Recital: Cate Byrne '22, Contemporary Improvisation

NEC: Pierce Hall | Directions

241 St. Botolph St.
Boston, MA
United States

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow.

Cate Byrne '22 studies Contemporary Improvisation with Hankus Netsky and Carla Kihlstedt.

This performance is open to in-person audiences, and can also be viewed below via livestream.

Watch livestream from Pierce Hall

Artists

  1. Improvisation

  2. Fiddle Medley

    Cate Byrne | Eternal Penny
                            Driving through Vermont

    Traditional | Blackberry Quadrille
                           Haste to the Wedding

  3. Abbey Lincoln | Throw It Away

  4. Errol Garner | Misty

  5. Rezső Seress | Gloomy Sunday

  6. Vivien Garry | A Woman's Place Is In the Groove

  7. Jake Zaslav and Cate Byrne | Boston Seasons Project


    Field recordings collected from, Jake Zaslav, Cate Byrne, Pieter Damsteegt, Thomas Ryder Payne, JPBILLINGSLEYJR, and may23rd2007 

  8. Jake Zaslav and Cate Byrne | Port Lockroy


    Field recordings collected from Australian Antarctic Division, klankbeeld, E. A. Podolskiy, and Stormpetre.   

  9. Ryan O'Connell, Henry Wilson, and Cate Byrne | PlastiCity


    Field recordings collected from Cate Byrne and klankbeeld

  10.  

    Ensemble

    Noah Kelly, Lucy Little, violin
    Ryan O’Connell, trumpet, trombone
    Avi Randall, piano
    Stuart Ryerse, mandolin, recorder
    Andrew Shield, guitar
    Henry Wilson, vibraphone
    Jake Zaslav, trumpet, electronics

  11.  


    I cannot begin to express what these past four years
    at New England Conservatory have meant to me.
    I have grown so much as a musician and a person
    and am filled with gratitude for every faculty member and fellow student
    I had the privilege of learning from.

    I would especially like to thank my studio teachers during my time at NEC:
    Carla Kihlstedt, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Lautaro Mantilla,
    Hankus Netsky, Bert Seeger, and Mark Zaleski.
    Special thanks also goes to Ran Blake for his mentorship and inspiration.

     My whole family has been incredibly supportive,
    and I want to give a big thank you to my parents Tom and Serah Byrne
    for encouraging my love of music since day one.
    I also want to thank my sister Savannah for playing drums for me
    and creating wonderful memories while gigging for the past 12 years.     

    I also want to thank Matthew Duveneck
    for making it possible for me to still pursue my love for environmental studies
    while being a conservatory student.

    Lastly, none of this would have been possible
    without the musicians you are hearing today!
    I am so lucky to call them my collaborators and peers.

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