC musicians, as well as a rigorous curriculum under the guidance of NEC’s ensemble directors.
Guest Conductor and alumnus Joshua Weilerstein leads the NEC Philharmonia and violinist Yoojin Jang in a performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor.
People think of the conducting world as cutthroat and competitive...
that's never been my experience here.
Wind conducting major Lina Marcela Gonzalez conducts the NEC Wind Ensemble
Franz Berwald's Konserstück bassoon concerto, with the NEC Symphony conducted by Orchestral Conducting student Matt Szymanski, Brittney Walker, bassoon.
Joshua Weilerstein conducts the New England Conservatory Laboratory Orchestra in a movement from Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.68.
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