Field Experience

Field Experience: Internships & Opportunities

We have a range of options, from formal internships to shadowing to project-based assignments, that will help you build experience in performance, teaching, arts management and marketing - not to mention continuing to grow the professional network that will be central to your musical career!

Individualized is our motto. We help you indentify host organizations and specific projects that reflect your unique interests and goals. 

Looking for credit? We can work to place you in a semester-long internship earning 1 credit for 6-8 hours per week through the ENTP 440 Entrepreneurial Musicianship Internship course. You can also elect to register for zero credit!

Interested in helping on a specific short-term project?  You don’t need to commit to a semester-long internship in order to gain field experience through the EM Department.  We have relationships with an array of top area arts organizations that can give you the chance to hone your skills, gain experience, and make valuable connections.

Here are a few examples of some recent field experience by NEC students:

Boston Ballet - Helping administrate the BB School and building experience as a ballet accompanist

dSonic - Building new skills in video game sound design and adaptive music technology

MetroWest Opera - Helping with marketing and operations at a growing opera company

Scullers - Assisting in operating a thriving jazz venue, building to a date at the club for their own ensemble

We’re constantly in contact with area arts organizations, building opportunities for NEC students with ensembles and institutions including A Far Cry, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, the Boston Early Music Festival,  the BSO and the Boson Pops and the Boston Philharmonic .  These are just a few of a broad range of past and current hosts and partners - we’re more than happy to talk with these organizations on your behalf,  or suggest an organization of interest and we’ll build new partnerships with you in mind!

The first step is to reach out.  Drop by the EM Office at SB226 or email Rachel Roberts, Director of Entrepreneurial Musicianship.

Featured Opportunity!

A Far Cry String Fellowship

Open exclusively to NEC string students, this fellowship offers the opportunity to gain a 360˚ understanding of how this groundbreaking chamber orchestra operates, including all aspects of administration, rehearsal and performance.  Fellows will have the opportunity to perform with the ensemble at both St. John's Church in Jamaica Plain, as well as a chance to perform in the beautiful newly opened Calderwood Hall at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

For more information, visit the EM Office at SB226 or email Rachel Roberts, Director of Entrepreneurial Musicianship.