Performances + Events
Performances + Events
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Performances + Events
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Events calendar
Liederabend LXXVII: Paris Visions | Guillaume Apollinaire and Ned Rorem
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."…
NEC Symphony + David Loebel: Tower, Haydn, Franck
Jordan Hall
This event's live stream 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 in the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
Perkin Opera Scenes 1
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Enjoy an evening of scenes in the intimate setting of NEC's Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre. These concerts display the work that goes on daily in NEC's opera program, as faculty prepare student singers for performing careers. Perkin Opera Scenes at NEC appear under the generous sponsorship of longtime NEC supporter Winifred Perkin Gray and the Perkin F…
NEC Chamber Singers | Great Music for a Great Space: Beyond Borders and Boundaries
Jordan Hall
Beyond Borders and Boundaries offers an immersive exploration of critical social narratives, inviting the audience to examine and experience diverse lives and events. The repertoire has been curated to address themes of gender bias and identity, racism, prejudice, slavery, immigration, and the global refugee crisis. To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Str…
Piano Seminar: Karen Walwyn
Keller Room
Pianist and Berklee faculty member Karen Walwyn will perform and discuss her explorations of the music of composer Florence Price (NEC 1906).
Perkin Opera Scenes 1
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Enjoy an evening of scenes in the intimate setting of NEC's Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre. These concerts display the work that goes on daily in NEC's opera program, as faculty prepare student singers for performing careers. Perkin Opera Scenes at NEC appear under the generous sponsorship of longtime NEC supporter Winifred Perkin Gray and the Perkin F…
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Matthias Goerne, baritone & Daniil Trifonov, piano: Schubert’s Swan Songs
Jordan Hall
Schubert’s Swan Songs Baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Daniil Trifonov offer a deeply expressive recital featuring Schubert’s profound late masterpieces. Combining Goerne’s interpretative depth with Trifonov’s fiery pianism, they deliver an emotionally rich performance exploring themes of farewell and introspection through moving rend…
NEC Touring Children's Opera – Rusalka: The Littlest Mermaid
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Recital: Lingbo Ma '26 DMA, Composition
Burnes 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. Lingbo Ma ‘26 DMA studies Composition with
Longwood Symphony Orchestra Presents: Enigma Variations: A Concert for Friendship
Jordan Hall
Music Director Jotaro Nakano leads the orchestra of Boston’s healthcare community in a program about friendship, from the brilliance of Molly Joyce's brilliant Side by Side to the warmth of Mozart's double concerto Sinfonia Concertante, and the whimsy and grandeur of Elgar's Enigma Variations, this concert is a musical celebration of collaboration and community. The …
