NEC Audition

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Things we love about NEC:</p>

<p>The people are very nice and professional</p>

<p>The buildings are historic and charming</p>

<p>Jordon Hall is amazing</p>

<p>Audition went smoothly and was very well organized</p>

<p>Plenty of practice time (even though they say you only get 10 min D went early and had 45 in an empty room as well as everyone else who was auditioning at around the same time)</p>

<p>Professional accompanists: D only needed the 10 min with hers; he was very good and already knew the rep</p>

<p>Voice studios are upstairs in Jordan Hall, and are large, as well as bright and cheerful. The hallways are wide and arched </p>

<p>Practice rooms are nice with a windows overlooking the city</p>

<p>Classrooms are small but for the most part, bright and open</p>

<p>Students spoke highly of their teachers and looked very happy</p>

<p>T stations well lit and close to the school</p>

<p>All of Boston available to you within 15 min or less on the T</p>

<p>Affordable restaurants across the street ( Starbucks, Burger King etc...) CVS and Shaw's, just a few blocks away</p>

<p>BSO,Museum,Christian Science Church, next door</p>

<p>Safe/Nice Area</p>

<p>Reasonable Hotels and Unreasonable shopping :) within a couple of blocks</p>

<p>Lots and Lots of musicians and college students walking around on the streets and riding the T</p>

<p>Guards at entrances</p>

<p>Bostonians polite and helpful for the most part</p>

<p>Feel free to add things about your NEC audition to this thread, or to ask questions.</p>

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<p>Moderator, can you merge this with the other NEC Audition thread? Just noticed there are two!</p>

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<p>audition for the contemporary improvisation department = best I've ever had, and most likely the best I will ever have in my life. They had like 6 people all their to listen to the audition, and then invited all the auditionees to come to a concert the next day by the department. Everyone was super nice, and really wanted you to succeed. One of the faculty told me he'd even pay my cab fare to get me to come to one of their department concerts in March! Really really enjoyable experience. At the concert, I went up and thanked the department head for such a great experience auditioning, and he replied, "once you're here, it just gets better."</p>

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<p>I have heard the exact same praise from a young woman I know who auditioned at NEC last weekend! With all of the negatives that had been on this board with regard to the dorms, etc at NEC, this has been a delightful change and now means that we have to add another school to our list!!</p>

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