In addition to the five concert halls described here, the NEC campus contains a number of other spaces that are repurposed as performance spaces to meet demand.
Jordan Hall
NEC’s premier performance venue, historic Jordan Hall is one of the world's most admired concert halls. Situated at the heart of NEC's main building, the hall provides an intimate and versatile setting for a wide variety of orchestral, chamber music, solo recital, and jazz ensemble performances and recording sessions featuring NEC students and faculty. On weekends, the hall is used by Boston's top professional music organizations, including Boston Baroque, Boston Early Music Festival, Celebrity Series, and Handel and Haydn Society. The hall's floor and balcony seat 1,033 and the hall is fully equipped with music stands, musician’s chairs, two Steinway Model D pianos, and a full complement of percussion instruments. More about NEC's 2009 Steinway purchase for Jordan Hall.
Brown Hall
Brown Hall is a true multi-purpose space, used for large ensemble rehearsals, student and faculty recitals of all kinds, opera scenes, meetings, dinners, receptions, and other events. Performances can take place on the stage at one end of the room or on the floor, with great flexibility of instrument placement and seating configurations. At its maximum capacity, including floor and a small balcony, Brown Hall seats 500.
Williams Hall
Williams Hall is NEC’s main solo recital hall, as well as the venue for masterclasses and studio classes. The seating capacity of the hall's floor and balcony is 220, but its lack of fixed floor seating also allows it to be used for large ensemble rehearsals, meetings, and other functions.
Keller Room
The Keller Room is used primarily for student recitals, masterclasses, and sectional rehearsals. The room has no stage, so performers share the floor with up to 100 seats, creating an intimate and informal feel.
Pierce Hall
Donor generosity has allowed NEC is transform a neglected recital hall in NEC's St. Botolph building into Harold Whitworth Pierce Hall: a new, state-of-the-art performance space with superb acoustics, flexible layout and lighting, and multimedia presentation capabilities. An adjoining recording studio currently being completed will enable students to make commercial-quality recordings of ensembles in the studio and in the hall itself.
2010-04-30
WANDA LANDOWSKA