Performances + Events
Concert
NEC Piano Department Concert No. 1: Scarlatti Sonatas
Jordan Hall
Each year, NEC's Piano Department marks an anniversary, celebrates a composer, or explores a theme with a series of concerts. Students from the College and Preparatory School are chosen to perform. This year, there will be six concerts featuring Domenico Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonatas. Tonight is the first of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and...
Joint Faculty Recital: Kim Kashkashian, Viola, and Marc-André Hamelin, Piano | New Beginnings
Jordan Hall
The musicians included on this program support Music For Food, an initiative by musicians to fight hunger in our home communities. If you would like to support their work, please consider donating to
NEC Lunar New Year Celebration
Jordan Hall
NEC celebrates the Lunar New Year with a festive concert honoring the vibrant Asian communities of NEC and the greater Boston area. Featuring NEC Concert Artist Dani Jingdan Zhang ’26 AD alongside NEC stu...
John McNeil Memorial Concert
Jordan Hall
The John McNeil Memorial Concert features NEC faculty, students, and alumni in performances honoring the longtime NEC faculty member, who passed away in 2024. Faculty and alumni performers include saxophonist Allan Chase, pianist Frank Carlberg, saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, pianist Randy Ingram, pianist Ethan Iverson, trumpeter Jason Palmer, pianist Mark Shilansky, vocalist Allegra Levy, saxopho...
Contemporary Musical Arts Presents: Genius on the Charts
Jordan Hall
Rhythm and Blues, Bollywood, Rock, Country, J-Pop, Afro Futurism, and the Great American Songbook are all vast creative musical worlds with brilliant composers and performers whose work stands the test of time. In “Genius on the Charts,” we present our own take on recordings by such artists as Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Kingo Hamada, Sun Ra, Hank Williams, Lata Mangeshkar, D̵...
Sonata Night 58
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...
NEC Piano Department Concert No. 2: Scarlatti Sonatas
Williams Hall
Each year, NEC's Piano Department marks an anniversary, celebrates a composer, or explores a theme with a series of concerts. Students from the College and Preparatory School are chosen to perform. This year, there will be six concerts featuring Domenico Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonatas. Tonight is the second of these six performances. This concert series will span three years an...
Tuesday Night New Music 7
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 ...
NEC Jazz Orchestra | African Cookbook: Music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston
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...
NEC Piano Department Concert No. 3: Scarlatti Sonatas
Williams Hall
Each year, NEC's Piano Department marks an anniversary, celebrates a composer, or explores a theme with a series of concerts. Students from the College and Preparatory School are chosen to perform. This year, there will be six concerts featuring Domenico Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonatas. Tonight is the third of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and...
NEC Vocal Arts Presents: The Undergraduate Showcase
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...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Beethoven, Kim, and Strauss
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...
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...
NEC Vocal Arts Presents: The Undergraduate Showcase
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...
NEC Symphony + Paul Biss: Hailstork, Ibert, and Sibelius
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 Piano Department Concert No. 5: Scarlatti Sonatas
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...
CMA Presents Gordon Beeferman with Eden MacAdam-Somer and Joe Morris
Jordan Hall
Join us for a special residency concert with composer, pianist, and improviser Gordon Beeferman, joined by CMA Department Chair Eden MacAdam-Somer (voice/violin/foot percussion), CMA & Jazz faculty Joe Morris (guitar). The program features Beeferman's works, drawing on a multitude of genres and influences, including songs, compositions a...
Song and Verse: March
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...
NEC Piano Department Concert No. 6: 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 final of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatti Pian...
Tuesday Night New Music 8
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 ...
Liederabend LXXX
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...
NEC New Music Ensemble + Peyton Composer-in-Residence + Asbury
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...
NEC Baroque Orchestra + Chamber Singers: Handel "Dixit Dominus" and James Burton
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...
Concert in Solidarity with Afghan Musicians
Jordan Hall
Since its collapse into Taliban control in 2021, the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has plunged to new depths. In addition to many other oppressive restrictions — most notably their crackdown on women’s rights — the regime has effectively banned all forms of music within the country. After shutting down the country’s only music school and turning it into a military o...
Recital: Trio Eris, NEC’s Piano Trio in Residence
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 National Chamber Music ...
NEC Saxophone Ensemble
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 ...
Faculty Recital: Tanya Blaich, Piano, and Laura Choi Stuart, Soprano | Rituals
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Faculty Recital: Meng-Chieh Liu, Piano
Jordan Hall
To watch a live stream of this event, click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page. ...
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[nec]shivaree
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,...
NEC Wind 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. ...
Sonata Night 59
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...
NEC Black Student Union Presents: Tribute to Coretta Scott King
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...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Bach, Kurtág, Enescu, and Bartók
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...
Nova Musical Showcase
Burnes Hall
This year's Nova Fellows present a special concert featuring students from across NEC's departments. ...
Liederabend LXXXI
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...
NEC Philharmonia + Joshua Weilerstein
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 ...
Marion Rubin Berman ’31 Piano Honors Concert: America 250
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...
Tuesday Night New Music 10
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...
NEC Chamber Orchestra: Schoenberg
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 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. The...
Song and Verse: April
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...
CMA Spring Ensemble Festival | Part 1
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 ...
NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra
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...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 22 | 5 p.m.
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 Symphony + David Loebel: Rachmaninoff
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. ...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 23 | 5 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 Symphonic Choir, NEC Chamber Singers + Erica J. Washburn: Voices of NEC
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.
Chamber Music Showcase | April 23 | 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...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 26 | 2 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...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 26 | 5 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...
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...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 27 | 5 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...
Spring 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...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 28 | 5 p.m.
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 | April 28 | 8 p.m.
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...
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, Joseph Bozich ’27 GD, and Leonard Bopp ’27 GD conduct their orchestral colleagues tonight. The l...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 29 | 5 p.m.
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...
Liederabend LXXXII
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...
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Mazzoli, Britten, and Strauss
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, ...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 30 | 5 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...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 30 | 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...
CMA Spring Ensemble Festival | Part 2
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. ...
Chamber Music Showcase | May 4 | 5 p.m.
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...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: Price, Gershwin, and Copland
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...
Chamber Music Showcase | May 5 | 5 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...
Tuesday Night New Music 11
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...
Chamber Music Showcase | May 5 | 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...
Nova Festival
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...
Chamber Music Showcase | May 7 | 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...
Commencement 2026 Concert
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. ...
