Contemporary Musical Arts

An electric string quartet performs George Crumb
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CMA Small Ensembles: Netsky Songwriters Workshop, Janmohammadi Persian Music Ensemble, and Abrego Ensemble
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
The Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts Department ensembles present a semester culmination performance.
CI Ensemble
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CMA Small Ensembles: Haddad Intro to World Music, Knowles Ceol Irish Music, and Liszt Bluegrass Ensembles
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
The Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts Department ensembles present a semester culmination performance.
A saxophonist performs with the NEC Jazz Orchestra
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Jazz/CMA Small Ensembles: Zaleski and Walker Ensembles
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
The Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts Department ensembles present a semester culmination performance.
Three Contemporary Improvisation students play mandolin
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Jazz/CMA Small Ensembles: Reichman Ensembles
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
The Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts Department ensembles present a semester culmination performance.
Indianapolis Violin Competition Winners 2022
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News from the NEC Community: Summer-Fall 2022
News from NEC students, alumni, and faculty including Julian Rhee, Minami Yoshida, SooBeen Lee, Joshua Brown, Nash Tomey, Ashleigh Gordon and Anthony R. Green, Matthew Spivey, I-Jung Huang, Audrey Wright, G Rockwell, Brian McCreath, and more; we also remember Jaimie Branch, Terry O. Doucima, and other members of the NEC community who passed away this year.
CMA Open House September 22
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Contemporary Musical Arts: Celebrating 50 Years of Cross-Genre Collaboration
During the 2022-2023 academic year, New England Conservatory is celebrating 50 years of Contemporary Musical Arts, formerly known as Contemporary Improvisation. Learn more about this unique program's history and upcoming events. 
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Farayi Malek

Farayi Malek is a jazz and contemporary vocalist, composer, and educator. She received her bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory of Music in 2017 where she...

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Akram Haddad

Composer and pianist Akram Haddad studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, receiving his Master's Degree in music composition. He has previously taught at Brandeis University, Jerusalem...

Greg Liszt with banjo
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Greg Liszt

Banjo player Greg Liszt is the creator of a unique, four-finger picking style. He is a member of Crooked Still, Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band, and the Deadly Gentlemen.

His...

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Liz Knowles

Liz Knowles has brought her distinctive sound—the fire and finesse of Irish fiddle music combined with the tonal richness of the classical violin--to concert stages and festivals across the world. Her...