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Laurence Lesser playing the cello and smiling, with green trees and plants in the background.
Event
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff including the celebration of Laurence Lesser’s 80th Birthday
NEC: Jordan Hall

The NEC Philharmonia and Hugh Wolff kick off the fall semester celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial with Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story.” NEC President Emeritus and long-time cello...

NEC Celebrates Leonard Bernstein
Andrea Kalyn
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New England Conservatory Names Andrea Kalyn as New President
New England Conservatory of Music announced today that Andrea Kalyn has been named as its 17th President.
Xu Guo Performing on the Piano on stage at a competition
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Students of Meng-Chieh Liu Win Top Prizes in Piano Competition
Xu Guo '20 and Elaine Sin Yee Yap '20 won top prizes at The V Thailand International Piano Competition.
Jazz Lab group photo
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Jazz Lab and Boston GuitarFest Academy 2018
Scenes from Jazz Lab and GuitarFest 2018
Tanya Kalmanovitch 21CM
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Tanya Kalmanovitch: How Quitting Music Made Me An Artist
"Much of what I now teach about art-making comes from my experiences between the ages of 22 and 30, when things fell apart." — Tanya Kalmanovitch, Contemporary Improvisation and Entrepreneurial Musicianship faculty
A singer performs as part of a jazz ensemble
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Jazz Jam Session
NEC: Brown Hall

NEC's Jazz department kicks off the school year with a jam session in Brown Hall.

Dave Holland with a student ensemble
Event
The Music of Dave Holland: Residency Concert
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

In July 1968, Miles Davis was so impressed with a London performance by jazz bassist Dave Holland that he asked Holland to join his band. On the road with Davis for two years, Holland also recorded on...

PRIDE at NEC
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Stories of PRIDE from NEC's LGBTQ+ Student Group
NEC's Queer Student Union, known as QUEST, helped celebrate PRIDE month by asking the NEC community: "Who are LGBTQ+ musicians you admire?"
Andrew
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Andrew Schartmann

Andrew Schartmann is a composer and music theorist whose work focuses on video game music, Viennese classicism, and music theory pedagogy. In addition to his work at NEC, he serves as Audio Director...