Performances + Events
Concert
Contemporary Musical Arts Opening Night!: Faculty Concert
Jordan Hall
NEC kicks off the semester with a powerful live concert by the Contemporary Musical Arts (CMA) faculty, produced by Eden MacAdam-Somer, celebrating the eclectic voices of our community and...
NEC Composers' Series: John and Arlene Heiss Residency Concert – Lamnth
Jordan Hall
The 2025-2026 NEC Composers' Series kicks off with a concert of world premieres for Lamnth, Boston's vibrant violin and cimbalom duo founded in 2023 by Lilit Hartunian and Nicholas Tolle. Lamnth are the John and Arlene Heiss Guest Artists-in-Residence in 2025, and this concert follows on from a previous residency in April in which the ensemble presented a masterclass to the NEC commun...
Tuesday Night New Music 1
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 ...
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Mahler, Ravel
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 + Stefan Asbury: Berio, Ravel, Elgar
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. ...
Sara Serpa in Concert with Matt Mitchell
Williams Hall
Acclaimed vocalist Sara Serpa with visionary pianist Matt Mitchell present an evening of bold, boundary-pushing music. Their collaboration blends Serpa's ethereal voice with Mitchell's masterful harmonic landscapes that defy genre and ignite the imagination. ...
First Monday at Jordan Hall: October
Jordan Hall
Join us as we open 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 First Monday season begins by celebrating founder and former Artistic Director Laurence L...
Tuesday Night New Music 2
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 Chamber Orchestra: Strauss, Mozart, Weinberg
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...
NEC Symphonic Winds + Sylvia Alimena
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 Composers' Series: Arthur Berger Memorial Concert
Jordan Hall
An annual tradition in NEC’s Composition Department, this concert celebrates the life and music of Arthur Berger, an influential composer, critic, and teacher who served on the faculty from 1980-1999. Tonight’s concert focuses on Berger’s contributions to the vocal repertoire with his song cycle about music, love, life, and companionship Five Settings of European Poets, set to...
NEC Jazz Orchestra | Dreamkeeper, Music of Carla Bley
Jordan Hall
Under the direction of Ken Schaphorst, the NEC Jazz Orchestra presents music composed and arranged by Carla Bley, including Awful Coffee. Greasy Gravy, On the Stage in Stages, and Setting Calvin's Waltz. The live stream of this event is available to N...
Tuesday Night New Music 3
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 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 Symphony + David Loebel: Tower, Haydn, Franck
Jordan Hall
This event's live stream 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 in the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...
Perkin Opera Scenes 1
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 F...
Sonata Night 57
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 si...
NEC Chamber Singers | Great Music for a Great Space: Beyond Boundaries and Borders
Jordan Hall
The NEC Chamber Singers, conducted by Erica J. Washburn, present their opening concert – a program of works which focus on stories and texts addressing refugee issues and awareness, police brutality and its outcomes, victim recognition, and more. The live stream of this event is available to...
Perkin Opera Scenes 1
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 F...
Faculty Recital: Borromeo String Quartet
Jordan Hall
This event's live stream 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 in the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted. ...
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Kendall, Shostakovich
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: November
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. First Monday celebrates Gunth...
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 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 150 (Du fond de l'abîme), Debussy's Nocturnes, the Poulenc Gloria, and Mozart's "Paris" Symphony....
NEC Composers' Series: “Home” – A Journey for Cultural Identity and Belonging
Jordan Hall
Co-curated by recent NEC graduate, Sophia Szokolay ’19, ’25 DMA, the concert features works from the violinist’s new recording project “Home,” an exploration of cultural identity and belonging, shaped by the experiences of migration and the quest for a sense of home in the midst of dissonance. Joined in performance by current DMA candidate Janice Lu ’25 DMA, ...
NEC Chamber Orchestra: Stravinsky
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 58
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 par...
NEC Wind Ensemble + William Drury
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. ...
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 alumni in performances that highlight Prep’s rich legacy and vibrant future. ...
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
Enjoy a special evening of chamber music curated by Ken Schaphorst and Ara Gregorian.—This performance is part of the NEC Festival, which will celebrate the legacy of...
NEC Festival: Contemporary Musical Arts Today – A Global Vision Realized
Jordan Hall
In the 1970s, NEC put out two LPs entitled Third Stream Today, showing the musical world how NEC President Gunther Schuller and faculty members Ran Blake, George Russell, Joe Maneri, and others played significant roles in recognizing the artistic convergence of diverse musical genres and moving it forward. Now boasting close to fifty students from all over the world, today’s Cont...
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
Jordan Hall
This performance is part of the NEC Festival, which will celebrate the legacy of Gunther Schuller, president of NEC between 1967 and 1977 with a week-long series of concerts and discussions. In addition to reflecting on his work as a composer, conductor and scholar, the legacy of Gunther Schuller’s influence on NEC will be demonstrated through a range of collaborative presentations.
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: December
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 ...
Borromeo String Quartet Seminar Concert
Jordan 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
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
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. ...
Contemporary Musical Arts Small Ensembles
Eben Jordan Hall
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. ...
Contemporary Musical Arts Small Ensemble Festival
Eben Jordan Hall
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&#...
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.
