NEC percussion students and alumni have an incredible track record with orchestral positions, a legacy of which we are very proud. Students at NEC study with BSO faculty mentors, perform in chamber music, percussion ensemble, new music, and orchestra concerts, and collaborate with composers, as well as their peers. Our curriculum offers experience in a wide variety of styles and concepts while our percussion repertoire classes emphasize the orchestral literature.
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As part of New England Conservatory's celebration of the late Gunther Schuller, the NEC Percussion Ensemble performs Schuller's Grand Concerto for Percussion and Keyboards.
Maestro Hugh Wolff conducts NEC's Philharmonia in a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's epic Symphony No. 11 in G minor, "The Year 1905" at Symphony Hall, Boston.
Hugh Wolff leads the New England Conservatory Philharmonia in a performance of Gustav Mahler's percussion-rich Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor.
Frank Epstein leads virtuoso Chinese multi-instrumental Yazhi Guo and the NEC Percussion Ensemble in the world premiere of Joan Huang's "Bird Twitters from Altadena."
Emmanuel Séjourné's Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra performed by Tsz-Ho Samuel Chan, marimba, with the NEC Chamber Orchestra.
Everyone at NEC understands that you’re all musicians working to achieve the same goal, just through different outlets.
What’s in your professional toolkit?
At NEC, you’ll strengthen your music with skills outside of music. In Community Performances & Partnerships, you’ll pitch programming and perform for diverse audiences. In Entrepreneurial Musicianship you’ll make new ventures happen, start to finish. And in Liberal Arts you’ll sharpen the intellectual and communications skills artists need to go further.
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