Strings

NEC Prep student Josephine Arnold Mages won first prize in the National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest Small Fry division (8 and under).

The National Federation of Music Clubs has announced the four 1st prize winners at its 2019 Young Artist Competition in Greenwood, Indiana, United States, including alumnus Alexander Hersh ’15, ’17 MM.

Cellist Jonah Ellsworth ’12 Prep, ’18, ’20 MM studies with Laurence Lesser.

Zlatomir Fung, age 20, has won first prize in the cello division of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Brown studies with Donald Weilerstein and joins a legacy of previous NEC first prize winners.

The Strad explores NEC violin faculty Donald Weilerstein's unique teaching methods in a profile of innovative string educators.

Chen studied with Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried and completed the Harvard/NEC dual degree program.

Boston Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music (BEAM) is a region‐wide collective for supporting and sustaining musical excellence among young musicians of underrepresented populations who aspire to careers in the classical music professions.

Daniel Rafimayeri ’22, Nathan Le ’22 Harvard/NEC, and Sory Park ’21 study with Paul Biss, Laurence Lesser, and Soovin Kim, respectively.