New England Conservatory

  • State: Massachussetts
  • Private School
  • School Website
  • Music School Central Top 10 Colleges for Double Bass Performance for 2014 (#5)
  • Music School Central Top 10 Colleges for Music for 2014 (#12)
  • Music School Central Top 10 Colleges for Jazz 2014 (#3)
  • Christian Howes’ Best College Programs for Creative String Players

Bass Faculty

  • Classical
  • Jazz
    • Dave Holland (visiting artist)
    • John Lockwood
    • Cecil McBee

General Statistics

    • Tuition & Fees 2016-17: $44,755
    • Room & Board 2016-17: $13,900
    • Total Enrollment: 789
    • Acceptance Rate (from 2015): 32%
    • Student – Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • 4 year graduation rate: 66%
    • % of undergrads receiving Financial aid: 44%
    • Average Financial Aid: $20,796

What Alumni Are Doing

  • Evan Halloin (Kansas City Symphony, 2016)
  • Caleb Quillen (Kansas City Symphony, 2016)
  • Brendan Kane (MET, 2014)
  • Ian Whitman (Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, 2008)
  • Matt Heller (Calgary Philharmonic, 2007)
  • Ben Levy (Boston Symphony, 2003)
  • Charles Carleton (Cleveland Orchestra, 2000)

About The Bass Faculty

BSO Musicians Photo: Marco Borggreve

Lawrence Wolfe is assistant principal bass of the BSO and principal bass of the Boston Pops. At the BSO he occupies the Maria Nistazos Stata chair. At New England Conservatory, in addition to serving as studio faculty in the College, Preparatory School, and School of Continuing Education, Wolfe leads the Prep’s String Repertory Orchestra beginning Fall 2012.

Wolfe has appeared as a soloist in Carnegie Recital Hall and Jordan Hall and with the BSO and Boston Pops. His CD Lawrence Wolfe, Double Bass is released on the Titanic label. His compositions have been performed by the BSO and Pops as well as BSO bass trombonist and fellow NEC faculty Douglas Yeo on several of his CDs.

About Pascale Delache-Feldman

About James Orleans

About Donald Palma

About Todd Seeber

About John Lockwood

About Cecil McBee

About Dave Holland

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