NEC faculty Stephen Drury created the Callithumpian Consort in the belief that new music should be an exciting adventure shared by performers and listeners alike, and that the brand new masterpieces...
The NEC Saxophone Ensemble, directed by Kenneth Radnofsky, premieres a work by NEC faculty member Joseph Bozich. Bozich composed the work for NEC alumni Scott Chamberlin and Bennett Parsons. Also on...
Gunther Schuller was a champion of the underrepresented. In music he held a special place for the unheralded, the less known, whether it be composers or musical genres—or instruments. It is this last of Gunther’s advocacies which we feature tonight.
For almost 50 years NEC's department of Contemporary Improvisation has fostered a community of artists interested in studying music from different cultures and the interactions between them. Tonight, we present musical traditions from different corners of the world, drawing on their customs, histories, and stories, with the intention of either honoring these practices as they are or integrating them to create new languages.