What's New: Back To School Edition
News about NEC students, alumni, and faculty members including Sydney Adedamola, Ethan Iverson, Juventas New Music Ensemble, NEC Symphonic Winds, J. Rosamond Johnson, Nicholas Kitchen, and more.
Violinist Sydney Adedamola, an NEC Prep alum, has been selected as one of two new Thomas L. Beckmen LA Phil Resident Fellows. Adedamola is the inaugural chair holder of the Eugene and Marilyn Stein LA Phil Resident Fellow Chair. “There is something so special and intimate about having the freedom,” writes Adedamola, “to find a beautiful new sound with other players.” |
Jazz faculty Ethan Iverson has written a retrospective for NPR about Stanley Crouch, "lauded and fiery jazz critic," who recently passed away.
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The American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the performance of American Music has been awarded to two NEC-affiliated ensembles. In the professional division, Juventas New Music Ensemble was honored for their performance of "Shell & Wing" by David Biedenbender. Juventas includes many NEC alumni including core members Lu Yu ’15 MM, Ryan Shannon ’10 Prep, ’14, Wolcott Humphrey ’08 MM, Anne Howarth ’99 MM, Minjin Chung ’17 MM, and Julia Scott Carey ’09 MM Harvard/NEC. In the collegiate division, NEC Symphonic Winds, led by NEC faculty William Drury, were honored for their performance of "Whitman Tropes" by Richard Toensing. |
CNN's interactive feature, "What makes 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' so iconic," delves deep into the history and cultural relevance of the song, including notes on the song's composer J. Rosamond Johnson, an NEC alum.
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NEC faculty Nicholas Kitchen spoke with MetroWest Daily News about moving the Heifetz Institute, of which he is Artistic Director, online this summer:
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- Dan Beck ’05 owns and operates his own business as an astrologer in New Orleans, and was consulted by Big Easy Magazine for a recent feature.
- Yoojin Jang ’12 MM, ’13 GD, ’15 AD, DMA in progress, has been appointed assistant professor of violin at Eastman School of Music.
- NEC Prep alum Sydney Alfano has won the South Shore Conservatory's Summer Music Festival’s Malcolm W. Rowell Scholarship.
- NEC faculty Randall Hodgkinson, Brett Hodgdon, and Jonathan Bass were featured in The Berkshire Edge as "unsung heroes" for their collaborative and solo work with the BSO.
- Michael Grebla ’18 MM has been awarded one of two Willgoss Ensemble Composition Prizes for 2020, awarded by the University of New South Wales.