Performances + Events
Community Performances and Partnerships
Branching Out: Crafting Interdisciplinary Performances
Pierce Hall
Musicians striving to deepen audience engagement in musical performance can benefit from exploring theatre, dance, and visual art forms. Collaborating across disciplines and incorporating extramusical elements into the creative process often results in deeper connections to the music and audiences. Collaborative performance artist C. Neil Parsons has built a career as A) a Musician, B) an Actor...
Breaking the Ensemble Mold: Student Agency, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Creative Music-Making
Prevost Room or Virtual
What if the score is a starting point rather than the destination? This interactive workshop challenges educators to rethink traditional definitions of musical literacy and explore broader ways of knowing, creating, and communicating through music. Drawing from culturally responsive teaching practices and diverse musical traditions, participants will explore learning through listening, imitatio...
Universal Design for Learning: Empowering Students and Transforming Instruction
Music educators often work with hundreds of students per week, and cognitive learning science has determined that we all learn as uniquely as our fingerprints- teaching high-quality and engaging instruction can seem daunting, but Universal Design for Learning (UDL) creates a framework for meeting the needs of all learners! In this 90-minute interactive workshop, educators will understand...
Going the Distance: Best Practices for Teaching Artistry in Online and International Contexts
Music educators often work with hundreds of students per week and cognitive learning science has determined that we all learn as uniquely as our fingerprints. Teaching high-quality and engaging instruction can seem daunting, but Universal Design for Learning (UDL) creates a framework for meeting the needs of all learners! Please register to attend virtual using the "Get Tickets...
Taxes for Teaching Artists
If it is true that the only certain things in life are death and taxes, this workshop will make navigating one of those things considerably easier. Focused specifically on the unique tax landscape for teaching artists, this session will address different types of income (from W2s and 1099s to extra gigs and licensing), common business deductions (with a few “sleeper deductions” with...
Restrung: Belonging as the longing to be
Burnes Hall and Virtual
Drawing from his memoir, Restrung, Vijay Gupta explores what it means to build a life in music beyond the traditional measures of achievement, virtuosity, and success. Through stories from the concert stage, Skid Row, and Street Symphony — alongside live music with the Darshan Trio — this conversation, moderated by Erik Elmgren, NEC’s Assistan...
NEC Teaching Artistry Alumni Panel
SB 311 and Virtual
This workshop will feature NEC alumni discussing their varied careers with teaching artistry after graduation. The conversation will be focused on balancing teaching and performing, the role teaching artistry plays in a holistic career, tips for seeking opportunities post-graduation, and the best ways to prepare for a teaching artistry career while still a student! Please register to att...
