Preparatory School
NEC preparatory studies for students from toddlers through high school, including lessons, classes, ensembles, and NEC @ Walnut Hill program. Includes Certificate and a la carte offerings.
Known for her unique daring performances where she often combines multi-disciplines/genres and media, Sarah Infini Takagi has emerged as an original thinker, creator, and performer who is unafraid to...
Praised for his "impassioned performance" (Boston Globe) and playing "with remarkable ease and clarity, while maintaining a graceful—if vociferous—line that fit well into the narrative" (The Boston...
Ronald Lowry is an active performer in many of Boston’s leading musical organizations. Called a “superb cellist” by the Boston Globe’s Richard Dyer, he is the principal cellist of the Boston Pops...
Hugh Wolff joined the NEC faculty in fall 2008, and has conducted a large share of NEC's College orchestral concerts in subsequent seasons. In fall 2009, he began work with students admitted to an...
Composer Rodney Lister has received commissions, grants, fellowships, and awards from the Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood), the Fromm Foundation, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, the Fires of...
Born in Venice, Italy, Roberto Poli is an eloquent communicator and a rising exponent of the music of Fryderyk Chopin, which he has comprehensively studied through manuscripts and original editions...
Rick McLaughlin’s work has been heard all over the world. A band leader, side-man, and member of the Grammy-nominated jazz group Either/Orchestra, he has performed on stages and in recording studios...
Clarinetist Richard Shaughnessy has enjoyed great success as a teacher of clarinet and chamber music to students of all ages. Over many years, he has had dozens of students selected to play in many of...
Peter Jarvis, a native of Canada, began his career as a member of Museaus, one of Canada’s premier touring string quartets featured numerous times on CBC radio and in recordings. He was principal...
The New York Times wrote of Nina Barwell's debut recital in Carnegie Recital Hall that "her playing reflected the skill and assurance of a seasoned performer," and "she played beautifully." She plays...