Jazz

Marcelo Perez plays a drum kit
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Marcelo Pérez ’19 MM Presents “No Means No” at SFJAZZ
Recent alum Marcelo Pérez ’19 MM presented “No Means No”: an awareness-building and transformative concert addressing sexual assault against women, as part of SFJAZZ's Artists On The Rise series.
A guitarist from NEC Jazz Studies performs
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Cancelled | Youth Jazz Orchestra Concert
NEC: Brown Hall
Conga player
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Cancelled | Jazz at NEC: Seager & Morris Ensembles
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

These small jazz ensemble concerts feature sets by three ensembles each night, coached by the exceptional musicians who make up NEC’s jazz faculty. Sets at 7, 8, & 9 p.m.

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Close-up shot of student Tyler Bonilla wearing headphones
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A Student's Life: Tyler Bonilla
Jazz trombonist Tyler Bonilla '20 leads us on a tour through his busy life at NEC.
CE Jazz Certificate Student Julia Bomfim
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Q&A with SCE Student Julia Bomfim
"I feel very fortunate because at the end of the day I’m doing something that I really love." Julia Bomfim is a Jazz Certificate student in NEC's School of Continuing Education. Her certificate recital will take place Saturday, December 21 at 6:30 p.m. in NEC’s Pierce Hall, and is free and open to the public.
Dave Holland smiles while playing bass during a performance
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Jazz50 | Cosmosis: The Music of Dave Holland with Jim McNeely
NEC: Jordan Hall

NEC’s Visiting Artist-in-Residence Dave Holland will be joined by Jim McNeely for the first US performance of Holland’s music arranged by McNeely for the Frankfurt Radio Big Band in 2017.

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Balla Kouyate plays the balafon and sings while leading students in the West African Ensemble
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Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation Faculty Spotlight Concert
NEC: Jordan Hall

NEC's renowned Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation faculty performs a concert in Jordan Hall.  This concert will feature Anthony Coleman, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Ben Schwenender, Mark Zaleski, Frank...

Prep Youth Jazz Orchestra performs
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NEC Prep: Youth Jazz Orchestra
NEC: Jordan Hall
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Cancelled | Recital: Michael Prentky '20 MM, Jazz Trombone
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...

Gunther Schuller, shown in 2003, established the Jazz Studies program at the New England Conservatory of Music.David L. Ryan/Globe staff/file
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The Boston Globe | A tribute to Gunther Schuller, 50 years after he brought jazz to school
“He was thought of as this maverick who could change the whole outlook of the conservatory,” says George Schuller, who graduated from NEC in 1982.