Contemporary Musical Arts

Instruments wait on stands during a jazz concert
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NEC: Pierce Hall

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...

shot of guitar players from behind with NEC logo tote bag
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NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...

Imagine N E C
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NEC: Pierce Hall

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...

Percussionists in rehearsal
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NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...

Michael Mayo Master Class
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A journey through the memories and music of NEC's fall 2022 semester. 
Cory Pesaturo at Fenway
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Accordionist Cory Pesaturo ’08 discusses how the Contemporary Musical Arts program at NEC prepared him for a versatile career, from Hollywood to Boston Symphony Hall.
Saltare CMA Honors Ensemble
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NEC: Jordan Hall

Each year, an audition committee of professional musicians and faculty selects a few exceptional student ensembles to represent the NEC Honors Ensemble Program. The ensembles work with a faculty coach...

Don Byron - Jazz 40 Celebration
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Graduate of NEC’s CMA program, Don Byron’s musical perspective will be heard through the weekend with a series of concerts, master classes, and artist talks, the culmination of a week-long residency with NEC students.
Mordechai Gebirtig
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NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

In the course of completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at New England Conservatory, performance majors present not just one, but three full-length recitals, for which they also write program...

Byron, Don
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NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Trailblazing clarinetist Don Byron '84 joins the Contemporary Musical Arts and Jazz Studies departments as artist in residence. He will coach three student ensembles in a master class.