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Master class

Williams Hall

Seth Knopp hosts a master class featuring students from the NEC Chamber Music program. Seth Knopp, piano (Putney, VT), was a founding member of the award-winning Peabody Trio, winner of the 1989 Naumburg Award and the Peabody Institute’s Ensemble-in-Residence from 1987-2017. After making its Alice Tully Hall debut in 1990, the trio performed on the most important chamber ...

Williams Hall

Swedish soprano Miah Persson presents an undergraduate voice master class. ...

Burnes Hall

Brian Hecht presents a master class featuring students from the NEC trumpet studios. This class precedes the annual NEC Brass Bash, taking place April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Jordan Hall.  This master class is supported by the Harris Edward R...

Brown Hall

Imani Winds presents a master class featuring ensembles from the NEC Chamber Music program.  Celebrating nearly three decades of transformative music-making, the Grammy-winning and four-time nominated Imani Winds has led both a revolution and an evolution of the wind quintet. Known for their d...

Williams Hall

Paul Lewis presents a master class featuring students from the NEC piano studios. Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide, and consolidated his reputation as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central E...

Williams Hall

Lisa Batashvilli hosts a master class featuring students from the NEC violin studios. “Batiashvili’s fearless playing is so tonally rich and technically immaculate.” (The Guardian)Lisa Batiashvili, the Georgian-born German violinist, is praised by audiences and fellow musicians for her virtuosity. An award-winning artist, she has developed long-standing relationsh...

Burnes Hall

Jennifer Frautschi presents a master class featuring students from the NEC violin studios. Two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient Jennifer Frautschi has garnered worldwide acclaim as a deeply expressive, musically adventurous violinist with impeccable technique and a wide-ranging repertoire.  Equally at home in the classic and contemporary repertoire, her re...