Performances + Events
Concert
NEC Saxophone Quartet: Women and the Vote for Saxophone
Jordan Hall
NEC's Saxophone Quartet and the Boston University Saxophone Quartet presents a 100th Anniversary Memorial Concert for Elise Hall (1853-1924), one of the first prominent women saxophonists in the US. Born in Paris, she commissioned works for the saxophone from such composers as Debussy, d'Indy, Caplet, Moreau, and others.
Music for Food: Birthing, Beginnings & Farewells
Brown Hall
The second Boston concert of Music for Food’s 15th season —Birthing: Beginnings & Farewells—will feature Thomas Adès' evocative The Four Quarters performed by the renowned Parker Quartet, a world premiere for viola and piano by Aria Shi, and Mendelssohn’s exuberant String Quintet No. 2. An exceptional lineup of artists, including Ayano Ninomiya, Hy...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: December
Jordan Hall
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full ...
Chamber Music Showcase: One
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...
Opera Scenes: An Evening of Handel and Shakespeare
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Join first year graduate students as they present two evenings of Handel arias and Shakespeare monologues. 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 Stream̶...
NEC Percussion Group
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 ...
Chamber Music Showcase: Two
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...
Tuesday Night New Music 4
Williams 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 ...
Chamber Music Showcase: Three
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...
Chamber Music Showcase: Four
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...
Chamber Music Showcase: Five
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...
Opera Scenes: An Evening of Handel and Shakespeare
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Join first year graduate students as they present two evenings of Handel arias and Shakespeare monologues. 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 Stream̶...
NEC Jazz Orchestra + Ken Schaphorst: December
Jordan Hall
The NEC Jazz Orchestra celebrates the 95th birthday of groundbreaking pianist, composer and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi with a performance of her music on Thursday, December 5 in Jordan Hall starting at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature many of her most celebrated compositions including “After Mr. Teng,” “American Ballad,” “Long Yello...
NEC Symphonic Choir, NEC Youth Chorale + Erica J. Washburn: Duruflé Requiem
Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston
NEC Symphonic Choir and Youth Chorale, with organist Thomas Handel, perform Maurice Duruflé's Requiem at the Church of the Covenant (67 Newbury Street). Erica J. Washburn conducts. ...
Chamber Music Showcase: Six
Pierce 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...
Chamber Music Showcase: Seven
Pierce 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...
Chamber Music Showcase: Eight
Pierce 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...
Chamber Music Showcase: Nine
Pierce 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 Chamber Singers, Symphonic Winds, Navy Band Northeast: Into the Holidays!
Jordan Hall
It's a holiday celebration at NEC! This family-friendly choral and winds concert features popular holiday tunes, seasonal sweaters, Santa hats, and a singalong. Join us for a festive evening featuring the NEC Chamber Singers, NEC Symphonic Winds, and Navy Band Northeast, led by conductors
NEC New Music Ensemble: Dean, Binna Kim, Gibson, Gandolfi
Burnes Hall
Inaugurated in Fall 2022, NEC's New Music Ensemble performs a program of diverse works. Tonight the New Music Ensemble, conducted by Stefan Asbury, performs Brett Dean's Carlo (1997), Binna Kim's Stacked Emotions (2019), Sarah Gibson's Soa...
Chamber Music Showcase: Ten
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...
Chamber Music Gala
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...
NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra
Brown 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 “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming pa...
Chamber Music Showcase: Eleven
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...
Liederabend LXXV
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 Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Schoenberg, Bartók, Mahler
Jordan Hall
Pianist Evren Ozel ('25 AD) joins the NEC Philharmonia and conductor Hugh Wolff for Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3. The program opens with Schoenberg's Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene (Accompaniment to a Film Score)
Chamber Music Showcase: Twelve
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...
Chamber Music Showcase: Thirteen
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...
NEC Lab Orchestra + Graduate Student Conductors
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, Timothy Ren '25 MM and Jherrard Hardeman '25 GD conduct Montgomery's Starburst, Haydn's Symp...
Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award Concert
Jordan Hall
One of the Borromeo's most-loved activities in their residency at the New England Conservatory is the audition process to select the Winners of the Guest Artist Awards. They greatly enjoy the week of collaboration in which every student who has entered the competition has a session playing and working together with the Quartet. Working with all of these students, and affording special recog...
NEC Jazz/CMA Faculty Spotlight
Jordan Hall
Faculty members from Jazz Studies and Contemporary Musical Arts present a wide-ranging program that highlights the breadth and depth of the departments with a diverse range of music. 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 st...
NEC Philharmonia + David Loebel: Singleton, Mozart, Hindemith
Jordan Hall
NEC Philharmonia, led by conductor David Loebel, performs 56 Blows by Alvin Singleton, Mozart's Symphony No. 38, "Prague", and Mathis der Maler by Hindemith To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page. ...
Tuesday Night New Music 5
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 ...
NEC Symphony + Paul Biss: Verdi, Mendelssohn
Paul Biss conducts the NEC Symphony in a performance of Verdi's Overture to "La forza del destino". Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 "Italian", and a concerto whose soloist is the winner of a NEC concerto competition. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the &...
NEC Piano Department: Fauré and His Students
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 three concerts centering on the music of Gabriel Fauré and his students. Tonight is the first of these performances.
Liederabend LXXVI
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 Chamber Orchestra: Sowande, Perkinson
Jordan Hall
Tonight the NEC Chamber Orchestra performs Fela Sowande's African Suite and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Sinfonietta No. 1. 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 academ...
Sonata Night 54
Burnes Hall
Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Pei-Shan Lee, 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 equal partnership. Sonata Night programming spans a wide range of musical s...
NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds + Andrew McMahan, William Drury
Jordan Hall
Guest conductor Andrew McMahan and William Drury, NEC's Conductor of Wind Ensembles, lead the NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds in a program featuring Kurt Weill's Little Threepenny Music (Kleine Dreigroschenmusik), Husa's Smetana Fanfare, Omar Thomas' ('08 MM) Shenandoah, John Mackey's Aurora Awak...
Tuesday Night New Music 6
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 ...
NEC Piano Department: Fauré and His Students
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 three concerts centering on the music of Gabriel Fauré and his students. Tonight is the second of these performances.
NEC Contemporary Musical Arts Department: February
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. ...
Arthur Berger Memorial Concert
Jordan Hall
Please join us for an evening of music dedicated to the memory of NEC composition faculty member Arthur Berger. Tonight's program is curated by Sid Richardson. 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 Com...
NEC Jazz Orchestra + Ken Schaphorst: February
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. ...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: March
Jordan Hall
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the fine...
NEC Piano Department: Fauré and His Students
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. Tonight is the last of three programs centering on the music of Gabriel Fauré and his students. Bruce Brubaker is curator of piano programming. The live stream o...
NEC Symphony + Hugh Wolff, Timothy Ren '25 MM: Wagner, Elgar
Jordan Hall
Hugh Wolff and Timothy Ren ('25 MM) share the podium for an evening of Wagner and Elgar's Enigma Variations, as performed by NEC Symphony. 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 Commu...
NEC Symphonic Choir and Chamber Singers + Erica J. Washburn: Voices of NEC
Jordan Hall
To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page. ...
Perkin Opera Scenes 2
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 Fund....
Perkin Opera Scenes 2
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 Fund....
Black Student Union & Castle of Our Skins
Jordan Hall
NEC's Black Student Union and Castle of Our Skins celebrate Black History Month with music. 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 pro...
Tuesday Night New Music 7
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 ...
Liederabend LXXVII
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 New Music Ensemble 2
Jordan Hall
Inaugurated in Fall 2022, NEC's New Music Ensemble performs a program of diverse works. 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 p...
Sonata Night 55
Burnes Hall
Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Pei-Shan Lee, 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 equal partnership. Sonata Night programming spans a wide range of musical styles and feature...
NEC Saxophone Ensemble 2
Jordan Hall
NEC's Saxophone Ensemble presents a concert, the culmination of this semester's rehearsals. Kenneth Radnofsky directs. 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 Composers' Series: March
Jordan Hall
Please join us for an evening of music by faculty composers as well as by other composers who have been connected with NEC in a variety of ways. Tonight's concert is curated by Sid Richardson. 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...
NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds + Kevin Holzman, William Drury
Jordan Hall
NEC Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds, under the direction of William Drury and guest conductor Kevin Holzman, perform Giovanni Gabrieli's Sonata pian e forte (from Sacrae Sinfoniae), Carlos Simon's Go down, Moses, Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral, and David Maslanka's Symphony No. 4. To wa...
NEC Baroque Orchestra
Jordan Hall
NEC's Baroque Orchestra is part of the The Pratt Performance and Residency Series for Early Music, established by Harold I. and Frances G. Pratt at NEC in 2019, which seeks to invite and engage the NEC community with performers and scholars in the Historically Informed Performance field. Masterclasses, symposia, and performances by nationally- and internationally- recognized schol...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: April
Jordan Hall
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the fine...
Tuesday Night New Music 8
Williams 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 ...
NEC Chamber Orchestra 4
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 work perform...
Sonata Night 56
Burnes Hall
Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Pei-Shan Lee, 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 equal partnership. Sonata Night programming spans a wide range of musical styles and feature...
Marion Rubin Berman ’31 Piano Honors Concert
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 the 150th birthday of Maurice Ravel. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at...
NEC Philharmonia and Symphonic Choir + Hugh Wolff: Brahms Requiem
Jordan Hall
NEC Philharmonia and NEC Symphonic Choir come together for a performance of Johannes Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with Hugh Wolff, conductor, and soloists. 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 Communit...
NEC Jazz Orchestra + Ken Schaphorst: April
Jordan Hall
To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page. ...
NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra
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. ...
Liederabend LXXVIII
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, Jherrard Hardeman ('25 GD)
Jordan Hall
NEC Symphony, led by David Loebel and Jherrard Hardeman ('25 GD), performs Brahms' Tragic Overture, one of the symphonies by William Grant Still, and the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77 featuring the winner of an NEC concerto competition. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To ...
NEC Chamber Singers + Erica J. Washburn
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. ...
NEC Contemporary Musical Arts Department: April
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. ...
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Tan Dun, Dvořák, Stravinsky
Jordan Hall
Hugh Wolff and the NEC Philharmonia close the 2024-2025 season with a concert featuring Tan Dun's Fanfare Overture, a concerto by Dvořák, and Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps. To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page. ...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: May
Jordan Hall
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of First Mondays, curated by Artistic Director Laurence Lesser. Programs feature well-loved classics and new compositions, performed by some of the finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the fine...
Tuesday Night New Music 9
Jordan 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 ...
