Wind Ensembles

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Winds on Wednesdays: Lully, Philidor, Reich, & McKee

Welcome to Winds on Wednesdays, a musical tapas of winds, brass, and percussion. This 5-week series features short digital mini-concerts, each just 20-30 minutes in length, in celebration of the bold...

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Winds on Wednesdays: Mozart, Heiss, & Reinecke

Welcome to Winds on Wednesdays, a musical tapas of winds, brass, and percussion. This 5-week series features short digital mini-concerts, each just 20-30 minutes in length, in celebration of the bold...

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Winds on Wednesdays: In Memory of Grant Knippa '22

We dedicate this first Winds on Wednesday concert to the memory of NEC student Grant Knippa '22, who passed away last week. All of NEC mourns this unspeakable loss.

A trumpet major in his junior year...

Lift Music Fund infographic about socioeconomic status and musical aptitude, reporting that SES is more predictive of success in music than academic competence or musical aptitude.
News
Lift Music Fund Launches New Microgrant Program to Advance Racial Equity
Founded by wind conducting alum Emily Mariko Eng ‘18 MM, the new fund bolsters racial and socioeconomic equity by providing consistent, rapid financial support for the incidental costs of pursuing musical education.
Senior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble
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Cancelled | Clarinet Consort and Senior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble Concert
NEC: Jordan Hall

Program to be announced.

Junior MYWE Rehearses
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Cancelled | Youth Brass Ensemble and Junior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble Concert
NEC: Jordan Hall

Program to be announced.

MYWE Concert Band
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Cancelled | Trombone Choir and Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble Concert Band Concert
NEC: Jordan Hall

Program to be announced.

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Cancelled | Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Winds/Chamber Singers Reception
NEC: Williams Hall
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Cancelled | Wind Ensemble Alumni Reading with Frank Battisti
NEC: Jordan Hall

In honor of NEC's Wind Ensemble 50th, alumni are invited to return for a reading session with Faculty Emeritus Frank Battisti, founding conductor of NEC's Wind Ensemble program.

2 – 5:30 p.m. in...

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Cancelled | Wind Ensemble 50th: Brubeck World Premiere & Ellington's Sacred Concert
NEC: Jordan Hall

NEC Wind Ensemble performs a new work by Chris Brubeck commissioned in honor of their 50th anniversary; Symphonic Winds and Chamber Singers present excerpts from works Duke Ellington called “the most...