Preparatory School
NEC preparatory studies for students from toddlers through high school, including lessons, classes, ensembles, and NEC @ Walnut Hill program. Includes Certificate and a la carte offerings.
David Zoffer is a multi-instrumentalist whose principal instrument is piano.
B.M. Oberlin Conservatory, M.M. New England Conservatory. Studies with Bob Moses, Paul Bley, Neil Creque, Wendell Logan...
David Eure currently teaches jazz violin at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education. Eure bridges the classical and jazz divide, and following his work with...
Clara Sandler, mezzo-soprano, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, feels at home in a wide range of styles, from opera, oratorio and recitals, to zarzuela and tango. Critics have praised her singing...
Brooke Sofferman is a jazz percussionist and composer.
Endorser of Sonor Drums, Istanbul Agop Cymbals and ProMark Sticks, drummer and composer Brooke Sofferman is active on the Boston and New York...
Brian Diehl is a Boston based trombonist who performs and teaches throughout New England. Beginning in 2011, he serves as Principal Trombonist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, under the direction...
Anne Tyson is a versatile collaborative pianist, performing a broad repertoire with both instrumentalists and singers. She is also a dedicated teacher, and joined the NEC Prep faculty in 1989. In...
Andrew Goodridge has performed with many leading artists, including James Buswell, Arturo Delmoni, D’Anna Fortunato, Roman Totenberg, Scott Yoo, and members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota...
Recipient of 2020 Clara Slater Award for excellence in teaching, Anait Arutunian has been on faculty of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School since 2001. Among her present and former...
Cellist Allison Eldredge, a recipient of the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant and Musical America's “Young Artist of the Year”, has played widely nationally and internationally, from London to Moscow...
Adam Grossman has been conducting at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School since 1988. He is the Music Director of The Master Singers of Lexington and teaches in the Newton public schools...