Composition

Composition chair Michael Gandolfi works with a student
Event
Tuesday Night New Music: Josifoski, Hayden, Li, Wang, Zhong, Bettany, Shi, Carroll, & Ha
NEC: Brown Hall
The newest works from the next generation of composers.
Darynn Dean at Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Studies
News
What's New: November 2021
News from NEC alumni, students, and faculty members including Darynn Dean, Michael Mizrahi, Ester Wiesnerová, Anthony León, Célina Béthoux, Marc-André Hamelin, Douglas Williams, Tyler Martin, Geneva Lewis, Alexander Hersh, Adam Levin, and Yevgeny Kutik.
Valerie Coleman
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Tuesday Night New Music: J. Kim, Clarke, Johnson, Ha, Jia, Zheng, Chen, Carroll, D. Kim, & Muramatsu
NEC: Williams Hall
Tuesday Night New Music is a student-run, faculty-supervised concert series directed by Brooks Clarke ’22 MM under the supervision of composition chair Michael Gandolfi.
Composer at work
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Tuesday Night New Music: Lanning, Jia, Hertzman-Miller, Stephenson, Wiese, & Josifoski
NEC: Williams Hall
The newest works from the next generation of composers.
Valerie Coleman
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Tuesday Night New Music: Zhong, Dixon, Lanning, Bettany, Hayden, Shimshoni, Li, Wong, Wei, & Chan
NEC: Brown Hall
Hear the newest works from the next generation of composers, performed by their peers.
Composer at work
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Tuesday Night New Music: Johnson, Carroll, Wiese, Wei, Li, Clarke, & Ha
NEC: Jordan Hall
Hear the newest works from the next generation of composers, performed by their peers.
Robert Cogan
News
Remembering Faculty Emeritus Robert Cogan '03 Hon. DM
Cogan, a music theorist, composer, and educator, was a member of NEC's Composition and Music Theory faculty for nearly 60 years—including many years as Chair of Graduate Music Theory—and his legacy will continue for many years to come.
Valerie Coleman
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Graduate Composition Seminar Virtual Concert
The works in this concert were written during the 2021 spring semester as part of the Graduate Composition Seminar, which took place online because of Covid restrictions.
Robbie Bui speaks at a lectern from the Jordan Hall stage during Commencement 2021.
News
Commencement 2021: Robbie Bui ’21, Student Speaker for the Class of 2021
In his remarks, Robbie celebrated a year of music from under-represented composers, and envisioned a future of music made richer and more expansive through diverse musical ideas.
Reception following Lorna Cooke deVaron Memorial Concert
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NEC 2021 Commencement Concert