Performances + Events
Prescreening Videos + Live Auditions
Prescreening Videos
All programs require a prescreening video recording or portfolio, which is due with the online application. Applicants who advance through the prescreening round will be invited to audition live at NEC or, in select situations, submit a final audition recording. Video-recorded auditions are only allowed for applicants to certain programs who live outside a 500-mile radius of NEC.
Audition Dates by Instrument (Fall 2025)
AD Instrumental
Friday, February 21
AD Jazz/CMA
Saturday, February 1
AD Opera
Saturday, February 1
Bassoon
Sunday, February 2
Cello
Sunday, February 9
Saturday, February 15
Monday, February 17
Sunday, February 23
Chamber Music for Pianists
An audition date will be arranged with qualifying applicants after prescreening.
Choral Conducting
Thursday, February 20
Clarinet
Sunday, February 16
Monday, February 17
Collaborative Piano
Monday, February 17
Wednesday, February 19
Composition (for Harvard+NEC and DMA only)
Monday, February 17
Contemporary Musical Arts
Sunday, February 9
Monday, February 10
Monday, February 17
Double Bass
Sunday, February 16
Tuesday, February 18
Flute
Sunday, February 16
Monday, February 17
French Horn
Sunday, February 23
Guitar
Sunday, February 16
Harp
Sunday, February 9
Jazz Bass and Guitar
Sunday, February 2
Jazz Brass
Monday, February 17
Jazz Composition
Sunday, February 9
Jazz Drums and Percussion
Sunday, February 16
Jazz Piano
Sunday, February 9
Jazz Saxophone
Saturday, February 15
Jazz Violin
Monday, February 17
Jazz Voice
Tuesday, February 18
Music Theory
An interview date will be arranged with qualifying applicants after prescreening.
Musicology
An interview date will be arranged with qualifying applicants after prescreening.
Oboe
Sunday, February 23
Orchestral Conducting
Friday, February 21
Percussion
Sunday, February 2
Friday, February 7
Piano
Saturday, February 15
Sunday, February 16
Tuesday, February 18
Wednesday, February 19
Sunday, February 23
Professional String Quartet
Monday, February 24
Saxophone
Sunday, February 2
Trombone
Sunday, February 2
Sunday, February 9
Trumpet
Sunday, February 2
Euphonium
Sunday, February 9
Tuba
Sunday, February 23
Viola
Monday, February 17
Tuesday, February 18
Wednesday, February 19
Violin
Sunday, February 2
Sunday, February 9
Saturday, February 15
Monday, February 17
Wednesday, February 19
Sunday, February 23
Monday, February 24
Vocal Performance
Sunday, February 2
Sunday, February 9
Saturday, February 15
Sunday, February 16
Monday, February 17
Sunday, February 23
