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.

Julia Cash
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Julia Cash is an active freelance musician and teacher in the Boston area. She has served as principal second and assistant concertmaster of Opera Boston, and she performs regularly with Boston Modern...

Meghan Carye
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Meghan Carye is an active cellist and music educator in the Greater Boston Area.  She began her musical training at New England Conservatory and holds a Bachelor of Music and a Graduate Performance...

Zaira Meneses
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From an early age, Zaira Meneses began studying both classical guitar and voice and appearing frequently in a wide variety of venues both as a guitarist and singer. She traveled widely, as well...

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The career of trumpeter Richard Kelley is not only a testament to the versatility of his instrument, but also to the ability of one individual to excel across the broadest possible range of music...

Kenneth Amis
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Kenneth Amis was born and raised in Bermuda.  He began playing the piano at a young age and upon entering high school took up the tuba and developed an interest in performing and writing music.  A...

Mickey Katz
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Mickey Katz joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in September 2004, and occupies the BSO's Stephen and Dorothy Weber Chair. He joined the NEC Preparatory School faculty in fall 2011.

A native of...

Lautaro Mantilla
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LAUTARO MANTILLA, DMA is a guitarist, composer, and improviser from Bogotá, Colombia. In his performances, he typically combines guitar, extended vocalization techniques, and homebuilt electronics to...

Matt Mckay
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Percussionist Matthew McKay joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of the 2012–2013 season, and occupies the Barbara Lee chair at the BSO. Prior to joining the BSO, he was a...

Jennifer Caraluzzi
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Hailed by Opera Today as a “polished, soaring soprano,” Jennifer Caraluzzi is an award-winning and critically-acclaimed singer from Connecticut, who began her career singing the National Anthem for...

Amanda Hardy
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Amanda Hardy, oboist, studied with Boston Symphony Orchestra principal oboist John Ferrillo at the New England Conservatory (NEC), where she received the Gillet Scholarship and Tourjée Alumni...