THE PENGUINN E C ’ S S T U D E N T - R U N N E W S P A P E R

ISSUE 58B APRIL 1, 2014

Dear NEC community,

Those of you who have spent any time in the Keller Room lately will probably have noticed the warpage of the floor boards. Building Operations has determined that this is being caused by steam escaping from the bubbling cauldron of an ogre who has dwelled beneath the foundation of 290 Huntington for hundreds of years. Because the situation does not constitute a serious hazard and because repair work will be time consuming and inconvenient (it will require shutting down the heating system, ripping out affected floor boards, hiring a wizard to drive out the subterranean creature, and replacing said floorboards), Building Ops has decided to take a watchful waiting position until the heating season is over before dealing with the problem. In addition, we would like to notify you of a possible disruption to the water and sewer service to all NEC buildings on Tuesday, April 1st,, 2014. Any disruption in service may be expected to take place between 2:00am and 10:00am, due to

potential construction work that could be taking place on nearby streets. Please contact Building Operations with any concerns regarding this issue. Thank you. Also on Tuesday, April 1st, the Building Operations Department will be performing repairs throughout the Residence Hall. Please be aware that the hours of work will be 12:01am to 11:59pm, and that most of the work requires the use of jack-hammers and wrecking balls. Loaner hardhats may be signed out from the Building Operations Office between the hours of 8:00 and 8:07am. Please remember to bring your student ID.Thank you for your ongoing patience as we strive to make NEC a better place.

Sincerely,

Building Operations DepartmentNEC PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

BRASS BRASH

NEC PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

BRASS BRASH!

2 APRIL 1, 2014

penguin CULTURE

Following the recent success of the marketing department’s change of Not England Conserva-tory’s annual Brass Bash to the new, exciting, and wholly original Brash Bash (which included a world pre-miere of works by the composer Richard Stauss), we’ve come up with a few more new ways to rebrand our school. Be sure to catch one of our next Music: Truth No Power concerts on April 17th in Jaw Dinhall. This concert will feature the NEC Jizz Orchestra led by Ken Slapherst, playing music of the wonderful com-poser Sun Re. Sun Re turned 100 this year, and I’m told he’ll make a special appearance if enough people turn up to the concert!

Also in our close future, on April 23rd mastercard Hugh Wolves will lead the NEC Fullharmonic in an updated version of Shostakov-

ich’s 11th Symphony, now subtitled “The Year 2005”. The revolution will end as you also listen to Beerthoven’s Eggmont Overture. This will be a special concert for all our students, as it will be in the Bostn Sym-phony’s Sinphony Hall. Not many people get the chance to play there, un-less of course they pay enough money to do so!What you saw above was just a small sam-pling of the exciting changes you’ll see your tuition money go toward in the next year. Look-ing forward to another exciting ear of muzak at

NEC led by our venerable Tony Woodcook!

Rebranding New England Conservatory by ANDREW NISSON First-year GD Trombone

PS: Happy April Fools' Day from The Penguin!