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Academic Advising

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Academic advisors within the Office of Academic Affairs collaborate with members of the faculty, studio instructors, department chairs, and other administrators and staff members to provide opportunities for advising across departments and throughout the academic year.

Current and incoming students have access to the Student Resources website — a regularly updated “one-stop-shop” repository of answers, guides, and reminders for all things pertaining to life at NEC.

Academic advisor meeting with a student sitting at a desk.

Academic Advising

Find Your Advisor

Current students may contact the advisor for their major by email or stop by the advising office at 224 St. Botolph. The office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours may differ during the summer.

Prospective students are encouraged to direct their questions about the academic program to New England Conservatory’s Office of Admissions, where admissions counselors are available to provide answers and assistance.

Advisor Information

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for Advising

sara.stancliffe@necmusic.edu
Office: SB2443

Advises students in the following majors: 

  • Conducting
  • Contemporary Musical Arts
  • Harvard-NEC Dual-Degree
  • Jazz Studies

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for International Student Support

jason.yang@necmusic.edu
Office: SB244F

Advises students in the following majors: 

  • Brass
  • Chamber Music
  • Musicology
  • Music Theory
  • Woodwinds

Academic & International Student Advisor

aidan.gorrell@necmusic.edu
Office: SB244B

Fulbright Program Adviser and Scholar Liaison

Advises students in the following majors: 

  • Collaborative Piano
  • Composition
  • Piano
  • Voice