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Jazz Interview: Composer/Pianist Anthony Coleman — On Being “Avant-Garde”

As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, NEC commissioned Anthony Coleman to compose a large-scale work he has named Streams.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Preview Tagged: Anthony Coleman, big band, Cecil Taylor, Jazz, NEC, Steve Provizer, Streams

Classical Music Sampler: February 2012

February feels like the ‘New November’: concerts of real interest during the weekdays and too many great concerts during the weekends.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Featured, Music Tagged: A Far Cry, Anne Azéma, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Brown Hall, Calderwood Hall, Celebrity-Series, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Church of St. John the Evangelist, David Finckel, Emanuel Ax, Emmanuel Music, Frank Kelly, George Li, Hugh-Wolff, Ina Zdorovetchi, Isabella-Stewart-Gardner-Museum, Jaap van Zweden, Kurt Masur, Music for Food, NEC, NEC Philharmonia, Philip Setzer, Russell Sherman, The Borromeo String Quartet, The Boston Camerata, Wu Han

Classical Music Feature: D’Anna Fortunato and The Music of Our Time

One of the most interesting concerts of the season occurs on April 5th at NEC’s Jordan Hall in Boston, MA. The wonderful mezzo soprano D’Anna Fortunato will perform, with a stellar group of musicians, vocal chamber music of the twentieth century in honor of Gunther Schuller’s 85th birthday.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured Tagged: Chamber music, D'Anna Fortunato, Gunther Schuller, NEC

Music Review: NEC Jazz Orchestra, directed by Ken Schaphorst — Harlem Comes to Jordan

Why should you have been in Jordan Hall on October 21? First, to hear Ken Schaphorst’s reconstruction of Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” aka “A Tone Parallel to Harlem,” aka “The Harlem Suite,” a score on which Ken labored painstakingly and which the NEC Jazz Orchestra played thrillingly well. Music of Duke Ellington. Performed by New England […]

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz Tagged: Berklee, Dunke Ellington, Harlem, Jazz, Ken Schaphorst, NEC, New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra

Music Review: NEC Festival Youth Orchestra

Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb A large audience braved a rainy evening to attend the July 23 concert in Jordan Hall presented by the New England Conservatory Festival Youth Orchestra. (NECYFO’s YouTube Channel) The project was founded in 2000 by New England Conservatory (NEC) faculty member Aaron Kula, who remains its conductor in addition to holding […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston, Caldwell-Titcomb, Classical Music, Jordan Hall, NEC, New England Conservatory Festival Youth Orchestra

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