Performances + Events
Concert
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
NEC Philharmonia + Symphonic Choir | An Evening in Paris
Jordan Hall
David Loebel leads the NEC Philharmonia and NEC Symphonic Choir in a concert featuring Lili Boulanger's Psaume 129 ("Ils m'ont assez opprimé dès ma jeunesse"), Debussy's Nocturnes, the Poulenc Gloria (Rena Maduro, sop...
NEC Composers' Series: “Home” – A Journey for Cultural Identity and Belonging
Jordan Hall
Tonight’s concert presents “Collective Voices”, a new recital program curated by NEC graduate, Sophia Szokolay ’19, ’25 DMA that explores themes of home, identity, and belonging through the lens of immigration and cultural memory. Co-presented by Sophia Szokolay and Sid Richard...
Jazz Small Ensembles: Jerry Bergonzi and Cecil McBee
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
At the end of each semester, NEC's Jazz ensemble cap off their studies with a performance that showcases the musicianship and growth of our students. Tonight's program highlights ensembles led by legendary jazz artists and educators Jerry Bergonzi and Cecil McBee. ...
NEC Chamber Orchestra: Stravinsky & Dvořák
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 57: Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Cello
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. Tonight's program is a collaboration with the cello studio of
NEC Wind Ensemble + William Drury
Jordan Hall
Emeritus faculty member William Drury conducts the NEC Wind Ensemble in the world premiere of Stratis Minakakis' Vykinon with piano soloists Stephen Drury and Yukiko Takagi. The ...
Prep 75: Anniversary Celebration Concert
Jordan Hall
Join us on Saturday, November 15 for a daylong celebration of the NEC Preparatory School’s 75th anniversary, featuring master classes, panel discussions, and an evening concert in Jordan Hall. The 75th Anniversary Celebration Concert will bring together current students, faculty, and alu...
NEC Baroque Orchestra
Brown Hall
Led by director Guy Fishman, the Baroque Orchestra is the featured ensemble of the The Pratt Early Music Program of NEC, which provides students with the opportunity to study early music and historically-informed performance with experts in the field. Members of the Baroque Orchestra also per...
NEC Festival: Chamber Music + Sonatas – Schuller and the Spirit of Collaboration
Jordan Hall
This special evening of chamber music looks at Gunther Schuller the composer, through his works, the composers who influenced him, and composers who drew inspiration from him. In the collaborative spirit of Schuller, students and faculty from multiple departments share the same stage in performances that include three works by Schuller including his Quartet for Double Basses, the third...
NEC Festival: Contemporary Musical Arts Today – A Global Vision Realized
Jordan Hall
The Contemporary Musical Arts program will celebrate Gunther Schuller’s 100th birthday with a concert focusing on how his daringly inclusive musical and educational vision transformed NEC into a global artistic musical scene. Schuller's legacy, carried forward from the 1970s through the early 2000s by our emeritus chair,
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 is directed ...
NEC Festival: NEC Symphony + David Loebel – Schuller and Stravinsky’s Firebird
Jordan Hall
Among Gunther Schuller’s many important contributions to our musical life was his passionate advocacy of American music of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Composers of that era whom he championed include Charles Ives, Scott Joplin, John Knowles Paine, and one of his predecessors as the leader of NEC, George Whitefield Chadwick.
Jazz Small Ensembles: Frank Carlberg and Robert Nieske
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
At the end of each semester, NEC's Jazz ensemble cap off their studies with a performance that showcases the musicianship and growth of our students. Tonight's program highlights ensembles led by legendary jazz artists and educators Frank Carlberg and Robert Nieske. ...
NEC Saxophone Ensemble
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: Divine Arcanum, Mozart, Schuller featuring Emi Ferguson
Jordan Hall
First Monday closes the fall season with a festive program, celebrating Boston’s baroque community. New viola faculty member Wenting Kang and BSO violinist and NEC alumna Julianne Lee join for Mozart’s beloved Sinfonia Concertante, arranged for string sextet by
NEC 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...
Tuesday Night New Music 5
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 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 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 Chamber Singers, NEC Symphonic Winds, and 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
Burnes 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 ...
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 stream...
Liederabend LXXVIX
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: Handel, Bartók, Beethoven
Jordan Hall
To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page. ...
Contemporary Musical Arts Small Ensembles
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Tonight you’ll hear performances from the Songwriters Workshop, Persian Music, and Indie/Punk/Art Rock Ensembles. ...
NEC Opera: Musical Theater Performance
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Graduate voice students perform selections from the musical theater cannon. Guest coach and Broadway stage veteran Patty Goble works with the students in preparing for the evening's performances. ...
NEC Conductors' Choir
Burnes Hall
The graduate choral conductors in the studio of Erica J. Washburn conduct a wide-ranging program of music from the 16th to the 21st centuries. ...
Contemporary Musical Arts Small Ensemble Festival
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Celebrate the season with a festival of Contemporary Musical Arts Ensembles, featuring music, food, and dance all day long! You’ll hear performances by the Ted Reichman and Anthony Coleman ensembles along with our Chorino, Irish, Early Jazz, Contemporary Vocal, West African, and World Music groups. ...
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, Jherrard Hardeman '25 GD, and Timothy Ren '25 MM conduct Jessie Montgomery's Starburst, Haydn&#...
Borromeo String Quartet Seminar Concert
Brown Hall
A flight of performances. A richness of artists. In tonight's concert, student ensembles in the Borromeo String Quartet Seminar demonstrate the works they have coached with faculty through the semester. ...
NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra | Music of Anthony Braxton
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. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Ac...
NEC Jazz Orchestra | African Cookbook: Music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston
Jordan Hall
The NEC Jazz Orchestra, Ken Schaphorst director, presents 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 Afrika. The concert will includ...
NEC Jazz Orchestra | Miles Ahead: Miles Davis at 100
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.
