Preparatory School
Deborah Williams, Soprano, is currently Chair of Voice and a member of the Voice Faculty at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School. Prior to moving to Boston, she was a tenured Associate...
Joseph Nizich is a second-year graduate student in choral conducting at the New England Conservatory. He holds bachelor’s degrees in voice performance and choral music education, minoring in choral...
The Black Student Union's June 2nd open letter was a passionate plea for the NEC community to mourn with them, understand their struggles, and to take immediate action to build an equitable...
Aaron Michael Smith is a composer, violist and artist currently based in Boston, MA. Aaron is interested in exploring the way that various practices and mediums overlap, reflect and contradict one...
After facing the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and President John F. Kennedy, NEC responded musically throughout Black communities in Boston and expanded its Jazz and Community Services...
The establishment of a jazz program at NEC influenced the culture of teaching and making music across the institution in many ways. In actuality, the new opportunities provided complex challenges...
In 1969, NEC President Gunther Schuller established the “Afro-American Music and Jazz Studies Department”, the first nationally accredited program of its kind in the United States. The institution had...