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the future of music. made here. Academic Catalog : 2018 / 2019 NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY Founded 1867 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 Phone (617) 585-1100 Fax (617) 262-0500 necmusic.edu Office of Admissions (617) 585-1101 Office of the President (617) 585-1200 Office of the Provost (617) 585-1305 Office of Student Services (617) 585-1310 Office of Financial Aid (617) 585-1110 Business Office (617) 585-1220 The information herein is subject to change and amendment without notice. Edited by Rebecca Teeters, June 2018 For more information, see the Policy Sections found in the NEC Student Handbook and Employee Handbook. NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY IS ACCREDITED BY THE NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, AGE, NATIONAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, GENETIC MAKE-UP, OR VETERAN STATUS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, ADMISSION POLICIES, EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN PROGRAMS OR OTHER CONSERVATORY-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES. table of contents 2-3 College Administrative Personnel 4-9 College Faculty 10-11 Academic Calendar 13-41 Academic Regulations and Information 43-45 Health Services and Residence Hall Information 47-53 Financial Information 55-69 Undergraduate Programs of Study Bachelor of Music Undergraduate Diploma Undergraduate Minors (Bachelor of Music) 71 Music-in-Education Concentration 73-89 Graduate Programs of Study Master of Music Vocal Pedagogy Concentration Graduate Diploma Professional String Quartet Training Program Professional Piano Trio Training Program Artist Diploma Doctor of Musical Arts 91-99 Chamber Music and Ensembles 101 Intercultural and Improvisation Studies 103-191 Course Offerings and Faculty by Department 193-194 Index NEC Academic Catalog | 2018-2019 1 college administrative personnel OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF RESIDENCE LIFE Thomas Novak Ashlee Carter Interim President Assistant Dean of Campus Life Perry Doherty OFFICE OF THE PROVOST Director of Residence Life and Housing Thomas Novak Provost and Dean of the College ENSEMBLES ADMINISTRATION Alison Garner Margie Apfelbaum Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Large Ensemble Administration Administration Hank Mou Greta DiGiorgio Associate Dean of Artistic Jazz & CI Production & Administrative Administration Director Ching Yeo Rich Frost College Administrative Manager Opera Production & Administrative Director OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES Sally Millar Nick Tatar Administrator for Chorus Dean of Students Elizabeth Van Voorhis Rebecca Teeters Program Administrator, Chamber Senior Associate Dean of Students Music, Strings, Woodwinds, Laura Messina Percussion & Brass Academic and International Student Advisor BLUMENTHAL FAMILY LIBRARY Davey Harrison Alan Karass Academic and International Director of Library Services Student Advisor BUSINESS OFFICE Thomas Handel Maria Montiel Chair of DMA Program College Receivables Accountant Robert Winkley Registrar Alexander Wolniak Associate Registrar Open Position Office Coordinator 2 OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Alex Powell Dean for Admissions and Tanya Maggi Financial Aid Dean of Community Engagement and Professional Studies Nick Gleason Associate Director of Admissions COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES Maya Jacobs AND PARTNERSHIPS Admissions Counselor Grace Allendorf Zachary Schwartz Associate Director of Community Admissions Counselor Performances and Partnerships Nataly Wickham OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID Community Performances and Lauren Urbanek Partnerships Program Manager Associate Dean of Financial Aid ENTREPRENEURIAL MUSICIANSHIP Maria Mortenson DEPARTMENT Assistant Director of Financial Aid Anna-Christina Phillips Emily Cox Associate Dean of Entrepreneurial Financial Aid Counselor Musicianship Andrew Worden Assistant Dean of Entrepreneurial Musicianship NEC Academic Catalog | 2018-2019 3 college faculty Faculty biographies, photos, Web links, and e-mail contact are available at necmusic.edu/faculty STRINGS GUITAR Lluís Claret, chair Eliot Fisk Kristopher Tong, assistant chair Jérôme Mouffe Zaira Meneses, Performance VIOLIN and Repertoire Class Paul Biss Miriam Fried HARP Soovin Kim Franziska Huhn Nicholas Kitchen Jessica Zhou BSO principal Borromeo String Quartet WOODWINDS Malcolm Lowe BSO concertmaster, Richard Svoboda, chair Boston Symphony Chamber Players Ayano Ninomiya FLUTE Kristopher Tong John Heiss Borromeo String Quartet Renée Krimsier Donald Weilerstein Cynthia Meyers BSO Dorothy Richard Starling Paula Robison Donna Hieken Violin Chair Flute Chair Jason Horowitz, Orchestra Repertoire Elizabeth Rowe, Orchestra Repertoire, VIOLA BSO principal Cathy Basrak OBOE Nicholas Cords John Ferrillo BSO principal Kim Kashkashian Anne Marie Gabriele Martha Strongin Katz Mark McEwen BSO Mai Motobuchi Keisuke Wakao BSO; Borromeo String Quartet Boston Pops principal Marcus Thompson CLARINET VIOLONCELLO William R. Hudgins BSO principal Lluís Claret Thomas Martin BSO; Paul Katz Boston Pops principal Yeesun Kim Borromeo String Quartet Richard Stoltzman Laurence Lesser Michael Wayne BSO President Emeritus, Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music BASSOON Marc Goldberg DOUBLE BASS Richard Ranti BSO; Donald Palma Boston Pops principal Todd Seeber BSO Richard Svoboda BSO principal, Thomas Van Dyck BSO Boston Symphony Chamber Players Lawrence Wolfe BSO; Boston Pops principal SAXOPHONE Kenneth Radnofsky 4 BRASS AND PERCUSSION John Heiss, Contemporary Ensemble James Markey, chair Jonathan Richter, Director of Concert Choir HORN Donald Palma, Chamber Orchestra Rachel Childers BSO Charles Peltz, Director of Wind Eli Epstein Ensemble Activities Jean Rife Ken Schaphorst, Jazz Orchestra Richard Sebring BSO; Erica Washburn, Director of Choral Boston Pops principal Activities Jason Snider BSO James Sommerville BSO principal, GUEST CONDUCTORS, 2003–2018 Boston Symphony Chamber Players Stefan Asbury Michael Winter BSO Django Bates, Jazz Orchestra Carla Bley, Jazz Orchestra TRUMPET Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz Orchestra Michael Dobrinski Mei-Ann Chen Steve Emery former BSO Aram Demirjian Thomas Rolfs BSO principal, JoAnn Falletta Boston Symphony Chamber Players Guillermo Figueroa Tom Siders BSO Jimmy Heath, Jazz Orchestra Benjamin Wright BSO David Holland, Jazz Orchestra TROMBONE John Hollenbeck, Jazz Orchestra Norman Bolter former BSO Jeffrey Kahane Stephen Lange BSO Julian Kuerti James Markey BSO Steven Lipsitt Toby Oft BSO principal Andrew Litton Andres Lopera TUBA Ken-David Masur Mike Roylance BSO principal Jim McNeely, Jazz Orchestra PERCUSSION David Alan Miller Daniel Bauch BSO Ludovic Morlot Frank Epstein former BSO, Tito Munoz Percussion Ensemble Alasdair Neale Jim Gwin, Drum Set Larry Rachleff Will Hudgins BSO Gil Rose Matt McKay BSO Mischa Santora Gunther Schuller CONDUCTING Maria Schneider, Jazz Orchestra Hugh Wolff, Director of Orchestras Joseph Silverstein David Loebel, Associate Director Leonard Slatkin of Orchestras Robert Spano Frank Carlberg, Jazz Composers’ Shi-Yeon Sung Workshop Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas Stephen Drury, Avant-Garde Ensemble Yan Pascal Tortelier William Drury, Associate Conductor Joshua Weilerstein of Wind Ensembles, Symphonic Winds Benjamin Zander NEC Academic Catalog | 2018-2019 5 CHAMBER MUSIC Carol Ou Merry Peckham, Chair Donald Palma Jean Rife, Assistant Chair Charles Peltz Paul Biss Kenneth Radnofsky Borromeo String Quartet: James Sommerville Nicholas Kitchen, Violin Erica Washburn Kristopher Tong, Violin Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Mai Motobuchi, Viola Professional Piano Trio Yeesun Kim, Violoncello Training Program Lluís Claret RESIDENT ENSEMBLES Nicholas Cords Borromeo String Quartet Stephen Drury NEC’s Weilerstein Trio Eli Epstein Guy Fishman PIANO Eliot Fisk Bruce Brubaker, chair John Heiss Bruce Brubaker Will Hudgins Wha Kyung Byun Kim Kashkashian Gabriel Chodos Paul Katz, Professional String Quartet Stephen Drury Training Program Randall Hodgkinson Soovin Kim Alexander Korsantia Pei-Shan Lee Meng-Chieh Liu Laurence Lesser HaeSun Paik Max Levinson Victor Rosenbaum Meng-Chieh Liu Vivian Hornik Weilerstein Tanya Maggi A. Ramón Rivera, Piano Pedagogy Jérôme Mouffe Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Thomas Novak Russell Sherman 6 College Faculty COLLABORATIVE PIANO Nedelka Prescod, Gospel Ensemble Cameron Stowe, chair Ted Reichman, Composition, Tanya Blaich Ensemble Jonathan Feldman Ken Schaphorst, Composition Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek Benjamin Schwendener, Advanced Jazz Theory, Ensemble Pei-Shan Lee Bert Seager, Piano, Ensemble Max Levinson Brad Shepik, Guitar Cameron Stowe Mark Zaleski, Non-Majors Ensemble Vivian Hornik Weilerstein Miguel Zenon, Saxophone JAZZ STUDIES Norman M.E. Zocher, Guitar Ken Schaphorst, chair Visiting Artist-in-Residence Students in Jazz Studies may request Dave Holland to study improvisation, composition, CONTEMPORARY IMPROVISATION and musicianship with Jazz faculty members regardless of instrument. Hankus Netsky, co-chair Eden MacAdam-Somer, co-chair Jerry Bergonzi, Saxophone, Ensemble Ran Blake, Piano, Aldo Abreu, Recorder Contemporary Improvisation Mal Barsamian, Clarinet, Oud, Middle Frank Carlberg, Composition, Piano Eastern Music Anthony Coleman, Composition, Ran Blake, Piano, Improvisation, Film Piano, Ensemble Noir Jorrit Dijkstra, Ensemble Cristi Catt, Voice Dominique Eade, Voice, Linda Chase, Interdisciplinary Vocal Ensemble Ensemble, Flute, Composition, Improvisation Henrique Eisenmann, Brazilian Ensemble Anthony Coleman, Piano, Composition, Improvisation, Michael