Performances + Events
Performances + Events
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Performances + Events
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Events calendar
Walnut Hill School for the Arts Presents: Gloria Chien and the Parker Quartet ft. Student and Alumni Musicians
Jordan Hall
Join us for the kick-off event of our "Walnut Hill in Boston" series this season—a celebration of the music department of Walnut Hill School for the Arts, featuring student and alumni musicians. Internationally renowned pianist Gloria Chien (Class of '95) and the GRAMMY Award-winning Parker Quartet take the stage with current students and recent graduates.
Piano Seminar: Phillip Golub
Keller Room
Composer, pianist, Harvard/NEC alum Phillip Golub plays and discusses his music and collaborations.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Presents: Bang the Drum
Jordan Hall
Join BMOP for a powerful evening of rhythm, resonance, and innovation in “Bang the Drum,” an orchestral celebration of percussion’s boundless energy and expressive range. The program features the Boston premiere of Celestial Circus (2014) by Richard Danielpour, a showcase for three percussionists that blurs the lines between earthbound ritual and cosmic spectacle.
Recital: Shanshan Xie '25, Mezzo-soprano
Brown Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Shanshan Xie '25 studies Voice with
Boston Symphony Chamber Players Presents: Mozart
Jordan Hall
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players leans into the intimacy, lightness, and intricacy of Mozart’s chamber music. The cheery tunefulness of the Divertimento for string trio, K.563, Mozart's only completed string trio, blends sonata and serenade forms, illustrating Mozart's mastery of counterpoint and variation, with each instrument given an equal voice. The Quintet for Piano and …
Recital: Yoshino Toi '27 DMA, Collaborative Piano
Williams 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. Yoshino Toi ‘27 DMA studies Collaborative Piano with
Nicholas Brownlee Voice Master Class
Williams Hall
Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee is the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Richard Tucker Award, First Prize winner of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, winner of the Zarzuela Prize at Operalia, and Grand Prize Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. In the 25/26 season, Brownlee makes debuts at Lyric Opera of Chicago in Salome (Joch…
Alban Gerhardt Cello Master Class
Pierce Hall
Alban Gerhardt has gained recognition as one of the world’s most versatile cellists, highly regarded for his technical mastery, profound musicality, and insatiable artistic curiosity. Notable orchestral collaborators include Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, all the British and German radio orchestras, Berliner Philharmoniker, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestre National de France, Orq…
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Haydn, Schuller, Britten, and Brahms
Jordan Hall
Join us as we continue the 41st season of First Mondays. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the world's finest chamber musicians, free and open to all. November's First Monday concert makes a nod to Gunther Schuller’s legacy with a performance of his Meditation for voice and piano. NEC faculty and alumni also perform tog…
NEC Trombone Choir + Ronald Barron
Burnes Hall
NEC's Trombone Choir performs works from the 17th century to the present day with conductors Stephen Lange, James Markey, and guest artist
