New England Conservatory

07/14/2025

Today's Music Monday newsletter – Alumni Work with Students in New Orleans, Morningside Music Bridge Concerts, and more!

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07/11/2025

In June, adult musicians and music educators joined NEC faculty and guest artists for a week of immersive learning, collaboration, and performance. The weeklong Jazz Lab: Players and Educators Workshop offered participants the opportunity to refine their craft, explore pedagogy, and engage in vital conversations about jazz education and artistry. We’re grateful to everyone who made the experience so impactful.

07/09/2025

In the fall, composer and NEC alumnus Stellan Connelly Bettany ’25 will continue his studies at the Royal College of Music in London. We spoke with Bettany about his time at NEC, his plans for the immediate future, the value of live performance, artificial intelligence in music, and more.

In the fall, composer and New England Conservatory alumnus Stellan Connelly Bettany ’25 will continue his studies at the Royal College of Music, in London. Bettany, who released his first album, Armor, in 2023, is completing a second album and working on a piece for string quartet, among other pro...

07/07/2025

Today's Music Monday Newsletter – London's Calling Composer Stellan Connelly Bettany ’25, Violinist Leonard Fu ’19, ’21 MM Joins Juilliard String Quartet, and more!

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07/02/2025

In July and the beginning of August, Alyssa Wang ’19 MM will lead NEC’s Summer Orchestra Institute, which she’s described as a “crash course” that’s “as close to a professional timeline as any youth orchestra will get.”

The accomplished violinist, conductor, and composer, recently spoke with us about the overarching lessons she learned at NEC, teaching on the podium, collaborating with artists who work in different disciplines, and the mission of the Boston Festival Orchestra, an organization she formed in 2020 with clarinetist Nicholas Brown ’19 MM.

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In July and the beginning of August, Alyssa Wang ’19 MM will lead NEC’s monthlong Summer Orchestra Institute, which she’s described as a “crash course” that’s “as close to a professional timeline as any youth orchestra will get.” Wang, an accomplished violinist, conductor, and compos...

06/30/2025

Today's Music Monday Newsletter – Alyssa Wang '19 MM Leads Summer Orchestra Institute, Morningside Music Bridge Concerts at NEC, and more!

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06/27/2025

When violinist, fiddler, and composer Lily Honigberg ’18, ’20 MM arrived at NEC, she thought she’d eventually become an orchestral musician. Instead, her experiences led to a career working in many musical settings.

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When violinist, fiddler, and composer Lily Honigberg ’18, ’20 MM arrived as a first-year student at New England Conservatory, she thought she’d eventually become an orchestral musician. Instead, her experiences led to a career working in many musical settings. Honigberg played the fiddle on Sh...

06/25/2025

Congratulations and safe travels to our New England Conservatory Preparatory School high school pianists touring Germany this week through June 28th! Follow their adventures in Leipzig and Weimar on Instagram at .

06/23/2025

Today's Music Monday Newsletter — Q&A with Violinist/Fiddler Lily Honigberg ’18, ’20 MM, Morningside Music Bridge concerts at NEC, and more!

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06/21/2025

Happy ! At NEC, musicians from around the world bring their cultural heritage into the heart of their artistry.

To celebrate, check out highlights from performances this past year that showcased global traditions and voices from our student and faculty community.

06/17/2025

Composer, music theorist, and NEC professor Andrew Schartmann recently published a new book, Analyzing NES Music: Harmony, Form, and the Art of Technological Constraint, which examines “early video-game sound” and “innovation through constraint.” In the fall, he’ll teach a new course at NEC, “Video Game Music: Analysis and Composition.”

Read our conversation with Professor Schartmann: https://bit.ly/4kHOvKB

Andrew Schartmann grew up playing video games but didn’t give much thought to video-game music until he began, in his early 20s, to explore how music for the Nintendo Entertainment System was made. “I went through some of the assembly language programming and some of the circuitry,” he said. ....