ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Each year, chamber ensembles at New England Conservatory are encouraged to audition midway through the fall semester for NEC’s Honors ensemble program. An outside panel of jurors reviews classical chamber music groups, and NEC faculty select jazz and “wild card” groups. The groups selected through this process become NEC Honors Ensembles for the remainder of the school year, during which time they receive special mentoring and engaging performance opportunities.

242 Strings 
Ava Kenney, violin | Yu-Heng Wang, viola
Ching-yu Tseng, cello | Daniel Chen Wang, piano

Elise String Quartet
Seungwon Park and Jessica Kartawidjaja, violins
Diogo Pimentel, viola | Monica Chiang, cello

Hear Your Story
Jillian Moore, Juliana Bautista, Farrell Smith, Mina Nystad, and Rania Toli; vocals

“The devotion to quality and expansive creativity, the emphasis put on each student’s exploration and development…these are just some of the things that mark my time at NEC as extraordinary.”
– NEC student