From "La bohème" to Bowie, New England Conservatory's Winter/Spring Season Promises a Dynamic Blend of Classics and Contemporary Selections
Noteworthy moments include the 70th anniversary of Coretta Scott King’s graduation, NEC’s renowned chamber orchestra, and Jazz in Cambridge
New England Conservatory's Winter/Spring 2024 performance season will take audiences on a musical odyssey across genres and time, ensuring a captivating fusion of classics and contemporary selections. The lineup promises an enriching and diverse experience while showcasing the range and innovation of the conservatory’s students and faculty.
Noteworthy highlights in the upcoming season include the 7th Annual Coretta Scott King Tribute Concert on February 26, curated by NEC's Black Student Union. The yearly event pays homage to one of NEC’s most notable graduates, the trailblazing activist and soprano Coretta Scott King ’54, ’71 Hon. DM. The celebration marks the 70th anniversary of her graduation, showcasing the profound impact of her studies in music education and voice at NEC.
In addition, the Contemporary Musical Arts (CMA) department, under the artistic direction of faculty member Lautaro Mantilla, will explore the iconic songs of David Bowie that were produced with Brian Eno. This immersive experience, scheduled for April 17 on the Jordan Hall stage, delves into Bowie's transformative influence on pop culture, musical styles, gender, sexuality, social justice, protest, and fashion.
On February 5 and 7, opera students Josie Larsen ’23 MM, ’25 AD, Hyungjin Son ’24 MM, Shiyu Zhou ’24 MM, MinSun Im ’24 GD, Hyungjin Son ’24 MM, Hengzuo Yan ’25 MM, Zizhao Wang ’18, ’20 MM, ’21 GD, and Carlos Arcos ’23 MM, ’25 GD will join the NEC Philharmonia for a thrilling rendition of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème. In this semi-staged of the opera, audiences will be immersed in the captivating beauty of NEC vocalists complemented by a full orchestra. Later in the semester, NEC opera students will also join the NEC Philharmonia in four performances of Strauss's Die Fledermaus in the Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre.
Heading off campus to Cambridge’s famed Regattabar Jazz Club, NEC Jazz Orchestra will play selections including George Russell's "Ezzthetic" and Jazz Department Co-Chair Ken Schaphorst's "Take Back the Country." Featuring founding CMA department chair Ran Blake on piano and Dominique Eade ’82, ’89 AD on voice, the Ken Schaphorst Big Band will also perform Blake's "Memphis" and Schaphorst's "Mbira” during the February 5 performance.
On February 14, CMA co-chair Hankus Netsky and Ran Blake will curate a concert celebrating the enduring musical legacies of Mahalia Jackson and Chris Connor—two titans of gospel and jazz from the 20th century. The event will explore the emotional depth of Jackson's soulful gospel in contrast to the cool jazz stylings embraced by Connor, creating a dynamic musical tapestry.
Virtuosic young pianist and first-year NEC student Yunchan Lim will make his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on February 15, performing Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No.3—the same piece Lim performed during the final round of 2022's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, securing his place as the youngest person ever to win gold at the prestigious competition and garnering more than 13 million YouTube views.
Directed by Donald Palma, the NEC Chamber Orchestra presents a dynamic program on February 28 featuring Philip Herbert's poignant "Elegy," Mozart's lively Divertimento No. 11, and Béla Bartók's rhythmically rich "Divertimento." This performance at Jordan Hall showcases the exceptional talent of NEC’s conductorless orchestra, which inspired the formation of the critically acclaimed A Far Cry.
On March 13, NEC Symphony, under the baton of Hugh Wolff, will explore topics of censorship, the #MeToo movement, and response to violence against Black Americans through a repertoire that endeavors to speak truth to power, including Reena Esmail’s “RE|Member,” Joel Thompson’s “An Act of Resistance,” and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 5.
Rounding out the season's highlights are birthday celebrations for two musical greats. On February 1, pianist Jason Moran and NEC students ranging from soloists to large ensembles will celebrate the 125th birthday of jazz icon Duke Ellington. The 150th birthday of the legendary composer Charles Ives will be commemorated with a First Monday tribute curated by Laurence Lesser on March 4, followed by a second performance by NEC chamber musicians on March 7.
In its 120th season, performances at NEC's Jordan Hall and events across campus are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified. Media are invited to cover performances, explore behind the scenes, and pursue other opportunities with permission.
Must-see performances on NEC’s campus to add to your calendar:
Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings
February 1, 2024 at 7:30pm
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Puccini: La bohème (concert version)
February 5 and 7, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
The Music of Chris Connor and Mahalia Jackson
February 14, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
Coretta Scott King Tribute Concert
February 26, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
February 28, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Ives, Brahms
March 4, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
NEC Symphony + Hugh Wolff: Esmail, Thompson, Shostakovich
March 13, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
NEC Opera Spring Production, Die Fledermaus
April 11–14, 2024 at 7:30pm
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
NEC Contemporary Musical Arts: The Music of David Bowie
April 17, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
NEC Jazz Orchestra + Carl Atkins: The Music of Wayne Shorter
April 18, 2024 at 7:30pm
Jordan Hall
May 5, 2024 at 11am
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
2024 Winter/Spring Season Performances, Chronological
Jazz & Contemporary Musical Arts Faculty Spotlight
Thu, January 25, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/jazzcma-faculty-spotlight
Faculty members from Jazz Studies and Contemporary Musical Arts present a wide-ranging program that highlights the breadth and depth of the departments.
Rachel Podger, Violin Master Class
Mon, January 29 | 1-3pm | Pierce Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/rachel-podger-baroque-violin-masterclass
Rachel Podger, “the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin” (The Times), has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Baroque and Classical music periods. She presents a masterclass featuring students from the NEC violin studios.
This master class is made possible by the Pratt Early Music Performance and Residency Series for Early Music. The Pratt Early Music Performance and Residency Series for Early Music, established by Harold I. and Frances G. Pratt at NEC in 2019, seeks to invite and engage the NEC community with performers and scholars in the Historically Informed Performance field. Masterclasses, symposia, and performances by nationally- and internationally-recognized scholars and performers are funded through this endowment. In addition, the Performance and Residency and Series aims to provide NEC students with the opportunity to study early music and historically-informed performance with experts in the field, as well as to expand the historical instrument collection at NEC.
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Wennäkoski, Mendelssohn
Tue, January 30, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-philharmonia-hugh-wolff-wennakoski-mendelssohn
Tonight's concert by NEC Philharmonia and Hugh Wolff includes “Of Footprints and Light” by Finnish composer Lotta Wennäkoski, Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony and a concerto performed by the winner of the Concerto Competition.
NEC Symphony + David Loebel: Dawson
Thu, February 1, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-symphony-david-loebel-dawson
David Loebel and the NEC Symphony mark the first day of Black History Month with a performance of William L. Dawson's 1934 Negro Folk Symphony. Also on the program will be a concerto performed by one of the winners of the NEC Concerto Competition.
Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings
Thu, February 1, 2024 | 7:30pm | Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
https://www.necmusic.edu/events/duke-elington-my-heart-sings
As part of his residency, pianist Jason Moran and NEC student performers celebrate Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday with a range of music including solo piano performances, as well as music for large and small ensembles.
Puccini: “La bohème” (concert version)
Mon, February 5, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
Wed, February 7, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/puccini-la-boheme-concert-version
NEC opera students join the NEC Philharmonia to present a semi-staged version Giacomo Puccini's “La bohème.”
[nec]shivaree
Mon, February 5, 2024 | 8:00pm | Williams Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/necshivaree
[nec]shivaree, the NEC Avant-Garde Ensemble directed by NEC faculty Stephen Drury, is the attack wing of NEC's new music program, performing the modern, the new, and the avant-garde. Sounds are provided by such composers as John Cage, Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, George Crumb, Galina Ustvolskaya, and Giacinto Scelsi. The players of [nec]shivaree have worked with composers John Zorn, John Luther Adams, Christian Wolff, and Frederic Rzewski. The group gives concerts both inside and outside of the Conservatory, and has performed regularly at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge and Tonic and The Stone in New York.
NEC Jazz Orchestra and Ken Schaphorst Big Band
Mon, February 5, 2024 | 7:30pm | Regattabar Jazz Club, Cambridge, MA
https://www.regattabarjazz.com/
Anna Webber Residency Concert
Thu, February 8, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/residency-concert-anna-webber
Saxophonist, flutist, and composer Anna Webber, whose interests and work live in the aesthetic overlap between avant-garde jazz and new classical music, has been widely heralded for her “visionary and captivating” music (Wall Street Journal). A Guggenheim Award-winning composer who was recently appointed NEC Jazz Studies Co-Chair, Webber has released numerous critically acclaimed albums. This concert is the culmination of her NEC residency, and Webber will perform with NEC students she has coached, as well as with her Simple Trio featuring pianist Matt Mitchell and drummer John Hollenbeck.
NEC Composers' Series
Fri, February 9, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-composers-series-feb
Please join us for an evening of music that features composers who have been connected with NEC in a variety of ways.
NEC Symphonic Winds + William Drury
Tue, February 13, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-symphonic-winds-william-drury-feb
The Music of Chris Connor and Mahalia Jackson
Wed, February 14, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/contemporary-musical-arts-music-chris-connor-and-mahalia-jackson
NEC's Contemporary Musical Arts department salutes two great voices of the 20th century, Chris Connor and Mahalia Jackson. This program is curated by CMA faculty members Hankus Netsky and Ran Blake.
The Music of Max Roach – Centennial Concert
Thu, February 15, 2024 | 8:00pm | Burnes Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-jazz-department-music-max-roach
In this concert curated by NEC faculty member and drummer Nasheet Waits, the NEC Jazz department celebrates the centennial of American jazz drummer and composer Max Roach. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in jazz history. The concert will include a full performance of We Insist! The Freedom Now Suite.
NEC Wind Ensemble
Thu, February 15, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-wind-ensemble-feb
Pianist Yunchan Lim Debuts with the BSO
Thu, February 15 | 7:30pm | Symphony Hall
Fri, February 16 | 1:30pm | Symphony Hall
Saturday, February 17 | 8:00pm | Symphony Hall
Sunday, February 18 | 2:00pm | Symphony Hall
https://www.bso.org/events/rachmaninov-chausson
Called an "immediate sensation" by the New York Times, first-year NEC student and virtuosic young pianist Yunchan Lim will debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra this February, performing Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3 with returning guest conductor Tugan Sokhiev — the same piece Lim performed to a stunned audience during the final round of 2022's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, securing his place as the youngest person ever to win gold at the prestigious competition. This performance has accumulated 13 million views on YouTube and is the most-watched version of the piece on the platform to date. Lim, who is South Korean, enrolled at NEC in the fall of 2023 to continue his studies with his beloved long-time teacher, NEC faculty member Minsoo Sohn. His premiere with the BSO this February is one of many to come in 2024.
Coretta Scott King Tribute Concert
Mon, February 26, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/bsus-coretta-scott-king-tribute-concert
This 7th annual concert, presented by NEC’s Black Student Union, honors one of the most notable graduates of NEC, the trailblazing activist and soprano Coretta Scott King, '54, '71 Hon. DM. This year marks the 70th anniversary of her graduation from NEC, where she studied music education and voice.
NEC Chamber Orchestra
Wed, February 28, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-chamber-orchestra-feb
The NEC Chamber Orchestra was created to provide the students with an opportunity to apply the principals of chamber music in a small orchestral setting. As the ensemble rehearses and performs without a conductor, leadership responsibilities are rotated for every work performed. This affords the students an opportunity to develop communication skills, take responsibility for musical decisions and broaden their aural and score reading capabilities. Donald Palma is artistic director.
NEC Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Anna Webber and Angela Morris
Thu, February 29, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-jazz-orchestra-music-anna-webber-and-angela-morris
In 2015, Anna Webber and Angela Morris brought together their arsenal of skills as composers-performers-conductors to form the Webber/Morris Big Band, an ensemble of eighteen stellar New York improvisers who bring their combined artistic vision into reality. Their debut album, Both Are True, was named as one of the top 10 jazz albums of 2020 by the New York Times. Their music, though scored for traditional jazz big band, is rooted in minimalism, noise, pop, and the sounds of today. Integrating improvisation and composed material in unorthodox ways and using extra-musical sources - such as poetry or mathematics – here the traditional big band sound mutates into something unpredictable and exciting. In this concert at Jordan Hall, Webber and Morris will conduct the NEC Jazz Orchestra playing the repertoire of the Webber/Morris Big Band. Webber serves as Co-chair of NEC’s Jazz Studies Department along with Ken Schaphorst.
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Ives, Brahms
Mon, March 4, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/first-monday-jordan-hall-ives-brahms
Join us as we celebrate 39 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the finest places on the planet to hear music: NEC’s own Jordan Hall.
Charles Ives | Songs
Laura Choi Stuart, soprano
Tanya Blaich, piano
Johannes Brahms | Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, op. 8
George Li, piano
Donald Weilerstein, violin
Laurence Lesser, cello
NEC Philharmonia: Hindemith and more
Wed, March 6, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-philharmonia-hindemith-and-more
Tonight's NEC Philharmonia concert includes the Hindemith Violin Concerto performed with one of the winners of the Concerto Competition.
Chamber Music of Charles Ives
Thu, March 7, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/chamber-music-charles-ives-mar
NEC marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives with two programs of his chamber music. This is the second concert.
NEC Baroque Orchestra
Fri, March 8, 2024 | 8:00pm | Brown Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-baroque-orchestra-0
This concert is made possible by The Pratt Early Music Performance and Residency Series for Early Music. The Pratt Early Music Performance and Residency Series for Early Music, established by Harold I. and Frances G. Pratt at NEC in 2019, seeks to invite and engage the NEC community with performers and scholars in the Historically Informed Performance field. Masterclasses, symposia, and performances by nationally and internationally recognized scholars and performers are funded through this endowment. In addition, the Performance and Residency and Series aims to provide NEC students with the opportunity to study early music and historically-informed performance with experts in the field, as well as to expand the historical instrument collection at NEC.
NEC Symphonic Choir and Chamber Singers + Erica J. Washburn
Mon, March 11, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-symphonic-choir-and-chamber-singers-erica-j-washburn
NEC's two choruses - the Symphonic Choir and Chamber Singers - give a joint concert under the direction of Erica J. Washburn.
NEC Jazz Composers’ Workshop Orchestra + Nicole Mitchell
Tue, March 12, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-jazz-composers-workshop-orchestra-nicole-mitchell
Frank Carlberg and the NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra perform with flutist and artist-in-residence, Nicole Mitchell. Nicole Mitchell is an award-winning creative flutist, composer, bandleader and educator. She is perhaps best known for her work as a flutist, having developed a unique improvisational language and having been repeatedly awarded “Top Flutist of the Year” by DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists Association (2010-2022).
NEC New Music Ensemble
Tue, March 12, 2024 | 8:00pm | Burnes Hall https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-new-music-ensemble-mar
Inaugurated in Fall 2022, NEC's New Music Ensemble performs a program of diverse works. Hugh Wolff conducts.
NEC Symphony + Hugh Wolff: Esmail, Thompson, Shostakovich
Wed, March 13, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-symphony-hugh-wolff-esmail-thompson-shostakovich
Hugh Wolff and the NEC Symphony perform a program of works which demonstrate just how vital music is to human struggle, and what revolution in artistic expression sounds like.
Reena Esmail | Re|Member (2021)
Joel Thompson | An Act of Resistance
Dmitri Shostakovich | Symphony No. 5 in D Minor
Valerie Coleman Residency and Performance
Valerie Coleman Composition Master Class, March 27, 4:30 PM | Keller Room
Valerie Coleman Q&A, March 27, 7:00 PM | Keller Room
Composers Series Concert featuring the music of Valerie Coleman, March 28, 7:30 PM | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-composers-series-featuring-music-valerie-coleman
Valerie Coleman is regarded by many as an iconic artist who continues to pave her own unique path as a composer, GRAMMY®-nominated flutist, and entrepreneur. Highlighted as one of the “Top 35 Women Composers” by The Washington Post, she was named Performance Today’s 2020 Classical Woman of the Year, an honor bestowed to an individual who has made a significant contribution to classical music as a performer, composer or educator. Former flutist of the Imani Winds, Coleman is the creator and founder of the acclaimed ensemble whose 24-year legacy is documented and featured in a dedicated exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
This residency and performance are made possible through the support of the Malcolm Peyton Artist-in-Residence Fund. The Malcolm Peyton Artist-in-Residence program invites one composer each year to join the NEC community for private lessons, masterclasses, seminars, and a performance.
NEC Undergraduate Opera Studio: Hansel and Gretel
Fri, March 29, 2024 | 7:30pm
Sat, March 30, 2024 | 7:30pm
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-undergraduate-opera-studio-spring-opera
Join us for the spring production of NEC's Undergraduate Opera Studio with Michael Meraw, artistic director; Steven Goldstein, Stage Director; and Justin Williams, Music Director.
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Mozart, Smetana, Bruckner
Mon, April 1, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall https://necmusic.edu/events/first-monday-jordan-hall-mozart-smetana-bruckner
Join us as we celebrate 39 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the finest places on the planet to hear music: NEC’s own Jordan Hall.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | from Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K. 522
II. Menuetto and Trio
IV. Presto
Bedřich Smetana | Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15
HaeSun Paik, piano
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Lluís Claret, cello
Anton Bruckner | String Quintet in F Major, WAB 112
Nicholas Kitchen, violin (Borromeo)
Kristopher Tong, violin (Borromeo)
Melissa Reardon, viola (Borromeo)
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Yeesun Kim, cello (Borromeo)
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Chen, Strauss, Rachmaninoff
Wed, April 3, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-philharmonia-hugh-wolff-chen-strauss-rachmaninoff
Tonight's concert features performances of Qigang Chen's Wu Xing (Five Elements), Strauss' Death and Transfiguration, and the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with Changyong Shin '24 AD as piano soloist. Hugh Wolff conducts the NEC Philharmonia.
Leland Ko, Cello Recital
Tues, April 9, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/recital-leland-p-ko-24-ad-cello-0
NEC Opera Spring Production, “Die Fledermaus”
Thu, April 11, 2024 | 7:30pm
Fri, April 12, 2024 | 7:30pm
Sat, April 13, 2024 | 7:30pm
Sun, April 14, 2024 | 3:00pm
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-opera-spring-production
NEC opera students join the NEC Philharmonia in four performances of Strauss's “Die Fledermaus.”
Hilary Hahn, Violin, Master Class
Wed, April 17 | 10:30am-12:30pm | Williams Hall
This master class is made possible by The Morse Visiting Artist Fund.
NEC Contemporary Musical Arts: The Music of David Bowie
Wed, April 17, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/contemporary-musical-arts-music-david-bowie
For 50 years, David Bowie created a body of work that expanded the boundaries of pop culture, musical styles, gender, sexuality, social justice, protest, and fashion. In a unique way, Bowie’s music is shocking and yet very familiar, glamorous and yet tasteless, peaceful and yet dynamic and violent, joyful and yet horrific and confusing. In his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech, David Byrne described David Bowie as “a shrink and a priest who welcomes us to a brave new world.”
By re-imagining the music of his collaboration with Producer Brian Eno (1977-1979), working on re-compositions of Bowie’s more iconic songs, and original compositions inspired by these bodies of work, the CMA Department will pay tribute to one of the most influential artists of our generation and will showcase this powerful legacy. This program is curated by NEC faculty member Lautaro Mantilla.
“I always had a repulsive need to be something more than a human. I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David Bowie
NEC Jazz Orchestra + Carl Atkins: The Music of Wayne Shorter
Thur, April 18, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-jazz-orchestra-carl-atkins-music-wayne-shorter
Special guest Carl Atkins (founding director of NEC’s Afro-American Studies and Jazz Department) and Ken Schaphorst lead the NEC Jazz Orchestra in a concert of the music of Wayne Shorter. Considered to be one of the world’s greatest composers and one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time, Wayne Shorter was a recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, five honorary doctorate degrees, the Kennedy Center Honor, Polar Music Prize, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and many other awards and honors for his contributions to music. NEC alum Rachel Z ’84 will perform on the concert.
Jazz Composers’ Workshop Orchestra
Tue, April 23, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-jazz-composers-workshop-orchestra-apr
NEC's Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra features the music of NEC students performed by their peers, under the direction of Frank Carlberg.
NEC Chamber Orchestra
Wed, April 24, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-chamber-orchestra-apr
The NEC Chamber Orchestra was created to provide the students with an opportunity to apply the principals of chamber music in a small orchestral setting. As the ensemble rehearses and performs without a conductor, leadership responsibilities are rotated for every work performed. This affords the students an opportunity to develop communication skills, take responsibility for musical decisions and broaden their aural and score reading capabilities. Donald Palma is artistic director.
NEC Chamber Singers and Symphonic Choir + Erica J. Washburn
Thu, April 25, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-chamber-singers-and-symphonic-choir-erica-j-washburn
Join the NEC Chamber Singers and Symphonic Choir at their final concert of the 2023-24 academic year, conducted by Erica J. Washburn, NEC's Director of Choral Activities.
NEC Symphony + David Loebel: Mussorgsky
Tue, April 30, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall
https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-symphony-david-loebel-mussorgsky
NEC Symphony, directed by David Loebel, performs Mussorgsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition,” a concerto with one of the winners of the Concerto Competition, and the premiere of a student composition chosen by competition.
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Mahler Symphony No. 7
Wed, May 1, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall https://necmusic.edu/events/nec-philharmonia-hugh-wolff-mahler-symphony-no-7
The NEC Philharmonia closes its 2023-24 season with a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7. Hugh Wolff conducts.
CMA Small Ensembles Festival
Sun, May 5, 2024 | 11am | Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
https://www.necmusic.edu/events/cma-small-ensembles-festival
Celebrate spring with a festival of Contemporary Musical Arts ensembles, featuring music, food, and dance all day long. The festival showcases the breadth, depth and diversity of CMA ensembles including Middle Eastern Music, R&B, Free Jazz, Mandé West African Music, Ceol (Irish) Music, the Magdalena Abrego and Anthony Coleman ensembles, Songwriters' Workshop, Contemporary Rock American Roots, and more.
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Brahms, Chausson
Mon, May 6, 2024 | 7:30pm | Jordan Hall https://necmusic.edu/events/first-monday-jordan-hall-brahms-chausson
Join us as we celebrate 39 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the finest places on the planet to hear music of this caliber: NEC’s own Jordan Hall.
Johannes Brahms | Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, op. 101
David McCarroll, violin
Angela Park, cello
Ieva Jacubaviciute, piano
Ernest Chausson | Concerto in D Major for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21
Miriam Fried, violin
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Harriet Langley, Amelia Dietrich, violin (Terra String Quartet)
Ramón Carrero-Martínez, viola (Terra String Quartet)
Audrey Chen, cello (Terra String Quartet