Orchestra

Tristan Rais-Sherman sitting on a bench
News
Welcome and Congratulations for Orchestral Conductors
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NEC welcomes new orchestral conducting student Tristan Rais-Sherman, and congratulates conducting alumni Radu Paponiu, & Nathan Aspinall on recent appointments.
Preparatory String Orchestra rehearsal
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NEC Prep: Winter String Orchestra Festival
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NEC: Jordan Hall
Closeup of a musician playing violin.
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NEC Prep: Junior Repertory Orchestra & Preparatory String Orchestra
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Location
NEC: Jordan Hall
A closeup of a musician's hands playing violin.
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NEC Prep: String Chamber Orchestra & Cello Choir
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NEC: Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Youth Repertory Orchestra and Youth Chorale
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NEC Prep: Youth Repertory Orchestra
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Location
NEC: Jordan Hall
OperaBlackBox
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NEC Opera presents Postcard from Morocco
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NEC: Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre

Seven strangers wait for a train and describe the contents of their luggage—a hat box, a cornet case, a cake box—but refuse to let anyone see. A charming and surreal meditation on how we long to hide,...

A cellist smiles and closes her eyes while playing with the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
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NEC Prep: Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
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NEC: Jordan Hall
Prep Youth Symphony Cellists laughing
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NEC Prep: Youth Symphony
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NEC: Jordan Hall
Claire Deokyong Kim plays the cello with an expression of emotion on her face.
News
Q&A with Cellist Claire Deokyong Kim ’21: “Music is not just a sound, but it is a feeling.”
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Claire Deokyong Kim ’21 shares reflections on performing Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1 in E–flat Major with NEC Philharmonia as the winner of NEC's 2019 spring concerto competition.
A teen jazz singer smiles and sings into a microphone at Jazz Lab.
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Snapshots of Summer at NEC
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Summer students flocked to NEC this summer for programs ranging from Suzuki Explorers to Jazz Lab to the Summer Orchestra Institute.