Chamber Music

violin player
Event
Chamber Music Showcase (One)
NEC: Williams Hall

A flight of performances. A richness of artists.

From April 24th through May 8th, 2023, New England Conservatory will fill the air with the sounds of piano trios, string quartets, brass quintets, and...

Delfina Cheb holds a microphone and smiles from the outdoor stage during the Panama Jazz Festival.
News
From Boston to Panama: NEC Students and Faculty Teach and Perform at the 2023 Panama Jazz Festival
Eight NEC students, spanning jazz, Contemporary Musical Arts, and chamber music, spent the Panama Jazz Festival teaching hundreds of students, visiting the U.S. Embassy, and performing for a crowd of 30,000 spectators.
CelloBello Zoom participants
News
Shedding Light on the Lives of Classical Musicians in Ukraine
Through CelloBello, NEC cello faculty Paul Katz spoke with Ukrainian musicians about resilience, while CMA faculty Mike Block wrote an arrangement of a Ukrainian folk song with the Ukrainian national anthem to create a collaboration of musical solidarity across borders.
Detail of an experimental keyboard from the 19th Century
Event
Pratt Early Music Residency Concert
NEC: Brown Hall

The Pratt Early Music Residency and Performance Series for Early Music, established by Harold I. and Frances G. Pratt at NEC in 2019, seeks to invite and engage the NEC community with performers and...

Mozart statue
Event
Mozart Violin Sonatas | Miriam Fried Class Project (part two)
NEC: Keller Room
young Mozart
Event
Mozart Violin Sonatas | Miriam Fried Class Project (part one)
NEC: Pierce Hall
Photo of Trio Gaia
Event
NEC on Norway Pond: Trio Gaia
Hancock Congregational Church

Trio Gaia performs on the Music on Norway Pond series. 

Music on Norway Pond founder and artistic director Jody Hill Simpson (an NEC grad and former trustee and faculty member) collaborates with NEC...

Balourdet Quartet
Event
Recital: Balourdet Quartet
NEC: Jordan Hall

The Balourdet Quartet, NEC's current quartet in residence in the Professional String Quartet Program, presents a live performance at Jordan Hall.

The quartet members study with Nicholas Kitchen, Donald...

Seth Knopp
Event
Seth Knopp Chamber Music Master Class
NEC: Brown Hall

Seth Knopp presents a master class featuring ensembles from the NEC Chamber Music program.

Seth Knopp, piano (Putney, VT), was a founding member of the award-winning Peabody Trio, winner of the 1989...

A closeup of a pianist's hands playing, with a close view of the piano keys.
Event
Sonata Night 46: Music for Piano Four Hands by Franz Schubert
NEC: Brown Hall

Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Pei-Shan Lee, Sonata Night is an evening of piano-instrumental masterworks featuring collaborative pianists in partnership with their instrumental...