Performances + Events
BSO Prelude: "What I Hear" featuring Carlos Simon
Brown Hall
Free
In-Person Event
Open to the Public
A collaboration between the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New England Conservatory, "What I Hear" is a series of free hour-long events at NEC meant to introduce audiences to composers being featured in a BSO concert taking place later in the same evening.
These composer-curated chamber music programs feature performances by Conservatory students and include conversations between the composers and BSO Artistic Administrator Eric Valliere. NEC student ensembles are coached by NEC faculty member Stephen Drury.
Featured Composers:
November 13, 2025 - Tania León
January 29, 2026 - Carlos Simon
April 16, 2026 - Andrew Norman
These composer-curated chamber music programs feature performances by Conservatory students and include conversations between the composers and BSO Artistic Administrator Eric Valliere. NEC student ensembles are coached by NEC faculty member Stephen Drury.
Featured Composers:
November 13, 2025 - Tania León
January 29, 2026 - Carlos Simon
April 16, 2026 - Andrew Norman
Artist(s)
Yuki Yoshimi '26 MM, piano
Wednesday Hsu '26 MM, viola
Noga Barlev '28, violin
Yeon Soo Park '28, cello
Chaewon Park '28, piano
August Baik '27, piano
Eric Schindler '27, cello
Zhixuan Zhang '29, piano
Max Cannon '27 MM, saxophone
Woody Pierre '26, trumpet
Kazuki Tsubashida '26, piano
Noah Williams '27 MM, bass
Sean Perlmutter '27 MM, drums
Simon: Sleep Well (2018)
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1 for solo viola (2021)
Simon: be still and know (2015)
Simon: Lickety Split (2015)
George Walker: Mvt. 1 from Piano Sonata No. 1 (1953)
Simon: White Only, Colored Only (2017)
