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Gallagher is the first musician or music historian to be elected to the Society in its 52-year history.

Simon Dunson ’21 from Durham, NC, took home the second place trophy in the National Mandolin Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival

Chen studied with Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried and completed the Harvard/NEC dual degree program.

Farias earned three graduate degrees at NEC, studying piano performance with Wha-Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman.

Forrest studied with Kati Agócs and Malcolm Peyton while earning his DMA in Composition at NEC.

Brenda Yvette Twyner Thordarson ’19 MM returned to NEC after a 40-year absence and proudly completed her Master of Music degree.

Matthew Shifrin ’21's Project Daredevil is an interdisciplinary project developing virtual reality for the blind: 3D radio-dramas with motion simulation and smell.

NEC alumni share reflections in honor of National Chamber Music Month.

Daniel Rafimayeri ’22, Nathan Le ’22 Harvard/NEC, and Sory Park ’21 study with Paul Biss, Laurence Lesser, and Soovin Kim, respectively.

“We knocked harder at the doors that seemingly slammed shut and walked gracefully through the ones that opened easily upon entrance.”