Performances + Events
Events calendar
Accessible Music Education: Reaching and Teaching Every Student
Prevost Room or Virtual
As our students’ learning schemes become more diverse, including all learners becomes increasingly challenging. Accessible Music Education provides strategies that combine evidence-based practices from music education, special education, and general education to help music educators reach and teach every student, including students who identify as neurodivergent and students with disabili...
Vivo Performing Arts Presents: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello & Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Jordan Hall
Celebrity Series of Boston is now Vivo Performing Arts. The Kanneh-Masons' artistic evolution has been nothing short of exhilarating. Cellist Sheku has become one of the most in-demand orchestral soloists of our time, bringing depth and brilliance to a repertoire that spans centuries. Isata, a pianist of remarkable insight and artistry, captivates in any setting as a...
Piano Seminar: Anne Shreffler
Keller Room
Join us for a special seminar featuring musicologist Anne Shreffler, hosted by the NEC Piano Department.
Tuesday Night New Music 9
Brown Hall
The newest works from the next generation of composers. Tuesday Night New Music, a student-run, faculty-supervised concert series, was founded in the early 90s by Lee Hyla. It offers audiences the opportunity to hear the music of current New England Conservatory composition students, performed by their peers. This year the series is directed ...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 26 | 8 p.m.
Burnes Hall
A flight of performances. A richness of artists. In December, April, and May, New England Conservatory fills the air with the sounds of piano trios, string quartets, and more, both day and night. Performers include NEC's faculty of chamber music superstars, and the students coached by these great artists. In tonight's concert, student ensembles demonstrate the works they h...
NEC Honors Ensemble: Nakta Quartet
Jordan Hall
In tonight's concert, the Nakta Quartet, coached by Kim Kashkashian, performs a selection of works, including a student composition. Each year, an audition committee of professional musicians and faculty selects a few exceptional student ensembles to represent the NEC Hono...
NEC Prep Family Concert: SUPERKIDS
Jordan Hall
SUPERKIDS is a family concert that celebrates the extraordinary “superpowers” every child carries within. When these gifts are nurtured with care and encouragement, they shine in ways that inspire us all. This event invites our youngest audience members to dream boldly, reach higher, and believe in their limitless potential. At the same time, it gently remind...
NEC Prep: Friday Baroque Ensemble, Preparatory Baroque Ensemble, Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Burnes Hall
Join us for the Friday Baroque Ensemble, Preparatory Baroque Ensemble, and Baroque Chamber Orchestra Concert!
NEC Composers' Series: ECCE
Jordan Hall
ECCE, a contemporary new music and performance art ensemble many of whose members are NEC alumni, perform a program of works by NEC faculty members. The live stream of this event 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 on the...
NEC Piano Department Concert No. 4: Scarlatti Sonatas
Jordan Hall
Each year, NEC's Piano Department marks an anniversary or celebrates a composer known for piano works. Students from the College and Preparatory School are then chosen to perform. This year, there will be six concerts centering on Domenico Scarlatti's Piano Sonatas. Tonight is the fourth of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatt...
