Campaign Progress
Mattina Proctor Foundation Gives $75,000 to Fund NEC Opera
The Mattina R. Proctor Foundation awarded NEC a $75,000 grant, payable over two years, which will help offset expenses for the two fully staged operas the Conservatory presents each year.
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88 Scholarship Funds Benefit from Gift of Music Campaign
As NEC's Gift of Music campaign drew to a close, 88 scholarship funds had been newly created or augmented during the campign.
NEC's Highest Honor Goes to Jazz Studies
For the first time in its 40-year history, the NEC jazz studies department boasts a Presidential Scholarship to award to exceptional students.
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Scholarship Honors African-American Diva of the European Stage
The widower of the late Annabelle Bernard-Mercker '58 M.M., '59 A.D, who sang in all of Europe's great concert hall as a principal soprano for the Berlin Opera, has established a scholarship in her name.
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Taking Two Funds to the Top
NEC Life Overseer Dr. Frederick Stare left a permanent legacy at NEC with two scholarships he established more than 20 years ago. Now his widow, Irene Stare, has left her own legacy.
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NEC Prep Parents Honor Prep Teachers with Scholarship
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NEC Receives $250K Gift to Fund Blueprint for Campus Expansion
NEC Trustee Thomas W. Blumenthal and his wife, Lisa Blumenthal, have made a $250 thousand gift to support finalizing a blueprint for the planned expansion and updating of NEC´s aging physical plant.
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Hiekens Endow NEC Faculty Flute Chair
Charles and Donna Hieken of Sharon have endowed the Donna Hieken Flute Chair to honor Donna´s career as a flutist.
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Community and Educational Programs
Five-Time Grammy Winner Billy Joel Endows NEC Performance Outreach Fellowship Fund
Singer, songwriter and pianist Billy Joel has made a $300,000 gift that will support performances for underserved audiences and give young musicians more performing opportunities.
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