NEC Piano Department Concert: Music by Alumni and Faculty (Part One)
Three concerts of solo piano music on January 28, February 18, and February 22 by musicians who taught or studied at NEC throughout its remarkable 150-year history. Students from the Piano Department, along with NEC Jazz majors, and students from the Preparatory School will play music by Florence Price, Ferruccio Busoni, Jaki Byard, Gunther Schuller, Cecil Taylor, J. Rosamond Johnson, Chou Wen-chung, and many more.
This performance will be viewable in-person for internal NEC audiences only. It will be viewable publicly via livestream.
Watch livestream from Jordan Hall:
‡ = NEC current or former faculty * = NEC alum
- Bruce Brubaker, Curator of Piano Programming
Nicolas Slonimsky ‡ | from Minitudes (1972-76)
51. Orion
4. Lambent Flames
2. Borborygmus
47. Bach in Fluid Tonality
48. Bach x 2 = Debussy
3. Felinity
5. Schoenwagnerberg Boustrophedon
38. Old Russian Song
50. ImplosionArtists- Motti Fang-Bentov, piano
Jaki Byard ‡ | Seasons
Artists- Ari Chais, piano (NEC Jazz Dept)
Jaki Byard ‡ | The Hollis Stomp
Artists- Ari Chais, piano (NEC Jazz Dept)
Ferruccio Busoni ‡ | Toccata, BV 287 (1921)
Preludio
Fantasia
CiacconaArtists- Hsin-Hao Yang, piano
Chou Wen-chung * | The Willows Are New (1957)
Artists- Wenhao Shou, piano
Daniel Pinkham ‡ | Forest Music (2002)
We enter the deep and silent forest
We stop abruptly at each unfamiliar sound
We cross a gently flowing brook
As we walk along, birds, ignoring our presence, chirp in the treetops
We come upon a cold and dank cave
On the way home, dancing light plays on our pathArtists- Jinyoung Kweon and Saehyun Kim, piano (NEC Preparatory School)
George Whitefield Chadwick ‡* | III. Scherzino from Six Characteristic Pieces, op. 7 (1882)
Artists- Kingsley Chen, piano (NEC Preparatory School)
George Whitefield Chadwick ‡* | IV. Reminiscence of Chopin from Six Characteristic Pieces, op. 7 (1882)
Artists- Chi Vu, piano (NEC Preparatory School)
George Whitefield Chadwick ‡* | The Aspen (1924)
Artists- Janice Yun Lu, piano
Geri Allen ‡ | Unconditional Love
Artists- Eleanor Pruneau, piano (NEC Jazz Dept)
J. Rosamond Johnson * | The Siberian Dip (1911)
Artists- Hongzhen Wang, piano
Gunther Schuller ‡ | Sandpoint Rag (1991)
Artists- Jessica Yuma, piano
Three concerts of solo piano music on January 28, February 18, and February 22 by musicians who taught or studied at NEC throughout its remarkable 150-year history. Students from the Piano Department...
Three concerts of solo piano music on January 28, February 18, and February 22 by musicians who taught or studied at NEC throughout its remarkable 150-year history. Students from the Piano Department...