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Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Telemann’s Don Quichotte
Jordan Hall
BEMF Chamber Opera Series presents Telemann’s Don Quichotte Join the singers, dancers, instrumentalists, and directors of the GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series for a special presentation of two masterworks by Telemann. Enjoy a rare staged performance of Telemann’s lovely serenata, Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho, which sees Don Quixote and his squire Sancho …
Boston Early Music Festival Presents: Telemann’s Don Quichotte
Jordan Hall
BEMF Chamber Opera Series presents Telemann’s Don Quichotte Join the singers, dancers, instrumentalists, and directors of the GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series for a special presentation of two masterworks by Telemann. Enjoy a rare staged performance of Telemann’s lovely serenata, Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho, which sees Don Quixote and his squire Sancho …
Music for Food: Birthing, Beginnings & Farewells
Brown Hall
The second Boston concert of Music for Food’s 15th season —Birthing: Beginnings & Farewells—will feature Thomas Adès' evocative The Four Quarters performed by the renowned Parker Quartet, a world premiere for viola and piano by Aria Shi, and Mendelssohn’s exuberant String Quintet No. 2. An exceptional lineup of artists, including Ayano Ninomiya, Hy…
First Monday at Jordan Hall: December
Jordan Hall
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full …
Recital: Cynthia Chih-Yu Tseng '25 DMA, Collaborative Piano
Brown Hall
In the course of completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at New England Conservatory, performance majors present not just one, but three full-length recitals, for which they also write program notes. It's an opportunity to observe multiple facets of an emerging artist. Cynthia Chih-Yu Tseng ‘25 DMA studies Collaborative Piano with
Chamber Music Showcase: One
Brown Hall
A flight of performances. A richness of artists. In December, April, and May, New England Conservatory fills the air with the sounds of piano trios, string quartets, and more, both day and night. Performers include NEC's faculty of chamber music superstars, and the students coached by these great artists. In tonight's concert, student ensembles demonstrate the works they h…
NEC Percussion Group
Jordan Hall
The NEC Percussion Group, directed by Will Hudgins, performs music that is largely centered around the unique and never-ending possibilities within the percussion world, as well as being augmented by extra-percussion musical offerings and instruments. This year's …
Opera Scenes: An Evening of Handel and Shakespeare
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Join first year graduate students as they present two evenings of Handel arias and Shakespeare monologues. 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 Stream̶…
Tuesday Night New Music 4
Williams Hall
The newest works from the next generation of composers. Tuesday Night New Music, a student-run, faculty-supervised concert series, was founded in the early 90s by Lee Hyla. It offers audiences the opportunity to hear the music of current New England Conservatory composition students, performed by their peers. This year the series …
Chamber Music Showcase: Two
Brown Hall
A flight of performances. A richness of artists. In December, April, and May, New England Conservatory fills the air with the sounds of piano trios, string quartets, and more, both day and night. Performers include NEC's faculty of chamber music superstars, and the students coached by these great artists. In tonight's concert, student ensembles demonstrate the works they h…