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Reminisce
Take a stroll down memory lane. Check out images from past reunions in our Commencement Reunion Photo Galleries.

Get Involved
If your class year ends in "3" or "8" next year will mark a milestone reunion for you and your classmates. Mark your calendars for Reunion Weekend 2008, May 16th, 17th, & 18th!

If you are interested in becoming involved in planning your upcoming reunion, contact the Alumni Relations Office.

NEC Night at the Pops – Pre-Reunion Event
Start your Reunion celebration early with NEC and Tufts alumni for a concert with the Boston Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart, featuring NEC student Sooyun Kim in Chaminade's Concertino for Flute and Orchestra.

Visual Compositions:
The Artwork of Larry Poons ’57, Piano Performance
Discover the energy and captivating colors that characterize the work of abstract artist Larry Poons in this exhilarating exhibit.

Tourjée Society Luncheon (by invitation only)
For those who have included NEC in their estate plans.

Reunion Registration
Pick up tickets, materials, and the information you’ll need for Reunion weekend.

2:00pm
Meet at Beethoven

Boston Duck Tour
Revisit Boston as you never have before – aboard an authentic, renovated World War II amphibious landing vehicle complete with conDUCKtor!

NEC Club Cabaret
Enjoy a mix of musical styles as alumni performers unleash their talents including Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient Dominique Eade ’82, ’89AD, Jerome Harris ’77, Marty Ehrlich ’77, Joe Fitzgerald ’87, Loretta Giles ’70, ’72MM, Gail Nelson-Holgate ’67MM, Ruth Harcovitz ’72, Flossie Dunn ’50, ’71MM, the Class of ’97 Jazz Ensemble, including Ima Jonsdottir ’97MM, Joel Yennior ’97MM, Scott Barnum ’97MM, Brooke Sofferman ’97, ’99MM and Eyran Katsenelenbogen ’97, ’01GD as well as an Opera Scene performed by the Class of ’02 including Glorivy Arroyo ’02MM, Kristi Vrooman ’04MM, and Eve Budnick ’02GD, directed by Stephen Marc Beaudoin ’02.

Artistic direction by Eyran Katsenelenbogen ’97, ’01GD. WGBH’s Cathy Fuller ’82, ’88MM hosts this fun-filled evening.

Reunion Registration
Pick up tickets, materials, and the information you’ll need for Reunion weekend.

When Other People's Music Becomes My Music:
Intersections of Ethnomusicology, Performance & Composition

Panelists:  
Halim El-Dabh ’53 M.M., Composer
Anthony Coleman ’77, CI, Jazz, and Composition Faculty
Ingrid Monson ’82, Chair, Harvard Music Department
Robert Labaree, Chair, Music History & Musicology

Many influences contribute to the music with which we identify, from our culture to our parents and even our educational institutions. But what happens when we pursue a musical path which leads us outside of our musical home? Join our panel of scholars and performers as they address this question and discuss what has inspired them to explore, study, and even adopt other people’s music.

How to Build a Better Drum Stick, Pepper Mill, Rolling Pin: Tales from an Entrepreneur's Workshop

Everett “Vic” Firth ’52, ’92 hon. D.M., Percussion Performance
Fifty years as Timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a teaching career at New England Conservatory lent themselves well to understanding the importance of precision and perfection.  It was the embodiment of these two concepts that spawned the world’s leading drumstick manufacturing company and later diversified into Vic Firth Gourmet, building upon Firth’s already established woodturning expertise to produce professional gourmet tools.  Join Vic Firth as he talks about the ever-changing shape of his career from artist to teacher to inventor and entrepreneur.

Lunch
Join presenters and alumni for an informal boxed lunch or go off on your own and revisit your favorite local restaurant.

Campus Tour
Tour NEC’s campus with a current NEC student as your guide.

Meet the Artist:
Visual Compositions: The Artwork of Larry Poons ’57, Piano Performance
Join abstract artist Larry Poons as he talks about career, his influences and his art.

From Bombay to Boston

Joseph Roche ’57, ’59 M.M., Violin Performance
Joseph Roche recounts his journey from India to the United States in 1953 and his experiences as the first Indian to earn a degree from an American music school as well as being the first to hold a position in a major U.S. orchestra.

Reflections on Music Education Today

Donnell Patterson ’82, Music Education
While deemed valuable, music education faces many challenges.   Join Donnell Patterson as he shares stories that have transpired throughout his various careers in music education and reveals the inspiration that drives him to continue to educate young people today.

Composer, Writer and Teacher

Daniel Felsenfeld ’96 M.M., ’97 G.D., ’01 D.M., Composition
Explore the life of young composer Daniel Felsenfeld as he provides a glimpse into his works, Insomnia Redux and First Scenes From Red Room, which will be performed.

Open Sing with Donnell Patterson ’82, Music Education

Don’t be shy! Join Donnell Patterson as he leads NEC alumni, students, and friends in this community-friendly open sing.  Selections will include music of the oral/rote tradition of African American sacred music, spirituals and gospel as well as the music of NEC’s own Daniel Pinkham ’93, Honorary Degree.

Alumni, Faculty & Friends Reception
Mingle with alumni, faculty and friends of NEC at this cocktail reception.

Alumni Awards Luncheon Registration
Enjoy a mimosa with friends as you register for this long-standing NEC tradition.

Alumni Awards Luncheon
Join seven decades of NEC alumni as we celebrate our award recipients.

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Everett “Vic” Firth ’52, ’92 Honorary Degree

Florence A. Dunn Alumni Award for Distinguished Service:
John Lyford Hornor ’53, ’55 M.M., ’57 A.D.

Outstanding Alumni Award:
Joseph Roche ’57, ’59 M.M.
Dominique Eade ’82, ’89 A.D.
Donnell Patterson ’82
Daniel Felsenfeld ’96 M.M., ’97 G.D., ’01 D.M.

Remarks by NEC’s Interim CEO Laurence Lesser and NEC Alumni Council President Robert Farrell ’72.

NEC’s 136th Commencement Ceremony

Reunion Class Marshals:
Joseph Roche ’57, ’59 M.M.

Honorary Degree recipients:
Richard Dyer, Music Critic & Former Boston Globe Columnist
Halim El-Dabh ’53 M.M., Composer
Bruno Monsaingeon, Documentary Film Maker
Regina Resnik, Opera Singer & Director
Wayne Shorter, Jazz Musician