Enjoy this page of special bonus content: video and audio companions to some of the stories in our Spring 2021 NEC Magazine.
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There's even more to the story.
Reimagining Music as Healthcare
Earlier this year, WBUR's radio show Here and Now told the story of the Boston Hope Music Teaching Project, which connects NEC student teaching fellows with COVID-19 health care workers for private music lessons. They interviewed student teaching fellow Luther Warren '18, '20 MM and Dr. Kathy May Tran, who studied viola with Luther.
Reimagining Music-Making Through Technology
Watch as NEC Prep Jazz students, along with Prep faculty David Zoffer '96 MM, perform a piece in real time, from separate homes, using Soundjack low-latency audio technology.
Reimagining Cultural Equity & Belonging
Watch an animation inspired by “Conditioned Compassion,” a poem written and read by Jazz Studies alum Michael Mayo ’14:
Plus, read the latest news on NEC's ongoing Cultural Equity and Belonging work:
Cultural Equity & Belonging News
NEC Behind the Scenes: Bringing Digital Concerts to the World
“Pomp and Circumstance, the video we compiled for Spring 2020 graduation, has probably been my favorite to work on,” says NEC Video Producer David Apostolides. “I’ll always remember it as the first of its kind that we produced.”
This video features alumni and was created as a gift for the graduating class of 2020. It was created in partnership with Lisa Bauer ’15 and Jackie Martocchio in Alumni Engagement, who originated the idea.
Watch as conductor Lina González-Granados '14 MM—shown above, and featured on our Spring 2021 cover—leads the NEC Philharmonia in an October 2020 performance of a piece by Gabriela Lena Frank.
Collaboration Challenge | Song Lab
Renowned countertenor Darryl Taylor coached student vocalists during a master class on African American Art Songs and Spirituals — one of many master classes and opportunities offered through Song Lab, an innovative program that arose from the Collaboration Challenge at NEC. Watch one of these remarkable master classes below.
Reimagining First Mondays
First Mondays went digital for the first time this past season, reaching hundreds of audience members and counting. Watch one of these concerts below, from December 2020 — featuring performers like Laura Choi Stuart '03 MM (pictured), who was accompanied by collaborative pianist Tanya Blaich '02 MM, '06 DMA.
And, please enjoy this digital archive of all of our groundbreaking 2020-2021 First Monday concerts, recorded in Jordan Hall and available from home anytime you like:
Students Grow Their Art With Maria Schneider
Grammy-winning composer and bandleader Maria Schneider came to campus March 1–5 for Grow Your Art, a residency presented by NEC’s Jazz Department & Entrepreneurial Musicianship program. Featuring masterclasses, workshops, and panel discussions on music business and entrepreneurship, as well as a grant competition and concert, the events—many of which were streamed to the public—offered NEC students the opportunity to work directly with Schneider and learn from her vast experience.