Performances + Events
Performances + Events
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Performances + Events
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Events calendar
NEC Prep Family Concert: SUPERKIDS
Jordan Hall
SUPERKIDS is a family concert that celebrates the extraordinary “superpowers” every child carries within. When these gifts are nurtured with care and encouragement, they shine in ways that inspire us all. This event invites our youngest audience members to dream boldly, reach higher, and believe in their limitless potential. At the same time, it gently remind…
NEC Composers' Series: DMA Showcase | Poetic Traces
Jordan Hall
Join us for a showcase concert of music by composers in our Doctor of Musical Arts program. Tonight’s concert features a wide variety of chamber music ranging from solo piano to string quartet, and beyond. Featured composers include Devin Cholodenko, Ying Gao, Mathew Lanning, Yunqi Li, Lingbo Ma, Alexander Matheson, Tianyi Wang, and Yangfan Xu. The live stream of…
Recital: Tianyi Hu '26 BM, Jazz Voice
Pierce Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Tianyi Hu '26 BM studies Jazz Voice with Dominique Eade. …
Recital: Yuki Yoshimi '26 MM, Piano
Williams Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Yuki Yoshimi '26 MM studies Piano with Dang Thai Son. T…
Stefan Dohr French Horn Master Class
Brown Hall
Stefan Dohr presents a master class featuring students from the NEC French horn studios. Stefan Dohr has been acclaimed for both his “thundering tone that resounds valley-wide” (Berliner Zeitung) and his “breathtakingly delicate piano that sounds as if from afar” (Badische Zeitung). As an acclaimed soloist, chamber musician and principal horn of the Berliner Philh…
CANCELLED: NEC Symphonic Winds
Jordan Hall
The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
Faculty Recital: Rachel Childers, French Horn, Christopher Elchico, Clarinet, and Jiayan Sun, Piano
Jordan Hall
NEC faculty colleagues Christopher Elchico and Rachel Childers share Jordan Hall stage with pianist Jiayan Sun for a program of works by Jane Vignery, Brahms, and Carl Reinecke….
Master Class: Anthony Braxton
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Join us for a special master class featuring composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton. All are also welcome to a concert on the evening of February 12 at 7:30 p.m. celebrating the music of Anthony Braxton featuring NEC's Jazz Com…
Liederabend LXXIX: Czech Songs
Williams Hall
The Liederabend — literally, "evening of song" — dates back to the 1800s, when musicians and lovers of music would gather at someone's home, and one or more singers and a pianist would perform the songs of composers of the day. In the field of classical music, these songs are referred to as "art songs," and the German art songs are called "Lieder.&q…
NEC Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Vanhal, Fairman + Haydn
Jordan Hall
The NEC Chamber Orchestra was created to provide the students with an opportunity to apply the principals of chamber music in a small orchestral setting. The participants are chosen by audition at the beginning of the academic year and remain together throughout. As the ensemble rehearses and performs without a conductor, leadership responsibilities are rotated for every w…
