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A Golden Opportunity

At the end of each year, I like to step back from my daily activities, and reflect on all the things that NEMPAC has done during the past 12 months.

Jonathan Hess joins NEMPAC

NEMPAC is proud to welcome our newest percussion teacher.

Rebecca Rapoport-Cole, Piano & Voice

Areas of Teaching include: beginner and intermediate piano, classical voice, musical theater voice, pop, jazz, and vocal audition preparation- including high school and university vocal exams.

Private Music Instruction (PMI)

Welcome to the North End Music & Performing Arts Center Private Instruction Program! Lessons are available to children and adults of all levels. Need-based 50% scholarships are available. Call 617-227-2270 for rate information, to arrange a trial lesson or to request a scholarship application.

Alexandra Dietrich

Alexandra Dietrich, originally from Freeport, Maine, is a mezzo-soprano who is being praised for singing with “passion and understanding”. She is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine with a Bachelor’s in Music Performance, and attended the Longy School of Music for her Graduate Performance degree in Opera. Her 2011-2012 began with performing as

Winter Concert Series opening with Italian Opera Night

North End Music & Performing Arts Center Winter Music Series presents Italian Opera Concert February 17, 2012 7:00 p.m. Old North Church 193 Salem Street Boston MA, 02113 Event is FREE and open to the public. Suggested donation is $15. Event Sponsored by Golden Goose Markets, Italia Unita Organization, Aaron Michelwitz, Susan

For the record…

Our Executive Director Becca Griffin had this idea first… though I think she suggested “Hey Ho, Let’s Go” Yeah, sure. These kids are cute, but NEMPAC kids play their own music!

A Golden Opportunity

At the end of each year, I like to step back from my daily activities, and reflect on all the things that NEMPAC has done during the past 12 months.

December Opera Outreach @ the Eliot School

On Friday, December 16th the 4th and 5th graders at the Eliot School were in for a special treat. Opera Singers from the Longy School of Music were featured through NEMPAC’s Music Outreach Program. The opera singers opened the workshop with a performance of the Three Ladies from Mozart’s “Die Zauberfluate” (The Magic Flute). They then led the

Children’s Holiday Recital!

Saturday, December 3rd at the Boston Harbor Community Church (9 Salutation Street, Boston MA 02113) 2pm recital: Students of Sarah Glenn, Rachel Carpentier, & The NEMPAC Music Theater Troupe! 4pm recital: Students of Ben Xia, Xiaolan Ruan, Jeremy Sarzana, Sherri Snow, & Kristian Baverstam This event is FREE and open to the public. Receptions to

Becca Griffin wins NEAD Unsung Hero Award

NEMPAC is proud to recognize our own Executive Director Becca Griffin as this year's recipient of the John Dexter Unsung Hero Award

An Old Man’s Thoughts Of School

Some people ask why I am involved with NEMPAC and where my passions stem from. Let me give you a story.

The Sixes: Stories You Haven’t Heard

You have a story to tell and we're going to let you tell it.

Famous Opera Scores Donated to NEMPAC

One of our private instruction parents, Anne Occhipinti, recently donated Opera scores used by Famous Spanish Opera Singer, Lucrezia Bori. After Bori’s death in 1960, her secretary Grazzini passed the scores to Occhipiati’s grandmother, Ann Gerisch. Gerisch worked for a foundation called the Bagby Foundation which organized benefit concerts to help support retired musicians in their later years. Bori sang

Children & Teens Voice Classes

Voice Classes @ NEMPAC! When: Saturdays 10:30- 11:15am (ages 10-13) / Tuesdays 4:00 – 4:45pm ( ages 7-9)/ Tuesdays 5:00- 5:45pm ( ages 14-16) Beginning in January Who: Children ages 7-9, 10-13, 14-16 What: Children learn the basic techniques of choral and solo singing, introduction to breath exercises, training on how to read sheet music, ear-training, pitch matching, and exploration

A New Feature

We’re introducing a new feature on the site, “The Earworm”, a place where our staff can show off media that relates to the NEMPAC mission and maybe inspires us to grow, to make our talents greater and to participate in a world where there’s a lot of great stuff to be found in music, the

Experimental Music Education

NEMPAC faculty members and professional performing artists visit public and private schools, bringing free interactive music workshops to children of all ages. An interactive performance is an event where performers help audience members (regardless of age or experience), perform, create, and reflect in ways that heighten their musical perceptions.

NEMPAC Morning Program

The NEMPAC Morning Program is an arts education drop-in class offering a space to practice dance, painting, fashion design, music performance theater and many other types of artistic expression for K-8 children attending the Eliot School. As budgets for Music and the Arts have been cut, NEMPAC now offers the only program of its kind