Contemporary Musical Arts

The year 1923 was pivotal in music history. In a concert titled simply 1923, NEC’s Contemporary Musical Arts Department looks at how, one hundred years ago, music engaged with world events...

NEC kicks off the year with a live concert featuring faculty of the Contemporary Musical Arts department, with music from Persian, Appalachian, Middle Eastern, African, and Jewish traditions as well...

New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts Program shines a spotlight on alumni with Live at the Burren on Saturday, June 17. The evening begins at 7 p.m. with a performance by the Lucy...

Vocalist and accordionist Matthew Shifrin ’21, ’23 MM presents his one-man show, My Grandma’s Mind is Like an Ocean, on May 14 at 7:30pm in Williams Hall. The original show features music in English...

The NEC Wind Ensembles are first in line when given a chance to celebrate music-making across disciplines. This concert, originally held on February 14, 2023, brings together musicians of the Wind...

"Cantastoria" is a street theater form championed by Bread and Puppet that involves the narration of pictures using song, movement, text and puppetry. The word "canta-storia" comes from Italian (“sung...

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...

Join the Contemporary Musical Arts Department for a Klezmer Fiddle Masterclass with Igor Polesitsky. Igor is a classical violist, klezmer violinist and conductor, who lives in Florence, Italy.