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New England Conservatory Announces Fall Season Featuring Campus-Wide Festival Celebrating American Modernism with Traditional Barn Dance, the Music of Charles Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and John Musto and Mark Campbell’s Opera “Later the Same Evening”
BOSTON—New England Conservatory (NEC) announces its Fall 2024 performance season, with the highly anticipated return of the NEC Festival, from November 10–17. This year’s edition celebrates American musical innovation with a week of free and accessible programming in Jordan Hall and other campus venues. The festival commemorates two American originals: Charles Ives on the 150th … Read more
NEC Festival Presents Edward Hopper-Inspired Chamber Opera
Among the takeaways from John Musto’s Later the Same Evening that NEC Opera Studies Chair Joshua Major appreciates is “the idea that we all connect when we’re in a room together experiencing something.” In Musto’s chamber opera, the libretto for which was written by Mark Campbell, figures from paintings by Edward Hopper are embodied in … Read more
The NEC Festival: Charles Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger and American Musical Innovation, November 10–17, 2024
Honoring the legacy of John Heiss, this weeklong festival features residencies with guest artists Raven Chacon and John Musto, a barn dance with Alex Cummings and Adah Hetko, a four-night run of John Musto and Mark Campbell’s opera, Later the Same Evening and more. 2024 marks the return of the NEC Festival, a week-long event honoring … Read more
NEC Festival 2024
NEC Festival 2024 Thank you to the artists, presenters, and attendees who made the 2024 NEC Festival possible! See you next year. 2024 marked the return of the NEC Festival, honoring the legacy of John Heiss with a weeklong series of performances, discussions, and more From November 10–17, the festival celebrated visionary American composers Charles … Read more
NEC Concert Programs
NEC Concert Programs Digital programs for all concerts at NEC are listed below. If you have any questions about concert programs, please contact the Box Office. Upcoming Concert Programs Recital: Phoebe Kuan ’25 MM, Clarinet Sunday, November 24, 2024 | 4:00 p.m.Burnes Hall PROGRAM Recital: Blake Hartley Hetherington ’24 BM, Soprano Sunday, November 24, 2024 … Read more
NEC Opera
NEC Opera These records document opera performances put on by NEC from 1926-2018, most being from 1942-2005. NEC Opera Archives This collection consists of four manuscript boxes containing photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, a little correspondence, and a few CDs (containing photographs) from productions given by the NEC Opera department from the 1920s-2018, the … Read more
Robert Tweten
Maestro Tweten has enjoyed a long relationship with Utah Opera/Symphony where he has conducted eighteen productions. Other top American collaborations include the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where he served for many seasons as an Assistant Conductor and recently conducted Turandot, Florentine Opera, Opera San Antonio, Kentucky Opera, Dayton Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera Birmingham, … Read more
Renowned Composer-Librettist Mark Adamo Spends Week with NEC Opera Students Workshopping New Opera “Sarah in the Theatre”
New England Conservatory’s opera studies department welcomed renowned composer and librettist Mark Adamo to campus for a residency last week. Collaborating with NEC students, Adamo workshopped his new opera, Sarah in the Theatre, a commission for Odyssey Opera about Boston operatic legend Sarah Caldwell.
From “La bohème” to Bowie, New England Conservatory’s Winter/Spring Season Promises a Dynamic Blend of Classics and Contemporary Selections
New England Conservatory’s Winter/Spring 2024 performance season will take audiences on a musical odyssey across genres and time, ensuring a captivating fusion of classics and contemporary selections. The lineup promises an enriching and diverse experience while showcasing the range and innovation of the conservatory’s students and faculty.
