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Concert

Jordan Hall

Tonight's program, conducted by Hugh Wolff, opens with Jennifer Higdon's Fanfare Ritmico (1999), a work which Higdon describes as celebrating "that rhythmic motion, of man and machine, and the energy which permeates every moment of our being in the new century." T...

Jordan Hall

NEC Philharmonia + Opera presents L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti and Felice Romani. This performance is conducted by Robert Tweten and directed by Steven Goldste...

Jordan Hall

Join us for an evening of collaboration and creativity when faculty from NEC’s Jazz and Contemporary Musical Arts departments come together on one stage. Synergy showcases the unique voices of NEC’s renowned artists celebrating connection through sound. ...

Jordan Hall

NEC Philharmonia + Opera presents L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti and Felice Romani. This performance is conducted by Robert Tweten and directed by Steven Goldste...

Jordan Hall

Join us for a showcase concert of music by composers in our Doctor of Musical Arts program. Tonight’s concert features a wide variety of chamber music ranging from solo piano to string quartet, and beyond. Featured composers include Devin Cholodenko, Ying Gao, Mathew Lanning, Yunqi Li, Lingbo Ma, Alex Matheson, Tianyi Wang, and Yangfan Xu. The live stream of this...

Jordan Hall

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 video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...

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.&q...

Jordan Hall

The NEC Chamber Orchestra was created to provide the students with an opportunity to apply the principals of chamber music in a small orchestral setting. The participants are chosen by audition at the beginning of the academic year and remain together throughout. As the ensemble rehearses and performs without a conductor, leadership responsibilities are rotated for every w...

Jordan Hall

Tonight, Anthony Braxton will present his music for a large ensemble in collaboration with the NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra, coached by Frank Carlberg. JCWO features students enrolled in the NEC Jazz Composition program, providing a chance to workshop original music, lea...

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 first of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatti...

Jordan Hall

No tickets or RSVPs are necessary. All proceeds will support Women’s Lunch Place.   ...

Jordan Hall

NEC celebrates the Lunar New Year with a festive concert honoring the vibrant Asian communities of NEC and the greater Boston area. Led by guest conductor and NEC alumnus Earl Lee ’16 GD, and featuring NEC Concert Artist

Jordan Hall

NEC faculty, students, and alumni remember long-time NEC faculty member, John McNeil, who passed away in 2024. Performers include faculty members Allan Chase

Jordan Hall

In the 1960s and ’70s Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, NEC Alum Bernie Worrell, and others challenged the parameters of pop music, writing and producing songs that changed the artistic landscape forever. CMA students will put their own creative stamps on adventurous hits and deep cuts from that golden age of American p...

Williams 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 second of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatt...

Brown Hall

Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Max Levinson, Sonata Night is an evening of piano-instrumental masterworks featuring collaborative pianists in partnership with their instrumental colleagues. Sonata, a musical term of several meanings, is used here to signify a duo form of equ...

Burnes 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 ...

Jordan Hall

The NEC Jazz Orchestra and Director Ken Schaphorst present a program of the music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston, Randy Weston’s arranger and collaborator for decades. Together they created legendary recordings such as Little Niles and Uhuru Afri...

Williams 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 third of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatti...

Williams Hall

The NEC Vocal Arts community warmly invites you to attend this showcase of our undergraduate voice students.  Each semester, first- and second-year undergraduate voice majors prepare and perform a variety of song repertoire in public showcase events. In addition to growing their skills in music and interpretive preparation, students learn to put into practice the skills of public sp...

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. 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 t...

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...

Williams Hall

The NEC Vocal Arts community warmly invites you to attend this showcase of our undergraduate voice students.  Each semester, first- and second-year undergraduate voice majors prepare and perform a variety of song repertoire in public showcase events. In addition to growing their skills in music and interpretive preparation, students learn to put into practice the skills of public sp...

Jordan Hall

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 video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...

Jordan Hall

Join these four visionary artists — Gordon Beeferman, Anthony Coleman, Eden MacAdam-Somer, and

Williams 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 fifth of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatti...

Burnes Hall

Inaugurated in the fall of 2020, the Song and Verse recital series provides a platform for undergraduate singers at NEC to experience the unique and invigorating process of song preparation and performance — creating interpretations, building performance skills, and forging intellectual and musical connections with a wide literature. Working closely with Vocal Arts...

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 final of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatti Pian...

Jordan Hall

Today’s program reveals three perspectives on the touchstones that ground and orient our lives. Through the songs of Ives, Hahn, and Bolcom, we explore the rituals of community, pleasure, and home thatmake up our days, and eventually our lives. Death is always present at the edges of these songs, bringing attention and urgency to the present moment. But the recognition that s...

Burnes 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 ...

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.&...

Jordan Hall

NEC's New Music Ensemble, led by Stefan Asbury, joins forces with the Composition Department's 2026 Malcolm Peyton Composer-in-Residence, Colin Matthews, for an exciting evening of diverse contemporary music.  Malcolm Peyton, who passed away in January 2025, was a beloved pedag...

Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre

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Jordan Hall

NEC's Chamber Singers and Baroque Orchestra join for a performance of Handel's 1707 setting of Psalm 110, Dixit Dominus, scored for five soloists (S, S, A, T, B), mixed chorus, strings and continuo. Tonight's guest conductor, James Burton, is familiar to Boston audiences the BSO's recent Director of Choral Activities and Conductor of the Tangl...

Jordan Hall

Trio Eris, New England Conservatory’s Professional Piano Trio in Residence, is united by a genuine love of collaboration and a deeply personal approach to music-making. The trio is a top prizewinner of competitions, including the Fischoff Nation...

Jordan Hall

Kenneth Radnofsky leads the NEC Saxophone Ensemble in tonight's concert. 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 ...

Jordan Hall

The NEC Percussion Group, directed by Will Hudgins, performs music that is largely centered around the unique and never-ending possibilities within the percussion world, as well as being augmented by extra-percussion musical offerings and instruments. This year's ...

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 ...

Jordan Hall

To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page.  ...

Burnes Hall

[nec]shivaree, NEC's student avant-garde ensemble, is the attack wing of NEC's new music program, performing the modern, the new, and the avant-garde. Sounds are provided by such composers as John Cage, Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, George Crumb, Galina Ustvolskaya, and Giacinto Scelsi. The players of [nec]shivaree have worked with composers John Zorn, John Luther Adams,...

Jordan Hall

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 video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...

Burnes Hall

Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Max Levinson, Sonata Night is an evening of piano-instrumental masterworks featuring collaborative pianists in partnership with their instrumental colleagues. Sonata, a musical term of several meanings, is used here to signify a duo form of equ...

Jordan Hall

Join us for a concert celebrating the legacy of Coretta Scott King ’54, ’71 hon. DM, curated by NEC’s Black Student Union — honoring one of our nation’s most powerful voices. 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 ente...

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. 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 th...

Burnes Hall

This year's Nova Fellows present a special concert featuring students from across NEC's departments.   ...

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.&q...

Jordan Hall

NEC alumnus Joshua Weilerstein ’09, ’11 MM returns to Jordan Hall to conduct the NEC Philharmonia. 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 video window labeled ...

Jordan Hall

The annual Marion Rubin Berman '31 Piano Honors Concert features piano competition winners presenting pieces based on a theme or a composer.  This year the concert celebrates America's 250th birthday.    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 to...

Williams Hall

The newest works from the next generation of composers. Tuesday Night New Musica 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 by student composers P...

Jordan Hall

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 video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...

Jordan Hall

In celebration of the 100th birthday of Miles Davis, the NEC Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Ken Schaphorst will performed music from throughout Davis' illustrious career, including Boplicity, Miles Ahead, Milestones, Nardis, and Petit Machins. The...

Burnes Hall

Inaugurated in the fall of 2020, the Song and Verse recital series provides a platform for undergraduate singers at NEC to experience the unique and invigorating process of song preparation and performance — creating interpretations, building performance skills, and forging intellectual and musical connections with a wide literature. Working closely with Vocal Arts...

Eben Jordan Ensemble Room

Part one of the Contemporary Musical Arts Spring Ensemble Festival celebrates the creativity and collaboration of students of ensembles across the program. Showcasing a diverse range of styles, sounds, and perspectives, the performances highlight the talent, dedication, and artistic growth of our students. From innovative interpretations to dynamic original works, this opening segment sets the ...

Jordan Hall

NEC's Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra features the music of NEC students performed by their peers, under the direction of Frank Carlberg.  The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “St...

Williams 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...

Jordan Hall

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 video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...

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...

Jordan Hall

In the final concert of the 3-year performance series, "Voices of NEC", the NEC Choral Department presents choral works composed by current NEC students and 2025 alumni, selected by the Choral Composition Performance Composition panel.  Also on the program are Benjamin Britten's Cantata Misericordium and Tarik O'Regan's Triptych.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jordan 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...

Williams 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...

Brown 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...

Brown Hall

NEC’s conducting students have ascended to some of the world’s most auspicious podiums, and here is your chance to see and hear them as they begin their careers. Clancy Ellis ’26 GD,  Joseph Bozich ’27 GD, and Leonard Bopp ’27 GD conduct their orchestral colleagues tonight. The l...

Brown 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...

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.&q...

Jordan Hall

Hugh Wolff and the NEC Philharmonia open tonight's program with Missy Mazzoli's Holy Roller, which she describes as "devotional music for a non-existent religion." This is followed by Benjamin Britten's Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, ...

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...

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...

Pierce Hall

Join us for a joyful celebration of community, tradition, and great music from start to finish. Part two of the CMA Spring Ensemble Festival is an unforgettable day of live music from several of our standout groups, including American Roots, Early Jazz, Irish Ceol, and more. ...

Brown 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...

Jordan Hall

First Monday at Jordan Hall ends its 25/26 concert season with a program of American and American-inspired compositions. 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 video window labeled “NEC-Produc...

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...

Jordan Hall

The newest works from the next generation of composers. Tonight is the final concert of the 25-26 Tuesday Night New Music series. 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...

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...

Bower Stage (Dining Commons)

NEC Students are invited to attend this special event hosted by this year's Nova Fellows! Celebrate the end of the school year with your fellow students in the dining commons with food, games, and l...

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...

Jordan Hall

Graduating NEC students and their friends give a final performance on Jordan Hall stage, ranging from solos to chamber ensembles to orchestra and chorus. ...