NEC: Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre

The NEC Opera Department presents a night of songs from Broadway musicals across the years.

Join first year graduate students as they present an evening of Handel arias and Shakespeare monologues.

NEC's Undergraduate Opera Studio (UGOS), Michael Meraw artistic director, offers an introduction to performance skills in opera and lyric theatre and the discipline of being a professional singer to undergraduate voice majors.

The women composers featured this evening include Clara Schumann, Allison Loggins-Hull, Margaret Bonds, Rebecca Clarke, Elisabeth Lutyens, and Grażyna Bacewicz.

Come learn about the life experiences of female-identifying professionals active in the music world. This Q&A and Panel Discussion will feature the perspectives and lived experiences of President...

Select NEC students will participate in an open master class with Grow Your Art Artist, Cécile McLorin Salvant.

Ana Sokolović's Svadba is a tour de force a cappella opera showcasing six female voices. The opera takes place the night before a wedding, as girlfriends prepare the bride-to-be for her impending marriage. The text, based on Serbian poetry, and music, derived from traditional folklore, combine to create a world of beautiful and seductive sensations.

Renowned vocal coach Joan Dornemann will join NEC for a week-long collaborative residency with students from our Voice and Opera departments.

NEC launches Connections, a new chamber music series bringing together on stage faculty and students from both the College and the Preparatory School. Each program also focuses on a theme, with the aim of illuminating the connections between different works of music.

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.