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Edited by Suzanne Hegland and co-edited by Rebecca Teeters, June and July 2015. The information herein is subject to change and amendment without notice. Table of Contents 2 College Administrative Personnel 3-7 College Faculty 8-9 Academic Calendar 11-49 Academic Regulations and Information 51-53 Health Services and Residence Hall Information 55-61 Financial Information 63-77 Undergraduate Programs of Study Bachelor of Music Undergraduate Diploma Undergraduate Minors (Bachelor of Music) 79 Music-in-Education Concentration 81-97 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 99-107 Chamber Music and Ensembles 109 Intercultural and Improvisation Studies 111-195 Course Offerings and Faculty by Department 197-198 Index NEC ACADEMIC CATALOG 2015-2016 1 College Administrative Personnel Office of the President Ensembles Administration Thomas Novak Sally Millar Interim President Administrator for Chorus Kairyn Rainer Margie Apfelbaum Chief of Staff Administrative Director of Orchestras Office of the Provost Spaulding and Firestone Thomas Novak Libraries Provost and Dean of the College Alan Karass Alison Garner Director of Libraries Assistant Dean for Administration and Academic Affairs Business Office Hank Mou Maria Montiel College Artistic Manager College Receivables Accountant Ching Yeo Office of Admissions College Administrative Manager and Financial Aid Office of Student Services Alex Powell Assistant Dean for Admissions Suzanne Hegland Dean of Students Lauren Urbanek Director of Financial Aid Rebecca Teeters Assistant Dean of Students & Community Performances Academic and International and Partnerships Student Advisor Tanya Maggi Stephanie Barnes Director Academic and International Student Advisor Indra Raj Community and Special Performances Thomas Handel Manager Chair of DMA Program & Academic Advisor Grace Allendorf Community Performances and Robert Winkley Summer Institutes Manager Registrar Alexander Wolniak Entrepreneurial Musicianship Assistant Registrar Department Jeremy Vaughan Rachel Roberts Office Coordinator Director Office of Residence Life Eva Heinstein Assistant Director Allesandra Cionco Maria Finkelmeier Director Program Manager Tim Shneier Coordinator, Bridge and Music Referral Service 2 College Faculty Faculty biographies, photos, Web links, and e-mail contact are available at necmusic.edu/faculty Strings Guitar Yeesun Kim, chair Eliot Fisk Kristopher Tong, assistant chair Jérôme Mouffe Zaira Meneses, Performance Violin and Repertoire Class Paul Biss Lucy Chapman Harp Miriam Fried Jessica Zhou BSO principal Soovin Kim Franziska Huhn, Harp Class Nicholas Kitchen Woodwinds Borromeo String Quartet Richard Svoboda, chair Ayano Ninomiya Malcolm Lowe BSO concertmaster, Flute Boston Symphony Chamber Players John Heiss Kristopher Tong Renée Krimsier Borromeo String Quartet Cynthia Meyers BSO Valeria Vilker-Kuchment BSO Paula Robison Donna Hieken Donald Weilerstein Flute Chair Dorothy Richard Starling Elizabeth Rowe BSO principal Violin Chair Magdalena Richter, String Pedagogy Oboe Jason Horowitz, Orchestra Repertoire John Ferrillo BSO principal Anne Marie Gabriele Viola Mark McEwen BSO Cathy Basrak Keisuke Wakao BSO; Kim Kashkashian Boston Pops principal Martha Strongin Katz Mai Motobuchi Clarinet Borromeo String Quartet Thomas MartinBSO; Dimitri Murrath Boston Pops principal Roger Tapping Richard Stoltzman Marcus Thompson Michael Wayne BSO Violoncello Bassoon Natasha Brofsky Gregg Henegar BSO Paul Katz Richard Ranti BSO; Yeesun Kim Borromeo String Quartet Boston Pops principal Laurence Lesser Richard Svoboda BSO principal, President Emeritus, Walter W. Boston Symphony Chamber Players Naumburg Chair in Music Saxophone Ronald Feldman, Kenneth Radnofsky Orchestral Repertoire Brass and Percussion Double Bass Frank Epstein, chair James Orleans BSO Donald Palma Todd Seeber BSO Lawrence Wolfe BSO; Boston Pops principal NEC ACADEMIC CATALOG 2015-2016 3 Horn Charles Peltz, Director of Wind Rachel Childers BSO Ensemble Activities Eli Epstein Ken Schaphorst, Jazz Orchestra Jonathan Menkis BSO Erica Washburn, Director of Choral Jean Rife Activities Richard Sebring BSO; Guest Conductors, 2003–2015 Boston Pops principal Stefan Asbury Jason Snider BSO Django Bates, Jazz Orchestra James Sommerville BSO principal, Carla Bley, Jazz Orchestra Boston Symphony Chamber Players Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz Orchestra Michael Winter BSO JoAnn Falletta Trumpet Guillermo Figueroa Steve Emery former BSO Jimmy Heath, Jazz Orchestra Michael Martin BSO David Holland, Jazz Orchestra Thomas RolfsBSO principal, John Hollenbeck, Jazz Orchestra Boston Symphony Chamber Players Jeffrey Kahane Tom Siders BSO Julian Kuerti Benjamin Wright BSO Andrew Litton Jim McNeely, Jazz Orchestra Trombone David Alan Miller Norman Bolter former BSO Ludovic Morlot Stephen Lange BSO Alasdair Neale James Markey BSO Larry Rachleff Toby Oft BSO principal Mischa Santora Tuba Gunther Schuller Mike Roylance BSO principal Maria Schneider, Jazz Orchestra Kenneth Amis Joseph Silverstein Robert Spano Percussion Shi-Yeon Sung Daniel Bauch BSO Michael Tilson Thomas Frank Epstein former BSO Yan Pascal Tortelier Jim Gwin Joshua Weilerstein Will Hudgins BSO Benjamin Zander Mikael Ringquist, Hand Drumming Lucas Moisson, Electronic Percussion Chamber Music Conducting Lucy Chapman, Chair Jean Rife, Assistant Chair Hugh Wolff, Director of Orchestras Paul Biss David Loebel, Associate Director Norman Bolter of Orchestras Borromeo String Quartet Frank Carlberg, Jazz Composers’ Nicholas Kitchen, Violin Workshop Orchestra Kristopher Tong, Violin Stephen Drury, Avant-Garde Mai Motobuchi, Viola Ensemble Yeesun Kim, Violoncello William Drury, Associate Conductor Natasha Brofsky of Wind Ensembles, Symphonic Bruce Brubaker Winds Lucy Chapman John Gibbons, Bach Ensemble Stephen Drury John Heiss, Contemporary Ensemble Eli Epstein Jonathan Richter, Director of Frank Epstein Concert Choir Guy Fishman Donald Palma, Chamber Orchestra Eliot Fisk 4 COLLEGE FACULTY John Gibbons Collaborative Piano John Heiss Cameron Stowe, chair Will Hudgins Jean Anderson-Collier Kim Kashkashian Tanya Blaich Martha Strongin Katz Jonathan Feldman Paul Katz, Professional String Quartet Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek Training Program Pei-Shan Lee Soovin Kim Max Levinson Pei-Shan Lee Cameron Stowe Laurence Lesser Vivian Hornik Weilerstein Max Levinson Meng-Chieh Liu Jazz Studies Tanya Maggi Ken Schaphorst, chair Jérôme Mouffe Students in Jazz Studies may request James Sommerville to study improvisation, composition, Erica Washburn and musicianship with Jazz faculty Dimitri Murrath members regardless of instrument. Ayano Ninomiya Ralph Alessi, Trumpet Thomas Novak Jerry Bergonzi, Saxophone Carol Ou Ran Blake, Piano, Donald Palma Contemporary Improvisation Kenneth Radnofsky Luis Bonilla, Trombone Jean Rife Frank Carlberg, Composition, Piano James Sommerville Anthony Coleman, Composition, Richard Svoboda Piano Erica Washburn Jorrit Dijkstra, Ensemble Michael Wayne Dominique Eade, Voice, Donald Weilerstein Vocal Ensemble Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Billy Hart, Percussion Professional Piano Trio Joe Hunt, Ensemble Training Program Jerry Leake, African and Indian Jessica Zhou Percussion, Tabla Resident Ensembles Brian Levy, Saxophone Borromeo String Quartet John Lockwood, Double Bass NEC’s Weilerstein Trio Cecil McBee, Double Bass Donny McCaslin, Saxophone Piano John McNeil, Trumpet Bruce Brubaker, chair Jason Moran, Piano Bruce Brubaker Joe Morris, Guitar Wha Kyung Byun Rakalam Bob Moses, Percussion Gabriel Chodos Hankus Netsky, Contemporary Stephen Drury Improvisation Randall Hodgkinson Bob Nieske, Bass Veronica Jochum Nedelka Prescod, Ensemble Alexander Korsantia Dave Samuels, Marimba, Vibes Meng-Chieh Liu Ken Schaphorst, Composition Victor Rosenbaum Benjamin Schwendener, Advanced Vivian Hornik Weilerstein Jazz Theory A. Ramón Rivera, Piano Pedagogy Miguel Zenon, Saxophone Bruce Brubaker, Piano Literature Norman M.E. Zocher, Guitar Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Visiting Artist-in-Residence Russell Sherman Dave Holland NEC ACADEMIC CATALOG 2015-2016 5 Contemporary Improvisation Historical Performance Hankus Netsky, chair Aldo Abreu, Recorder Eden MacAdam-Somer, assistant chair John Gibbons, Harpsichord Mal Barsamian, Clarinet, Oud, Christopher Krueger, Baroque Flute Middle Eastern Music John Tyson, Recorder Ran Blake, Piano, Improvisation, Voice Film Noir Karen Holvik, chair Cristi Catt, Voice Bradley Williams, assistant chair