NEC Update Vol.1, No.6, November 15, 2004
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Square named for "unsquare" alumnus |
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On Saturday, November 6, the City of Cambridge dedicated Marvin E. Gilmore Square, at the corner of
Putnam and Western avenues. This square marks the location of music club The Western Front, and honors its owner, NEC alumnus Marvin Gilmore '51
DP. NEC President Daniel Steiner congratulated Gilmore in a letter, asking "How can the city of Cambridge name a square after the most 'un-square'
man I know? The irony is too great!"
Marvin Gilmore gives back to NEC in many ways: as a member of the Board of Overseers,
as a Board/Student Mentor, and by opening his club every Wednesday night to NEC student jazz ensembles--a tradition that has now been going on
for several years. |
Explore
profiles of NEC alumni, including Marvin Gilmore.
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An evening with award-winning
quartet |
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On Tuesday, November 23, NEC's Jupiter String Quartet will present a Thanksgiving bounty of
music by Mozart, Dvorak, and Shostakovich in NEC's Jordan Hall. This talented young group is in its first year in NEC's Professional String Quartet
Training Program, where it receives mentoring from Cleveland Quartet founding cellist Paul Katz, as well as other faculty coaches.
Competition judges have already heaped honors on this group. Why? "They have something to say," says
Barry Shiffman of the St. Lawrence String Quartet. After a year as an NEC Honors Ensemble, the Jupiter String Quartet took the grand prize at
the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition last May. In September, they won the renowned Banff International String Quartet Competition. |
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more about NEC's Professional String Quartet Training Program.
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Lorraine
Hunt Lieberson masterclass |
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Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson will offer advice to NEC voice students in
a public masterclass on Monday, December 1, at 2:00 in the afternoon. Opera News has noted Lieberson's "intensity
and charisma that have made her the darling of Baroque-opera enthusiasts." Lieberson's NEC masterclass, held during a week of appearances with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette, is sponsored by the Richard P. and Claire W.
Morse Visiting Artist Fund. |
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more about this voice masterclass.
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NEC's busy Philharmonia showcases pianist |
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The NEC Philharmonia showcases pianist
Young-Ah Tak on its December 1 concert in NEC's Jordan Hall. Tak, a 2003 Master of Music graduate who is continuing at NEC in the Graduate Diploma
program under Wha Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman, will be soloist in Schumann's Piano Concerto,
with other works on the program by Britten and Sibelius. Andrea Quinn, music director of the New York City Ballet, is guest conductor
of NEC's premier student orchestra, which last performed at Symphony Hall's open house on November 1. |
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NEC's concerts and programs day by day.
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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!
New England Conservatory is located at 290 Huntington Avenue (at the corner of Gainsborough Street), Boston--a block from Symphony Hall.
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