Music festival program from "Music From the Source: New England Conservatory at 125." The opening night concert began with the NEC Wind Ensemble performing the premiere of Gunther Schuller's "Festive Music" conducted by Frank Battisti.
A photograph from New England Conservatory Notes, v. 3 no.3 (June/July 1976), p. 7. The image shows the NEC Ragtime Ensemble, under the direction of Gunther Schuller performing in Anchorage, Alaska on June 20, 1976.
Photograph of Gunther Schuller conducting the NEC Ragtime Ensemble in a recording session in Jordan Hall for the "Red Back Book" album. This album earned the ensemble a Grammy Award in 1973.
In the Fall of 1974, Gunther Schuller led the NEC Orchestra, Chorus and Ragtime Ensemble on a widely acclaimed European tour which included performances at festivals in Switzerland and France, as well as appearances by the Ragtime Ensemble in theā¦