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Vol. 1, No. 2, September
20, 2004
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to your free subscription to NEC Update, coming to you every two weeks with concert highlights and other news from New England Conservatory. Scroll to
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| Silverstein conducts
NEC orchestra |
Former Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Joseph Silverstein conducts NEC's premier student orchestra, the NEC
Philharmonia, in its season-opening concert on Wednesday, September 29. The program consists of two full-scale works: Schubert's Symphony No. 9 ("The Great"),
and Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5, written when the end of World War II was within view. NEC's student orchestras offer music performed at an expert level,
on nights when Boston's professional orchestras are usually silent.
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NEC concerts.
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| Families welcome at
radio taping |
Bring your kids to a live radio show taping, and give them a look at some very talented young people who are bringing
classical music to radio audiences throughout the United States. "From the Top," founded by NEC and Public Radio International, has been syndicated
nationally since January 2000; the Boston Herald calls it a "life-affirming event for music lovers of all ages." When you attend a taping, you get
to see renowned pianist and NEC alumnus Christopher O'Riley guide pre-college age musicians through their performances for America's airwaves.
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more about "From the Top."
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| Stoltzman, Kashkashian
at First Monday |
RCA recording artist Richard Stoltzman has taught clarinet at NEC since 1996. ECM artist Kim Kashkashian came to teach
viola in 2000. They join fellow faculty members John Gibbons, Paul Katz, Victor Rosenbaum, Masuko Ushioda, and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein in a gathering
of talent whose calibre has defined the "First Monday at Jordan Hall" concert series since its founding by NEC president emeritus Laurence Lesser 20
years ago. On October 4, Stoltzman and Kashkashian perform on the opening concert of the season in Bruch's Three Pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano.
Also on the program: trios by Haydn and Beethoven.
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Start
your faculty tour with Richard Stoltzman's biography.
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| Pianist Bruce Brubaker
in concert |
The newest addition to NEC's piano faculty, Bruce Brubaker makes a grand entrance on October 5 with a faculty recital
that features the American minimalist composers he has championed on recordings and in concert. Brubaker also explores the theme of minimalism in a
Piano Performance Seminar session at NEC on October 1. Expect to see more of Brubaker's influence as he cochairs NEC's piano department beginning this
fall.
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more about Brubaker's concert program.
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| Phyllis Curtin on
NEC opera panel |
A fascinating array of experts from the world of opera--all of them NEC alumnae or faculty--gather at NEC on October
23 for a panel discussion on "All Things Operatic" during a weekend of homecoming activities dedicated to "A Celebration of Song." Panelists are esteemed
soprano Phyllis Curtin; Janice Mancini Del Sesto of Boston Lyric Opera; Jennifer Melick of Opera News; Mildred Miller, founder of Opera Theater of
Pittsburgh; Patricia Misslin, NEC voice faculty; Susan Larson and Maria Spacagna, international touring artists. Boston Globe senior music critic Richard
Dyer moderates.
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"A
Celebration of Song" details.
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| BSO premiere for NEC
composer |
Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts for the week of January 27 will feature a new work by NEC composition faculty Michael
Gandolfi. "Impressions from the Garden of Cosmic Speculation" is written "on a whole new level of exuberant invention and technical resourcefulness," enthused
Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer on hearing portions of the work premiered at Tanglewood in August. Inspiration for the piece came from Charles Jencks's
coffee-table book about the scientific and philosophical aspects of a private garden he created in Scotland. Gandolfi is serving this year as NEC's
interim composition department chair, during Lee Hyla's sabbatical.
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Richard
Dyer reviews Michael Gandolfi.
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