New England Conservatory of Music - Neume Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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STAFF Music can never be considered as static; there is always a dependence on past experiences to form a new style or interpretation. The advances in tech- nique, in instruments, and in the musi- cal expression itself all have their roots in those traditions that have preceded them . The Conservatory, also, is not inde- pendent of its past. The sweeping changes in curricula and educational objectives that N.E.C. has undergone are directly evolved from past experi- ence. Like music, the Conservatory must always seek to better both itself and the students in it; it does this by drawing on the experiences of the past, to mold them into some future greatnes s . Throughout the 1964 NEUME there are pictures of musicians through the ages. This serves to relate the experi- ence of the Conservatory to the great traditions that have preceded it . By look- ing at these musicians, and then looking into the faces of the students pictured within, we hope that you can find evi- dence of the great traditions that have molded N.E.C. into what we have today . 5