Master class

Tom Siders (Trumpet) Chamber Music Masterclass
Williams Hall
Tom Siders presents a masterclass featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. Thomas Siders joined the BSO as assistant principal trumpet in January 2010 and was promoted to associate principal trumpet in 2015. He is currently a member of the trumpet faculties at Boston Conservatory, Boston University, and New England Conservatory. An active clinician, Siders has presented mas...

Scott Pingel Double Bass Masterclass
Brown Hall
Scott Pingel presents a masterclass featuring students from the NEC double bass studios. Scott Pingel has been the principal bass of the San Francisco Symphony since 2004. He has appeared numerous times with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at the Music@Menlo and Music in the Vineyards festivals. Versatile in a variety of styles, Pingel has performed in jazz clubs from New...

John and Arlene Heiss Master Class Series: Lamnth
Burnes Hall
This year's John and Arlene Heiss Guest Artists-in-Residence, the violin and cimbalom duo Lamnth, give a presentation to the composition department on writing for their unique ensemble configuration, as well as for their respective instruments in general. ...

A Master Class with Maria Schneider
Eben Jordan Hall
Join the Department of Jazz Studies as we welcome composer and orchestra leader Maria Schneider. Maria Schneider’s music has been hailed by critics as “evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, imaginative, revelatory, riveting, daring, and beyond categorization.” Blurring the lines between genres, her varied commissioners stretch from Jazz at Lincoln Cen...

David Murray Trombone Masterclass
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
David Murray presents a masterclass featuring students from the NEC trombone studios. David Murray was appointed second trombone of the National Symphony Orchestra by Christoph Eschenbach in 2014. He has also performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Baltimore, Cincinnati, Jacksonville, San Antonio, San Diego, and St. Louis symphonies, the Louisiana Philharmonic, and the Washington ...

Piano Seminar: Dang Thai Son
Williams Hall
New England Conservatory's Piano Department invites the public to join NEC students in exploring the challenges and complexities that pianists face in the world today, through presentations and master classes by guest artists and NEC faculty. Today's guest is Dang Thai Son; h...

Maria Lambros Chamber Music Masterclass
Williams Hall
Maria Lambros presents a masterclass featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. Violist Maria Lambros has performed as a chamber musician throughout the world as a member of three of the country’s finest string quartets in venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, New York’s Lincoln Center and Weil...

Maria Lambros Chamber Music Masterclass
Brown Hall
Maria Lambros presents a masterclass featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. Violist Maria Lambros has performed as a chamber musician throughout the world as a member of three of the country’s finest string quartets in venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, New York’s Lincoln Center and Weil...

Erik Ralske French Horn Masterclass
Pierce Hall
Erik Ralske presents a masterclass featuring students from the NEC French horn studios. Erik Ralske was appointed by Maestro James Levine as Principal Horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra beginning with the 2010-2011 season. On July 6, 2010 he was featured in a front-page article in the New York Times for having won both the Met Opera position and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Pr...