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NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds + Andrew McMahan, William Drury
Jordan Hall
Guest conductors Robert Spittal, Andrew McMahan and William Drury, NEC's Conductor of Wind Ensembles, lead the NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds in tonight's program. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. …

West African Art Music Festival: An Evening of West African Vocal Music
Brown Hall
This evening’s concert is a celebration of West African vocal music featuring the Connecticut-based African Choral Ensemble – conducted by John Dankwa, the NEC Chamber Singers – conducted by Erica J. Washburn, the NEC Conductors' Choir – conducted by Bailee Green '25 MM, a…

West African Art Music Festival: African Pianism Seminar
Keller Room
Join us for a piano performance seminar on African Pianism, featuring Nigerian pianist and poet Echezonachukwu Nduka. Emmanuel Attah Poku, Royal Drummer of the Ashanti King’s palace in Kumasi, will join Nduka to illustrate some of the rhythms on the drums that African composers project to the piano for this genre of music. Resident festival scholar Professor Olabode Omojola …

West African Art Music Festival: “Shaping of Identity” with the Center for Cultural Equity and Belonging
The Blumenthal Library, 3rd floor
Hosted by NEC's Center for Cultural Equity and Belonging (CEB), this panel focuses on identity and curriculum. Questions to be explored include: "how does the experience of living and working in the U.S. as scholars and practitioners of African music shape one's identity?" and "what opportunities does African Art Music hold for diversifying the curriculum in the United St…

Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Dover Quartet
Jordan Hall
Please reach out to the Celebrity Series Box Office with any questions regarding ticketing or programming details at boxoffice@celebrityseries.org.

Recital: Mark Abramovski '25, Jazz Bass
Brown Hall
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. Mark Abramovski '25 studies Jazz Bass with

Recital: Solomon Ge '25, Piano
Williams Hall
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. Solomon Ge '25 studies Piano with

Boston Modern Orchestra Project Presents: Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess
Jordan Hall
Composer-librettist, Mark Adamo tells – in his 2005 opera, Lysistrata, or the Nude Goddess – not a story: a situation. “It’s a delicious premise. It is not a plot.” In this radical re-invention, an already scandalous drama of war and love blossoms into 21st Century relevance and deepens into an exploration of the human condition. “I love Lysistrata's…

Arnold Steinhardt Violin Master Class
Williams Hall
Arnold Steinhardt presents a master class featuring students from the NEC violin studios. Arnold Steinhardt was born in Los Angeles, receiving his early training from Karl Moldrem, Peter Meremblum and Toscha Seidel, and making his solo debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at age fourteen. He continued his studies with Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute of Music and with J…