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NEC Faculty and Alumni Receive Jazz Road Creative Residencies Grants
Faculty members Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Jason Moran, and Nasheet Waits as well as alumni jaimie branch '05 BM and Felipe Salles '97 MM, '98 GD will use the transformative grants to further explore their art form and work.
Billy Hart
Jazz Faculty Billy Hart Named 2022 NEA Jazz Master
The legendary jazz drummer was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts alongside Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson, and Donald Harrison Jr., in the 40th anniversary year of the award.
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Internationally Acclaimed Musicians Julian Lage, Melissa Aldana, and Marshall Gilkes Join NEC’s Jazz Studies Faculty
Julian Lage, Melissa Aldana, and Marshall Gilkes join New England Conservatory the jazz faculty beginning in the fall of 2021.
Grow Your Art Pitch Night Finalists 2021 - a grid of 8 portraits
NEC Alumni Win Grow Your Art Grants During Maria Schneider Residency
Grow Your Art grants totaling $13,500 have been awarded to NEC alumni Emily Eng, Darynn Dean, Rafael Natan, and Linda Numagami, and will support a microgrant program for Black, Latinx, and Native American music students, a series of concerts and film screenings around women in jazz, an accessible School of Arts and Social Justice, and a clarinet festival.
Maria Schneider stands in a warehouse or barn, looking at the camera with arms crossed.
The Boston Globe | Jazz artist Maria Schneider on making music, and making a living
Composer and bandleader Maria Schneider comes to New England Conservatory for an artist residency March 2-4, in which she will work in person with students in the jazz department, and offer online events which are open to the general public. The residency culminates in a digital concert, airing March 10.
Hankus Netsky and the Klezmer Conservatory Band
This Sunday 1/24: '40 Years in Yiddishland: The Yiddish Book Center celebrates the Klezmer Conservatory Band'
Two enduring pillars of the Yiddish cultural resurgence mark 40th anniversaries with event featuring interviews with KCB founder Hankus Netsky and YBC founder Aaron Lansky by noted film critic Kenneth Turan, excerpts from acclaimed KCB productions, and cameos by KCB collaborators including Itzhak Perlman and Joel Grey
Stanley Cowell
Remembering Stanley Cowell
Cowell was a renowned and innovative jazz pianist, composer, record label founder, and educator who taught jazz piano at NEC from 1986 to 1989.
Nasheet Waits stands in front of a red wall, wearing a dark shirt
Renowned Drummer-Composer Nasheet Waits Joins New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Faculty
Renowned drummer, composer and educator Nasheet Waits joins the jazz faculty for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Allegra Levy smiles at her reflection in the mirror while singing her new song "Wash My Hands" and washing her hands in a light green sink
Allegra Levy ’11 Wins John Lennon Award for “Wash My Hands”
The jazz voice alumna won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest's weekly "Stuck At Home" series for songwriters, bands, artists and producers.
Freddy Cole with Ken Schaphorst on the Jordan Hall stage
Remembering Freddy Cole ’56, hon. DM ’12
NEC mourns the loss of Freddy Cole ’56, hon. DM ’12, an internationally beloved jazz pianist and vocalist and multiple Grammy nominee.