Meet local artists tonight in Hudson Nov 13, 2009
The Hudson resident holds a master s degree in voice from the New England Conservatory of Music, and has also been choral director of the Acton Community Chorus since its beginning in 1984. Citrus fundraiser underway. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Following his soul Oct 29, 2009
He's on the phone from Boston, where he attended the 40th anniversary of the jazz program at his alma mater, the New England Conservatory of Music. The winner of the Samuel Barber Rome Prize for Composition, Byron is living in Rome, writing a chamber opera loosely based on "Gentleman's Agreement," the Laura Z. Hobson novel about anti-Semitism that was made into a movie starring Gregory Peck. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Cory Pesaturo is on a mission to make the accordion hip Oct 27, 2009
What s unusual about Cory is that he comes from the remnant of the old 1950s-style competition accordionist world yet has the improvisational skills to play in a variety of contemporary styles, including modern jazz and classical, observed Hankus Netsky, a New England Conservatory of Music professor who taught Pesaturo while he was a student there, from 2004 to 2008. During his years at NEC, Pesaturo brought his accordion world into the department - and it added a completely fresh point of... (Boston Globe)
Longtime voice, piano teacher Joan Nahigian moves to Marshfield Oct 18, 2009
After earning her undergraduate degree at Syracuse, Nahigian went on to get her master s degree in voice and choral conducting from the New England Conservatory of Music in Cambridge. Then, I went to France and took a short hiatus. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Aaron Wolff stars in ‘A Serious Man,’ but focuses on being a high school student in Newton Oct 13, 2009
Wolff s father, Hugh, is director of orchestras at the New England Conservatory of Music. His mother, Judy Kogan, is a harpist and writer, and Aaron, the youngest of three sons, is an award-winning cellist. (Boston Globe)
Dover and Sherborn religion notes Oct 8, 2009
Trained as a singer at the New England Conservatory of Music, she has performed in opera, musical theater, classical recitals, cabaret and comedy improvisation. Call her at 508-744-0388 for more information. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
See artists in their element at Jamaica Plain Open Studios Sep 26, 2009
Stops include an 1813 farmhouse and the home of music historian Maud Cuney Hare, one of two black female students at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1890. More than 200 artists will open their doors to show and sell their wares. (Boston Globe)
Storyteller Jay O’Callahan’s play explores NASA’s history Sep 3, 2009
Forged in the Stars includes Kate DeCordova, a mechanical engineering student at Northeastern who is bracing for the Graduate Records Exam; Jack Carver, a lobsterman s son from Maine who is a PhD candidate in astrophysics at MIT; Cynthia Moss, Kate s fiery roommate and a music major at the New England Conservatory of Music; and Edith Whiteside, a Boston Brahmin. Jack and Kate fall in love, get engaged, then unengaged, and finally marry. (Boston Globe)
Fisher, Lawson team up for special free concert Aug 27, 2009
Fisher is an honors graduate of both the University of Northern Iowa and the New England Conservatory of Music. He has recently been appointed to the board of advisors of the International Trombone Association. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Accordion players gather today in Philipsburg for annual festival Aug 1, 2009
Cory Pesaturo A recent graduate from Boston's prestigious New England Conservatory of Music, he has just released two critically acclaimed CDs A Change in the Weather and Crosswinds, both in collaboration with legendary jazz saxophonist George Garzone. Richard Tyce Tyce draws on his roots in folk traditions and his operatic training to entertain audiences with romance and laughter. (Montana Standard, MT)
Boston College bestows honorary degree on Marblehead's Carolyn Lynch Jul 1, 2009
She also has served on boards or committees for the Gregorian University Foundation, New England Conservatory of Music, Catholic Charities, Ralph Lowell Society, Boys and Girls Club of Boston and the Peabody Essex Museum, among others ... Hers is a name long associated with the New England Conservatory of Music, Special Olympics, the Campus School of Boston College, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and Renew International, and she is also celebrated as devoted wife, loving mother and caring... (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Local Boston Pops oboist Frank Charnley to retire on July 4 Jun 30, 2009
Whatever it was, those oboe notes struck a chord in Charnley that sent him off to the New England Conservatory of Music, four decades with the BSO and Pops under famous conductors Arthur Fiedler, John Williams and Keith Lockhart. After graduating from Framingham North High School in 1966, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the New England Conservatory of Music. (Medfield Press, MA)
Linnet Emerick Jun 27, 2009
She was a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and had a lifelong passion for music. She often volunteered by entertaining at local nursing homes. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Benefit concert Sunday May 31, 2009
Zamkochian made his debut recital in Boston s Symphony Hall at the age of 24 and the Boston Herald hailed the event with: "this young Bostonian stands well among the top Organists of the day." Zamkochian was the first to graduate from the New England Conservatory of Music for his work on organ and later served on the faculty. In 1957, the late Charles Munch appointed him Organist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and that same year, Arthur Fiedler announced his appointment as Organist of the... (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Obituary: Ruth Saltman May 30, 2009
She studied voice at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She later received bachelor s and master s degrees in music education from UMass-Lowell. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Announcing the Launch of El Sistema USA and Its First Initiative, the Abreu Fellows Program May 7, 2009
The Abreu Fellows Program will be based at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. The program will be ready to open this fall, with spots for the first 18 fellows, subject to funds raised. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Worship Ways: April 2-8 Apr 2, 2009
Mr. Littlefield, who has a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music, is a prominent figure on the North Shore and the southern New Hampshire music world. For forty years he has taught organ and piano, accompanied and directed many music groups, and has performed in venues ranging from northeastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine to several European countries as well as the Vatican. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
NJSO, Concordia Chamber Players offer musical double-header Mar 20, 2009
A New York native, Gaffigan graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and earned a Master's degree in conducting from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. He was a first-prize winner at the 2004 Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition in Frankfurt, Germany, and this season has been busy conducting in Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Baltimore and St. Paul. (NJ.com -- Times)
Backward Glances Mar 19, 2009
His barber shop was operated by his sons, Nelson and George Quintin Albert Abaire and his string orchestra provided entertainment at a showing of a Lenten movie at Christ King Church hall Barbara Peel was studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music Dorothy Scally, manager of the Berkeley Store, Main street, attended a course at the Warner Foundation School in Boston. Doris Hubbard substituted in her absence Amelia Greeley was hostess to the Friendship Club of the Methodist Episcopal... (Hudson Sun, MA)
Nazareth Academy names school admin and location Mar 12, 2009
Tamagini earned her Bachelor of Arts from the New England Conservatory of Music and her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Boston University. Since 1979, she has headed up a noteworthy performing arts department at OLN. Many students have gone on from that program to study music and drama on the college level, and several have had professional careers as vocalists and actors. (Wakefield Daily Item, MA)
BREAKING NEWS: Academy of Our Lady Nazareth names Dr. Patricia Tamagini as Head of School Mar 10, 2009
Tamagini earned her bachelor of arts degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and her doctorate of musical arts from Boston University. Since 1979, she has headed up a noteworthy performing arts department at OLN. Many students have gone on from that program to study music and drama on the college level, and several have had professional careers as vocalists and actors. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Southern Italy comes to Patagonia Feb 28, 2009
In 2003, this group came together in Boston where they all attended Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. As artists, their goal is to present a new spin on the music from the regions of Campania and Puglia, integrating a wide variety of styles such as Tarantella-Pizzica, Villanella and the Neapolitan Canzone, encompassing music from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. (Nogales International, AZ)
Griffin: Music composed by 83-year-old is rich and inspired Feb 24, 2009
When he was president of the New England Conservatory of Music, Schuller organized and led an ensemble that played Joplin s music with obvious relish, to the great delight of audiences of widely varying sophistication. (You may have enjoyed this music in The Sting, a celebrated movie of 1973. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Music for Organ and Trombone Feb 23, 2009
Wauchope received his bachelors of music from Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and his masters degree from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston ... He earned degrees in organ performance from Barrington College and the New England Conservatory of Music, as well as a doctor of musical Arts degree from Boston University. (Westerly Sun, RI)
VIDEO: Camarra named 2009 Citizen of the Year Feb 20, 2009
When his coach died, Camarra took classes at the New England Conservatory of Music with a new teacher. He tried to undo all the things my other coach had done, he recalls. (Medford Transcript, MA)
44: A view to history made Feb 11, 2009
After completing his master s degree at the New England Conservatory of Music in 1999, DeChiara was freelancing for various orchestras when he decided to take a shot at a military audition. I knew people in the D.C. area and I knew a couple of people in military bands, including the Navy Band, he said. (Burlington Union, MA)
Greene picked for Mass. All-State Music Festival Feb 10, 2009
A member of the Handel and Haydn Society s Young Women s Chorus and Vocal Apprenticeship Program for High School Soloists, Greene studies voice at the New England Conservatory of Music. With interests not limited to classical music, Greene is a songwriter/musician who has been the featured performer at Music in Melrose, a monthly coffeehouse for local musicians. (Medford Transcript, MA)
