Contemporary Musical Arts

Don Byron
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NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Trailblazing clarinetist Don Byron '84 joins the Contemporary Musical Arts and Jazz Studies departments for as artist in residence. He will present an artist talk titled 'Having a Diverse Musical Career While Being Black'. This talk will be open to members of the NEC community. 
Fay Victor
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NEC: Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts program welcomes acclaimed composer Fay Victor for a residency capped by a concert.
Sanlikol and Barsamian
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NEC: Jordan Hall

Faculty members of NEC's Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts programs present a collection of representative works.

This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here...

Mark and Glenn Zaleski
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NEC: Jordan Hall

Great artists give free concerts at New England Conservatory—simply because they teach here.

CMA and Jazz faculty member Mark Zaleski, saxophone, gives a recital with his brother, pianist Glenn...

NEC Grammy Nominees 2022
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Four members of the NEC community receive Grammy nominations; Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol invents a new instrument; and more! 
Hankus, Eden, Janice at GBH Studios
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As the program celebrates 50 years, the CMA department is hosting a variety of events paying tribute to their history and looking to the future while sharing their perspectives with the larger Boston community and arts world.
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Boston Public Library

CPP's Holiday Wind Quintet from NEC's Community Performances & Partnerships program perform as part of the Boston Public Library's Never Too Late series. This is an in-person event.

Never Too Late is...

CI Ensemble
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NEC: Bower Stage
The Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts Department ensembles present a semester culmination performance.
A Contemporary Improvisation class with Anthony Coleman
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NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
The Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts Department ensembles present a semester culmination performance.
Balla Kouyate plays the balafon and sings while leading students in the West African Ensemble
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NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
The Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts Department ensembles present a semester culmination performance.