The Boston Advantage

Boston’s Musical Community

Boston is a destination for musicians: The BSO. Handel & Haydn Society. Passim. Regattabar. Boston Lyric Opera. Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Celebrity Series. House of Blues. Nearly ad infinitum.

NEC students have a special connection to many of the city’s most esteemed and adventurous music makers—current and former NEC musicians appear all over town, and many beloved Boston musical organizations were born right here at NEC.

NEC & the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Modern Orchestra Project in rehearsal

NEC & Boston Modern Orchestra Project

NEC & Boston Lyric Opera

Boston as your campus

One block from Symphony Hall.

Ten minutes’ walk to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Emerald Necklace greenway, and the Newbury Street shopping district.

Fifteen minutes by T takes you to the Charles River, Fenway Park, and the Boston Common.

They call Boston “America’s Walking City,” and NEC is in the heart of it all. There’s no better place to be a student.

It's a ridiculously beautiful city. There’s this really great blend of the old and the new.

Moira Loh

I love this city!

Ethan LobensteinVoice

Discover NEC's contribution to the Boston arts landscape: our new Student Life and Performance Center.

I went to the BSO every week

Abigail Hong

Boston seems like a small town, but we have so much packed into one place.

Taylor BlantonTrombone

Boston is a hub for the arts and I wanted access to different sources of inspiration. It’s really eclectic.

Chelsea Fingal'18 BM Voice