Bernie Worrell (1944–2016)
One of the most sampled musicians on the planet, keyboardist and co-founder of Parliament/Funkadelic studied piano at NEC in the 1960s.
2016 Student Commencement Speech: Daniel Hersog
Graduating master's jazz composition major Daniel Hersog '16 M.M. was selected as Student Speaker for Commencement 2016.
CI Ensemble Awarded at First-Ever M-Prize Competition
Taking third prize in "Senior Open" division, Alfaia was NEC's 2014-2015 Wild Card Honors Ensemble.
Ji-Won Song Wins Mozart Violin Competition
NEC Student Ji-Won Song Wins 2016 Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition
2016 Doris Duke Artists Include Four NEC Musicians
NEC Jazz Alumni and Faculty among Final Group of Doris Duke Artist Awards Recipients
American Academy of Arts and Letters Inductees
American Academy of Arts and Letters inducts NEC alum David Rakowski and awards Charles Ives Scholarship to NEC senior Sonnet Swire.
Nielsen Violin Competition Prize Winner
NEC Graduate Student Luke Hsu Wins Third Prize at 2016 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition
NEC Alumni Win Nonfiction, Composition Guggenheims
David Fulmer '00 Prep, '04 B.M. and Glenn Kurtz '05 B.M. Tufts/NEC are among 178 American and Canadian scholars, artists, and scientists honored.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Kashkashian
Grammy Award–winning member of NEC viola faculty and “Music for Food” founder joins the 236th Academy class
NEC at Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition
Grand Prize for pianist Kyle Orth means an appearance with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vanska.