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NEC in the Media

BOSTON GLOBE--March 31, 2006
From Ran Blake, a little noir music

BOSTON GLOBE--March 14, 2006
Ain't Misbehaving

BOSTON HERALD —February 1 , 2006
Hub mourns civil rights' first lady

BOSTON GLOBE —January 27, 2006
Weilersteins become NEC 'Trivia' Experts

BOSTON GLOBE —January 25, 2006
'Connection' proves spirited and spiritual

BOSTON HERALD —January 25, 2006
Strings keep young cellist closely tied to her family

THE PANAMA NEWS —January 22-February 4, 2006
Panama Jazz Festival much more than a series of good concerts

BOSTON HERALD —January 22, 2006
Hub jazzman lights up his native Panama with fest

NEW YORK TIMES —January 18, 2006
The guitar goes home to Spain, after brief wanderings
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NEW YORK TIMES —January 9, 2006
Critics' Choice: New CD's
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BOSTON HERALD —December 25, 2005
Hub pianist jazzes up Panama home


Press Releases

New England Conservatory Will Present Honorary Doctorates to Janos Starker, Joan Tower, Ran Blake, David Baker at Commencement Exercises, May 21—April 3, 2006

New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble Presents World Premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Splendid Wood—April 3, 2006

Joseph Silverstein Leads NEC Philharmonia in Works of Elgar, Montsalvatge, Davidovsky, Richard Strauss, April 19 in NEC’s Jordan Hall—March 22, 2006

NEC Flutist Sungwoo (Steven) Kim, 19, Wins New York Flute Club Competition—March 21, 2006

NEC’s Ahrim Kim Wins Grand Prize in Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition—March 15, 2006

Prize-winning Tel-Aviv Trio Performs in NEC’s Jordan Hall, April 2—March 13, 2006

NEC’s Weilerstein Duo Celebrates 30th Wedding and Musical Anniversary with Jordan Hall Concert, April 6—March 8, 2006

Tenor Vinson Cole to Join New England Conservatory Voice Faculty—March 10, 2006

NEC Preparatory Musicians Sweep Boston Symphony Concerto Competition—March 8, 2006

NEC Trained Jazz Musicians Sweep Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship Competition—February 24, 2006

Jazz Pianist Uri Caine in Residence at NEC for Masterclasses and Concert, March 14—16—February 22, 2006

NEC’s First Monday at Jordan Hall Features Works of Beethoven, Beaser March 6 at 8 p.m.—February 15, 2006

NEC’s Grigory Goryachev ’04 Wins Prestigious Soros Fellowship for New Americans—February 15, 2006

New England Conservatory Opera Theater Celebrates Mozart 250 with Production of Così fan tutte, March 11 and 12—February 15, 2006

New England Conservatory Artist Diploma Candidates Appear in Free Concerts at Old South Meeting House During Month of March—February 14, 2006

New England Conservatory’s Shostakovich 100 Concert Rescheduled for Saturday, February 18—February 14, 2006

New England Conservatory Jazz Greats Danilo Pérez and Dave Holland Win Grammys—February 9, 2006

NEC Horn Player Richard Mackey Leads Performance of Mozart’s Mysterious Gran Partita, February 28—February 2, 2006

Nobel Laureate Dudley Herschbach to Speak on NEC’s Free Presidential Lecture Series, February 14—February 2, 2006

New England Conservatory Presents the 27th Annual Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Jubilee, February 19—February 2, 2006

Jazz Bass Great Dave Holland Returns to NEC for Spring Residency—January 26, 2006

NEC Musicians Appear at Kennedy Center Conservatory Project, February 17—January 26, 2006

NEC Features Schoenberg and Beethoven in Spring Concerts to Complement Boston Symphony Orchestra Survey—January 19, 2006

New England Conservatory Large Ensembles Announce Spring Semester Programs—January 18, 2006

New England Conservatory Seeks to Raise $400,000 for Scholarships with A Feast of Music, February 25, 2006 at Fairmont Copley Plaza—January 17, 2006

New England Conservatory Millenium Gospel Choir Joins Senator Kennedy in Martin Luther King Jr. Living Wage Day Celebration, January 16
—January 13, 2006

Soprano Catherine Malfitano and Pianist Pierre Vallet to Lead Masterclasses at New England Conservatory, February 1 & 9—January 11, 2006

NEC and Pianist Tatyana Dudochkin Celebrate Shostakovich Centennial with Array of Stellar Performers, Student Ensembles, February 12—January 10, 2006

NEC Violinist Joseph Silverstein and Pianist Veronica Jochum Celebrate Mozart 250 with Recitals Devoted to Sonatas and Variations for Keyboard and Violin—January 5, 2006

New England Conservatory Artist Diploma Candidates Appear in Free Concerts at Old South Meeting House and NEC’s Jordan Hall—January 4, 2006

NEC Preparatory School Presents Gala Orchestral, Choral, Chamber Music Concerts and Contemporary Music Festival—January 3, 2006

New England Conservatory Celebrates Mozart 250 with Concerts and Opera—December 22, 2005

NEC’s Weilerstein Trio to Give World Premiere of Trivia, Commissioned from Conservatory Colleague Michael Gandolfi—December 19, 2005

New England Conservatory Reaps Grammy Nominations—December 12, 2005

Donald Martino, Head of NEC’s Composition Department 1969-1981, Dead of a Heart Attack—December 12, 2005

NEC Opera Theater Presents There Once Was a Girl Named Jenny: Music of Kurt Weill, January 30 and 31, in NEC’s Jordan Hall—December 9, 2005

NEC Voice Faculty Delores Ziegler, Soprano Linda Mabbs, Pianist John Greer Present Evening of Songs and Duets, December 15 in NEC’s Jordan Hall—December 1, 2005

New England Conservatory Student Ensembles Present Week of Chamber Music, December 11-16, 2005—November 30, 2005

Django Bates to Lead Jazz Masterclass, Concert at New England Conservatory, December 7- 8, 2005November 18, 2005

Education Reform Activist, Pianist-Broadcaster, Suzuki String Training Pioneer to be Honored at NEC’s Kids in Harmony Gala, Dec. 1, 2005—November 16, 2005

Notes Vol1, No.1
Watch of Slide Show of Daniel Steiner's Presidency
Miriam Fried Joins NEC Faculty
Paula Robison
NEC Orchestra Conductor Joseph Silverstein