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Contemporary Musical Arts

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 that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow.   Stella Sokolowski '25 MM studies Contemporary Musical Arts with...

Eben Jordan

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 that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow.   Michael Yang-Wierenga '25 MM studies Contemporary Musical ...

Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

Contemporary Musical Arts kicks off its annual Fall Small Ensembles Festival with groups led by Anthony Coleman and Nima Janmohammadi. Coleman's Open Forum ensemble leads the way at 6:00p, followed by Early Jazz at 7:00p. Janmohammadi's Persian ensemble caps off the night at 8:00p. ...

Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

The Contemporary Musical Arts department presents an evening of recitals featuring the Anthony Coleman led Open Forum and Early Jazz ensembles. Anthony Coleman is a composer and avant-garde pianist whose work with John Zorn helped push modern Jewish music into the 21st century. Nima Janmohammadi is a composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist deeply engaged in both Persian clas...

Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

Join the department of Contemporary Musical Arts and discover ensembles that span the globe and the centuries! The Ted Reichman Electronic Ensemble (TREE) is a live electronic music ensemble, creating performance pieces for electronic instruments like laptops, tablets, and synthesizers as well as  electroacoustic instruments. Explore Brazil’s “cultural DNA” in the ...

Jordan Hall

The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...