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...pianos and eight hands on Thursday, as well as the first on-campus performance of the Blodgett Artists-in-Residence, the Chiara String Quartet, on Friday. Saturday night’s performance will feature Bruce Brubaker, head of the piano department at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), as well as two students who are members of the joint program between NEC and Harvard. The concerts, which will take place in Paine Hall, are open to the public. The speakers will discuss a wide range of topics throughout the weekend, concentrating on the first half of the 20th century...
Campbell is the first student to pursue a joint degree at Harvard and the New England Conservatory in jazz performance, where his teachers include Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Perez. After five years of study, Campbell, who lives in Quincy House and bikes to NEC three days a week, will have a master’s degree from NEC and a Harvard undergraduate degree in physics...
During his concert, Campbell was all smiles. “He’s sort of quiet and respectful, but there’s a real creativity and exuberance in his playing,” NEC Chair of Jazz Studies Ken Schaphorst says. “Another part of his personality comes out.” Campbell also feeds off the energy of his fellow musicians. “He takes everyone’s styles and uses them,” attendee Christopher M. Krogslund ’09 says...
...have diverse, gifted musicians here who collaborate all the time,” said Bong-Ihn Koh ’08, a cellist enrolled in a joint degree program with Harvard and the New England Conservatory (NEC). Saxophonist Alex J. Rezzo, another participant in the program, agreed. “What I really like about the Harvard side of the [Harvard-NEC] program is it seems like the musicians are creating their own opportunities to play...
...points out, Harvard’s music department still emphasizes theory and ethnomusicology over performance. But while Koh wishes Harvard would utilize its NEC link to give more students the opportunity to take practical music courses, Rezzo supports the University’s current approach to the arts. “It’s a broad liberal-arts education, and that’s why I came here, at least,” he said...