Three operas and 10 performances over the course of four days is what the New England Conservatory (NEC) will take on later this month. From April 21 -24 NEC’s Opera Graduate program students will present Perla’s “An American Dream,” Ravel’s “L’Enfante et les Sortilèges,” and Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas,” under the direction of Joshua Major, who is the chair of {…}
Music Conservatories across North America are joining forces to put on a concert in support of Ukraine. The Virtual showcase, which will be hosted by The Violin Channel on April 16, 2022 at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET, will feature participation from such institutions as the Cleveland Institute of Music, Colburn School, Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School {…}
New England Conservatory has announced its Winter-Spring programming, which features hundreds of performances, masterclasses, panels, and workshops. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. There will be a Liederabend at Williams Hall. Performance Date: Feb. 2, 2022 The Graduate Opera department and Philharmonic Orchestra will present “Don Pasquale” under the direction {…}
New England Conservatory’s Opera Studies is set to stream Poulenc’s “Dialogue of the Carmelites” on June 23 and 24, 2021. The showcase was recorded in English at the Boston-based institution’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre with piano accompaniment. Audiences can check out the operas for free via the NEC official website. Joshua Major directed the production which includes two casts. {…}
On April 28, 2021, New England Conservatory’s Opera Studies Department will present Mozart’s “Il re pastore.” Recorded at the historic Jordan Hall, with orchestral accompaniment by the NEC Philharmonia, the semi-staged production will be free to watch at the company’s official website. Both the performers and orchestra were recorded separately in order to adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols. Conductor Robert {…}
New England Conservatory’s Entrepreneurial Musicianship team has announced the winners of this year’s Grow Your Art grants, with $13,500 in prizes going to support Black, Latino, and Native American music students. The winners are NEC alumni Emily Eng, Darynn Dean, Rafael Natan,and Linda Numagami. Grants are available to NEC students or alumni within 10 years of graduation, and go towards {…}
The New England Conservatory has received a major grant to help it launch a virtual choir for seniors. The Catalyzing Creative Aging seed grant from the National Guild for Community Arts Education and Lifetime Arts is aimed at promoting the development of a new Creative Aging Program. The initial grant from NEC will support a group of 25 virtual students, {…}
The New England Conservatory has announced a slew of programs that it will present via its streaming platform throughout the month of December. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic showcases. All the showcases can be viewed on the institution’s official website. First up will be a Lieberabend entitled “Forbidden Songs: Jewish Voices {…}
Running through December, the New England Conservatory is streaming a number of concerts through the institution’s Philharmonia and First Mondays series. The series, which began on Oct. 3, will continue on October 17, with “NEC Philharmonia + Lina Gonzales-Granados: Montgomery, Shostakovich, & Frank.” Featuring string works by the mentioned composers, and conducted by NEC alumna Lina Gonzales-Granados. The next installation, {…}
Boston Baroque has announced that it will reimagine its entire 2020-21 season after learning that the New England Conservatory has closed Jordan Hall to all organizations during the 2020-21 season. With the 2019-20 season and summer 2020 festival season essentially canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19 around the world, attention has shifted to the 2020-21 season. This news emphasizes {…}