Performances + Events
2024 Convocation
Jordan Hall
This event is open to all NEC faculty, staff, and students.
Welcome
Andrea Kalyn, President
Student Welcome & Introduction of Student Speaker
Christina Davis, Dean of Students and Campus Life
Student Speaker’s Remarks
Elgin Lee, ’23 GD ’24 GC DMA 1
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004) - Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk for Violin
Joshua Brown ’22, ’24 MM, ’26 AD, Violin
Introduction of New Staff
Livia Mah, Human Resources Operations Manager
Introduction of New Faculty
Richard Giarusso, Dean & Chief Academic Officer
“The Echoes of the Place We’re In” Multi-Directional Listening Across Genres Panel Discussion
Panelists
Bruce Brubaker, Co-Chair & Curator of Piano Programming, Piano
Yeesun Kim, Strings & Chamber Music Faculty, Cello
Nick Kitchen, Strings Faculty, Violin
Anna Webber, Co-Chair, Jazz Studies
Moderator
Richard Giarusso, Dean & Chief Academic Officer
President’s Remarks
Andrea Kalyn, President
Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins (1947-2014) - Saint Thomas
Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea (1941-2021) - Armando’s Rhumba
Gabriele Nieves ’25 MM, Tenor Sax
Nick Isherwood ’25 MM, Bass
Victor Giraldez ’27, Drums
Peter Vazquez ’27, Piano
