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Jazz Lab Faculty Showcase
NEC: Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre

Jazz Lab 2019 kicks off with a faculty showcase, highlighting the eclectic styles and aesthetics of program faculty. The faculty showcase will set the tone for Jazz Lab 2019 and promises to be fun...

Performers take a bow in Jordan Hall while the audience stands and applauds
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New England Conservatory Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Groundbreaking Jazz Department
Jazz50 celebration features concerts in Boston and NYC with distinguished faculty, alumni, and students performing.
Darynn Dean stands at a podium wearing a graduation cap and gown. She smiles and looks into the distance while speaking into a microphone.
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Commencement: Student Speaker Darynn Dean ’19
“We knocked harder at the doors that seemingly slammed shut and walked gracefully through the ones that opened easily upon entrance.”
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Recital: James Banks '19, Jazz Guitar
NEC: Pierce Hall

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...

Frank Battisti, Veronica Jochum, John Moriarty, Gregory Smith
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First Honorees in NEC's New Faculty Emeriti Program
Frank Battisti, Veronica Jochum, John Moriarty, and Gregory Smith will be honored as Faculty Emeriti at Commencement 2019.
Cover of JAZZed April-May 2019 edition with portrait of alumna Satoko Fujii
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JAZZed: Cover Story Interview with Alumna Satoko Fujii ’96 GD
“At NEC I worked hard not to play like anyone else. I found my own voice,” says Fujii, who studied with Paul Bley at NEC.
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Recital: Haoran Li '19, Jazz Trombone
NEC: Brown Hall

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...

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Recital: Sebastian Garzon '19, Jazz Drums
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...

Freddy Cole with Ken Schaphorst on the Jordan Hall stage
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Celebrating Nat King Cole's Centennial with Alumnus Freddy Cole
The NEC Jazz Orchestra celebrated the 100th anniversary of Nat King Cole's birth with special guest Freddy Cole ’56, hon. DM ’12, Nat King Cole’s brother and an NEC alumnus.
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Recital: Jonathan Starks '20, Jazz Drums
NEC: Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital...