Recital: Sam Spear '21 MM, Jazz Saxophone
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.
Sam Spear '21 MM studies Jazz Saxophone with Jerry Bergonzi.
- Sam Spear '21 MM, alto saxophone
- Ian Buss, tenor saxophone
- Seulah Noh, piano
- SeaJun Kwon, double bass
- Nadav Friedman, drums
- Jerry Bergonzi, studio instructor
Oliver Nelson | March On, March On
Earl Hines | Rosetta
Sam Spear | Every Day
George Gershwin | They Can't Take That Away From Me
---intermission
Thomas "Fats" Waller | I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling
Sam Spear | Ancestor Ah
Johnny Richards | Young at Heart
Sam Spear | Drinkin' at Dunkin'
Thank you to my family for their unending love and support –
Moma, Zach, Nanny, and Papa.Thank you to my boyfriend Henry Godfrey
for being my rock during this difficult year
and believing in me when I didn’t believe in myself.Thank you to my professors for sharing their musical insights
and encouraging me to strive for more –
Ken Schaphorst, Frank Carlberg, Jerry Bergonzi, Miguel Zenón,
Brian Levy, Jason Moran, Anthony Coleman, and John Heiss.Thank you to my incredible band for making music with me today –
Ian Buss, Seulah Noh, SeaJun Kwon, and Nadav Friedman.Thank you to all my NEC classmates
for creating a caring and musically stimulating learning experience.Thank you to Ayn Inserto
for believing in me and encouraging me to apply to NEC.Thank you to my professors from Berklee –
Shannon LeClaire, Jim Odgren, George Garzone, Allan Chase,
Greg Hopkins, Bob Pilkington, among many others.Thank you to my high school saxophone teacher, Ken LeeGrand,
for many years of guidance and reminding me that “Rome is still under construction.”Thank you to my late mentor Bobby Jackson
for the time and care he put into my early musical education.Thank you to the musicians whose music we are performing this afternoon.
Thank you to all the musicians, those known and those whose names and stories are lost, for creating and fostering American music.