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The NEC college students behind the scenes who work with our ensembles are a vital part to NEC Prep success! Thank you to all of our student managers for your hard work this year!!! Pictured here is Grant, String Repertory Orchestra student manager. Grant just finished his freshman year at New England Conservatory studying violin performance. See you all back in September!!! #neccollegestudents #nec #necmusic #necprep (at New England Conservatory Preparatory School)

Thank you Mr. Rivera and NEC college student manager, Andrew, for all of your hard work with the Piano Seminar classes this year! It was a wonderful concert on Saturday!! #necpreppianoseminars #necprep #mendelssohn #chopin (at New England Conservatory Preparatory School)

Come hear students from the Intermediate Piano Seminar perform works by Seymour Bernstein and Diane Goolkasian Rahbee's dynamic Toccata in Pierce Hall this Saturday, February 4th at 2pm. Be inspired by Bernstein's beautiful melodies and accurate portrayals of an array of birds, insects, and animals. Pictured is Mr. Rivera coaching Anna Milevskaya on Bernstein's "The Seagull," which uses the fist to imitate the seagull's scream! #2017contemporaryfestival #todaysyouthperformtodaysmusic #necprep #mrriveraspianoseminarsrock (at New England Conservatory Preparatory School)

J. B. Clancy The NEC Prep Contemporary Festival is coming up next week, Feb. 3-5, 2017! Composer Judd Greenstein will be in residence and also many student compositions will be featured! Our next featured student composer is John Barron Clancy, who shares his experiences composing and performing his own compositions: Barron Clancy has been taking violin lessons with NEC Prep faculty Susan Jarvis for six years. He is currently playing with Peter Jarvis' 8 am String Training Orchestra (STO) and with Milton's Pierce Middle School orchestra and chamber orchestra, led by Debra Thoresen. Barron has been studying Composition at NEC with Rodney Lister for the past year. In addition to writing music for class, Barron arranged Concerning Hobbits (by Howard Shore, from Lord of the Rings) for string orchestra last year, with input from his teachers along the way. The Milton High School chamber orchestra, conducted by Ms. Thoresen, played his arrangement at their spring concert and invited Barron to play the piece with them. Barron spends much of his free time composing. He adapted a Rondo from his composition class as a wedding gift for family friends who play oboe and cello. They learned it and played it for him - which was much better than hearing it on Finale playback. One of Barron’s favorite memories include meeting Boston Pops conductor, Keith Lockhart, at a Joslin Diabetes fundraiser reception at the Pops – he was coming from a composition lesson and Maestro Lockhart took some time to look at Barron’s work with him. Check out some of Barron’s works this upcoming weekend Feb 3-5, 2017!! #necprep #2017contemporaryfestival #juddgreenstein #todaysyouthperformtodaysmusic #studentcomposers #studentcomposersforthewin (at New England Conservatory Preparatory School)

Follow our blog as we prepare for the NEC Prep Contemporary Festival Feb 3rd-5th, 2017! Composer Judd Greenstein will be in residence and also many student compositions will be featured! Stay tuned the next two weeks to learn about our student composers and their experiences and sources of inspiration leading up to the festival. Today's featured composer is NEC Prep student, Audrey Wu! Audrey Wu, Composer: Audrey Wu is currently a freshman at The Winsor School in Boston, Massachusetts. She is passionate about all types of music, ranging from punk-rock to French impressionism to world music to minimalism. She had started composing about two years ago, and has recently been enjoying focusing more time on it and taking lessons at the New England Conservatory. She has been studying piano for nine years now. Last summer, she attended the Montecito International Music Festival in Los Angeles, California. This semester, she has recently taken up percussion lessons at NEC. She also enjoys musical theater and writing in her free time! #necprep #2017contemporaryfestival #juddgreenstein #todaysyouthperformtodaysmusic #studentcomposers

NEC Prep Piano Tour 2016! A fun memory at the Schumann Haus in Leipzig! Chopin meets the cajón! :) #necprepontour #necprep #piano #germany (at Schumannhaus Leipzig)