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Arun - Presentation
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How an NEC Violin Student Used Cutting-Edge Neuroscience to Understand the Unspoken Connection Between Performer and Audience
Through an EM Grant and collaboration with Northeastern’s MIND Lab, Arun Asthagiri ’24 analyzed the brainwaves of 21 participants during live and recorded performances at NEC to understand how live music moves and connects us. He presented his groundbreaking findings in April at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s Annual Meeting.
Guggenheim 2024
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Two NEC Alumni Win 2024 Music Composition Guggenheim Fellowships
NEC alumni ​​Yoon-Ji Lee ’06 MM, ’07 GD and Nicole Rampersaud ’06 MM were awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships in the “Music Composition” category, announced on April 11. Lee and Rampersaud are two of 14 composers among the list of 188 total artists, scholars, and scientists selected for the honor by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Liederabend
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J.J. Penna Reflects on March’s Liederabend, "This is the Place: Voices of Exile and Exodus," Curated by Tanya Blaich
In an insightful reflection, NEC voice faculty member J.J. Penna shared his reactions to March's Liederabend performance, This is the Place - Voices of Exile and Exodus. Curated by Tanya Blaich and featuring NEC student vocalists and pianists, this Liederabend explored displacement through the voices of travelers, immigrants, and refugees across the ages. 
Nicholas Kitchen
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Nicholas Kitchen on Interpreting Beethoven’s Secret Code
NEC violin faculty and founding member of the Borromeo String Quartet Nicholas Kitchen was featured in a recent piece in The Atlantic for his work decoding Ludwig van Beethoven's original manuscripts. 
Event
Recital: Alex Knutrud '26 DMA, Trombone
NEC: Keller Room

In the course of completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at New England Conservatory, performance majors present not just one, but three full-length recitals, for which they also write program...

Yoona Kim
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Recital: Yoona Kim '24 GD, Contemporary Musical Arts
NEC: Burnes 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: Dong Eun Yoon '24 MM, Tenor
NEC: Williams 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...

Margaret Stone
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Recital: Margaret Stone '24 MM, Soprano
NEC: Williams 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...

Xijin Chen
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Recital: Xijin Chen '24 MM, Soprano
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: Shiyu Zhuo '24 MM, Soprano
NEC: Burnes 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...