NEC Update Vol.1, No.3, October 4, 2004
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Vol. 1, No. 3, October 4, 2004
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NEC unveils new Web site
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www.newenglandconservatory.edu
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On October 4, 2004, New England Conservatory launched a redesigned Web site welcoming online visitors to NEC with its more inviting design, colorful images, expanded content, and improved functionality. Among the many enhancements: improved concert listings, offering multiple view options.
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Explore NEC's new Web site.
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Denyce Graves honors teacher
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Opera stars Denyce Graves (in photo), Lisa Saffer, and a host of other accomplished singers are coming to NEC's Jordan Hall on Sunday, October 24, to pay tribute to a great voice teacher, Helen Hodam. In song and in memories, Hodam's former students will honor an extraordinary teaching studio that has called NEC home since 1977. The Helen Hodam tribute concert is the climax of NEC's 2004 fall homecoming weekend, "A Celebration of Song," packed with concerts, workshops, panel discussions, and other activities.
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"A Celebration of Song" details.
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M-Base guru comes to NEC
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Jazz composer and alto saxophonist Steve Coleman arrived at NEC on October 3 for a residency that includes public masterclasses on October 5 and 6, and a performance of his music with NEC students on October 7. A native of Chicago, Coleman moved to New York in 1978, and began to build his own musical universe with the M-Base Collective, a group of musicians dedicated to creating music from life experiences as well as from explorations of ancient African musical cultures and computer-generated improvisation. Coleman's visit to NEC is sponsored by Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation.
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Read more about this residency.
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Tribute to jazz great Steve Lacy
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Jazz composer and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy will be remembered at a memorial concert October 12 at NEC, the only school where he taught his inimitable brand of music making. Performers include former students, NEC faculty, and Lacy's widow, vocalist Irene Aebi, as well as soprano saxophonist David Liebman.
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Links to Steve Lacy memorials.
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Wind season: premieres and Berg
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The NEC Wind Ensemble begins its concert season with Alban Berg's rarely performed "Kammerkonzert," with violinist James Buswell and pianist Eliko Akahori
(October 14), and offers premiere performances of works by Per Norgard and Augusta Read Thomas (November 11). The NEC Wind Ensemble has also
been selected to perform in New York's Carnegie Hall on February 25, 2005, as part of the College Band Directors National Association biannual
conference.
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Read more about these concert programs.
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Golijov's first solo piano work
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Boston-based composer Osvaldo Golijov has been persuaded to write his first-ever work for solo piano by Veronica Jochum of the NEC faculty, who will perform "Levante: Fantasy on a Chorus from the St. Mark Passon" at NEC on October 17. "These days few new works arouse audiences like those of Osvaldo Golijov," says Boston Globe senior music critic Richard Dyer. Jochum will also perform a new work by John McDonald on her program, and will revive a chamber concerto by Frank Martin that she performed at her Berlin Philharmonic debut in 1960.
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Start your faculty tour with Veronica Jochum's biography.
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Masterclass with Jane Eaglen
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Taking time out from their rehearsal schedule at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where both are performing in Mahler's Symphony No. 8, sopranos Jane Eaglen (October 18) and Heidi Grant Murphy (October 21) will lead masterclasses at NEC, sponsored by the Richard P. and Claire W. Morse Visiting Artist Fund.
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Read about upcoming voice masterclasses.
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Escape the ordinary when you come to NEC to hear our faculty, guests, and the best young pre-professionals perform live. And bring a friend to escape with you for the same ticket price: Free!
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