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A jazz saxophonist takes a solo with the NEC Jazz Orchestra.
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NEC: Jordan Hall
Together with NEC's Intercultural Institute, the NEC Jazz Orchestra will present a performance of Chico O'Farrill's legendary Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite, guest Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Suite, and works by guest artist Somi Kakoma and NEC's Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol.
Mary Halvorson with guitar
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NEC: Jordan Hall
Individual CI students and student ensembles perform works by internationally renowned guitarist, composer, and improviser Mary Halvorson. This concert caps a three-day residency comprising coachings, discussions, and a masterclass.
Zoe Cagan speaking at NEC's 2021 Convocation
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Cagan offered inspiring, poignant, and timely words to the NEC community during NEC's 2021 Convocation last Thursday morning—the first in-person Convocation held in Jordan Hall since September 2019.
A chorister sings with a boisterous smile on his face.
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NEC: Jordan Hall
Join the NEC Symphonic Choir for the ensemble's inaugural concert in a 2-part performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
Multiple percussionists play multiple marimbas
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NEC: Jordan Hall
The NEC Percussion Group (NECPG) is thrilled to be back on stage at Jordan Hall in front of live audiences. The NECPG performs music that is largely centered around the unique and never-ending possibilities within the percussion world, as well as being augmented by extra-percussion musical offerings and instruments.
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NEC: Jordan Hall
Tonight we celebrate three NEC composers with premieres of their work.
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NEC: Jordan Hall

In her early compositions, African-American composer Julia Perry was influenced by spirituals and the blues. After studying in post-World War II Europe with Luigi Dallapiccola and Nadia Boulanger she...

The N E C Chamber Orchestra in concert
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NEC: Jordan Hall

Consider this program as a study in contrasts, an exploration of the endless coloristic possibilities of a string orchestra. Elgar’s beautifully constructed Serenade evokes the English countryside in...

Liederabend
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NEC: Williams Hall

From Benjamin Britten’s New York song cycles, to the poems of Luis Cernuda and Marina Tsvetaeva, to the many Austrian and German composers who fled their homelands in the twentieth century, this...

Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela Agosto
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NEC: Jordan Hall

Inspired by the 9th century Roman Catholic Camino de Santiago, Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles explores the walk of a pilgrim through four major staging posts on the Camino Francés. Those who have...