New England Conservatory : Academic Catalog : 2019 / 2020 : Academic England Conservatory New the future of music. made here. necmusic.edu Academic Catalog : 2019 / 2020 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 2019 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 COMMISSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 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 NEC mission 2-3 College Administrative Personnel 4-9 College Faculty 10-11 Academic Calendar 13-45 Academic Regulations and 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 Program Professional Piano Trio 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 : 2019 / 2020 1 NEC mission New England Conservatory educates and trains musicians of all ages from around the world, drawing on the talent and deep reservoir of experience of our distinguished faculty. We are dedicated to inculcating the highest standards of excellence and nurturing individual artistic sensibility and creative growth. Understanding that music is one of the transcendent expressions of human civilization, NEC aspires to ensure it a central place in contemporary society. college administrative personnel OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Steven Sweat AND THE PROVOST Director of Residence Life and Housing Andrea Kalyn Micah Gharavi President Office Coordinator Thomas Novak Vice President and Provost ENSEMBLES ADMINISTRATION Juliana Jordan Margie Apfelbaum Executive Assistant Director of Large Ensemble Administration OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES Greta DiGiorgio Nick Tatar Jazz and CI Production and Dean of Students Administrative Director Rebecca Teeters Rich Frost Senior Associate Dean of Students Opera Production and Administrative Director Robin Searcy Assistant Director of Student Life Sally Millar Administrator for Chorus Laura Messina Academic and International Elizabeth Van Voorhis Student Advisor Administrative Director, Chamber Music, Strings, Woodwinds, Yukii Ntumba Percussion and Brass Academic and International Student Advisor BLUMENTHAL FAMILY LIBRARY Thomas Handel Open Position Chair of DMA Program Director of Library Services Robert Winkley Registrar BUSINESS OFFICE Alexander Wolniak Maria Montiel Associate Registrar College Receivables Accountant 2 OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS Alex Powell Dean for Admissions and Grace Allendorf Financial Aid Assistant Dean of Community Performances and Partnerships Nick Gleason Associate Director of Admissions Nataly Wickham Community Performances and Zachary Schwartz Partnerships Program Manager Admissions Counselor ENTREPRENEURIAL MUSICIANSHIP OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID DEPARTMENT Lauren Urbanek Annie Phillips Associate Dean of Financial Aid Associate Dean of Entrepreneurial Emily Cox Musicianship Financial Aid Counselor Andrew Worden COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Assistant Dean of Entrepreneurial AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Musicianship Tanya Maggi Dean of Community Engagement and Professional Studies NEC Academic Catalog : 2019 / 2020 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 Zaira Meneses, Performance and Repertoire Class VIOLIN Jérôme Mouffe Paul Biss Miriam Fried HARP Soovin Kim Franziska Huhn Nicholas Kitchen, Jessica Zhou, BSO Principal Borromeo String Quartet WOODWINDS Ayano Ninomiya Richard Svoboda, Chair Kristopher Tong, Borromeo String Quartet FLUTE Donald Weilerstein, John Heiss Dorothy Richard Starling Renée Krimsier Violin Chair Cynthia Meyers BSO Jason Horowitz, Orchestra Repertoire Paula Robison, Donna Hieken VIOLA Flute Chair Cathy Basrak Elizabeth Rowe, Orchestra Repertoire, Nicholas Cords BSO Principal Kim Kashkashian OBOE Martha Strongin Katz John Ferrillo, BSO Principal Mai Motobuchi, Anne Marie Gabriele Borromeo String Quartet Mark McEwen, BSO Marcus Thompson Keisuke Wakao, BSO, VIOLONCELLO Boston Pops Principal Lluís Claret CLARINET Mickey Katz, Orchestra Repertoire William R. Hudgins, BSO Principal Paul Katz Thomas Martin, BSO, Yeesun Kim, Borromeo String Quartet Boston Pops Principal Laurence Lesser, President Emeritus, Richard Stoltzman Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music Michael Wayne, BSO (on leave 2019-20) DOUBLE BASS BASSOON Donald Palma Marc Goldberg Todd Seeber, BSO Richard Ranti, BSO, Thomas Van Dyck, BSO Boston Pops Principal Lawrence Wolfe, BSO, Richard Svoboda, BSO Principal, Boston Pops Principal Boston Symphony Chamber Players 4 SAXOPHONE Stephen Drury, Avant-Garde Ensemble Kenneth Radnofsky William Drury, Associate Conductor of Wind Ensembles, Symphonic Winds BRASS AND PERCUSSION John Heiss, Contemporary Ensemble James Markey, Chair Donald Palma, Chamber Orchestra HORN Charles Peltz, Director of Wind Rachel Childers, BSO Ensemble Activities Eli Epstein Ken Schaphorst, Jazz Orchestra Jean Rife Erica Washburn, Director of Choral Richard Sebring, BSO, Activities Boston Pops Principal GUEST CONDUCTORS, 2003–2018 Jason Snider, BSO Stefan Asbury James Sommerville, BSO Principal, Django Bates, Jazz Orchestra Boston Symphony Chamber Players Carla Bley, Jazz Orchestra Michael Winter, BSO Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz Orchestra TRUMPET Mei-Ann Chen Michael Dobrinski Aram Demirjian Steve Emery, former BSO JoAnn Falletta Thomas Rolfs, BSO Principal, Guillermo Figueroa Boston Symphony Chamber Players Jimmy Heath, Jazz Orchestra Tom Siders, BSO David Holland, Jazz Orchestra Benjamin Wright, BSO John Hollenbeck, Jazz Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane TROMBONE Julian Kuerti Norman Bolter, former BSO Steven Lipsitt Stephen Lange, BSO Andrew Litton James Markey, BSO Andres Lopera Toby Oft, BSO Principal Ken-David Masur TUBA Jim McNeely, Jazz Orchestra Mike Roylance, BSO Principal David Alan Miller Ludovic Morlot PERCUSSION Tito Munoz Daniel Bauch BSO Alasdair Neale Mario DeCiutiis, Electronic Percussion Larry Rachleff Frank Epstein, former BSO, Gil Rose Percussion Ensemble Mischa Santora Will Hudgins, BSO Maria Schneider, Jazz Orchestra Matt McKay, BSO Gunther Schuller Mikael Ringquist, Hand Drumming Joseph Silverstein CONDUCTING Leonard Slatkin Hugh Wolff, Director of Orchestras Robert Spano David Loebel, Associate Director Shi-Yeon Sung of Orchestras Michael Tilson Thomas Frank Carlberg, Jazz Composers’ Yan Pascal Tortelier Workshop Orchestra Joshua Weilerstein NEC Academic Catalog : 2019 / 2020 5 CHAMBER MUSIC PIANO Merry Peckham, Chair Bruce Brubaker, Chair Jean Rife, Assistant Chair Alessio Bax Paul Biss Bruce Brubaker Borromeo String Quartet: Wha Kyung Byun Nicholas Kitchen, Violin Gabriel Chodos Kristopher Tong, Violin Stephen Drury Mai Motobuchi, Viola Randall Hodgkinson Yeesun Kim, Violoncello Alexander Korsantia Rachel Childers Meng-Chieh Liu Lluís Claret HaeSun Paik Nicholas Cords A. Ramón Rivera, Piano Pedagogy Michael Dobrinski Victor Rosenbaum Stephen Drury Vivian Hornik Weilerstein Eli Epstein Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Guy Fishman Russell Sherman Eliot Fisk John Heiss COLLABORATIVE PIANO Will Hudgins Cameron Stowe, Chair Kim Kashkashian Tanya Blaich Paul Katz, Professional String Jonathan Feldman Quartet Training Program Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek Soovin Kim Pei-Shan Lee Pei-Shan Lee Max Levinson Laurence Lesser Cameron Stowe Max Levinson Vivian Hornik Weilerstein Tanya Maggi Matt McKay JAZZ STUDIES Jérôme Mouffe Ken Schaphorst, Chair Ayano Ninomiya Brian Levy, Assistant Chair Thomas Novak Students in Jazz Studies may request Carol Ou to study improvisation, composition, Donald Palma and musicianship with Jazz faculty Charles Peltz members regardless of instrument. Kenneth Radnofsky Jerry Bergonzi, Saxophone, Ensemble James Sommerville Ran Blake, Piano, Donald Weilerstein Contemporary Improvisation Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Frank Carlberg, Composition, Piano Professional Piano Trio Anthony Coleman, Composition, Training Program Piano, Ensemble Benjamin Wright Jorrit Dijkstra, Ensemble Dominique Eade, Voice, RESIDENT ENSEMBLES Vocal Ensemble Borromeo String Quartet Henrique Eisenmann, Piano, NEC’s Weilerstein Trio Brazilian Ensemble 6 College Faculty Michael Fahie, Trombone, Composition Anthony Coleman, Piano, Composition, Billy Hart, Percussion Improvisation, Ensemble Ethan Iverson, Piano Dominique Eade, Voice, Improvisation, Jerry Leake, African and Indian Ensemble Percussion, Tabla Aaron Hartley, Film Noir