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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...

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...

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 Yellow Road, ...

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. ...

Brown Hall

The students of Paula Robison present a class recital, accompanied by pianist Deborah DeWolf Emery. 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 

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 Soak...

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

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...

Brown Hall

NEC's Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra features the music of NEC students performed by their peers, under the direction of Frank Carlberg.  Tonight, the JCWO performs works and arrangements by Thomas Griffin, Nadav Brenner, Trevor Johnson, Wayne Shorter/Jim Connolly, Jim Connolly, Benedict Koh, Niko Malinowski, Joe Wagner, Alexander Hussain, and And...

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...

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

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)

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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

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 &...

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.

Jordan Hall

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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

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Jordan Hall

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

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....

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....

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...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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 ̶...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jordan Hall

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

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."...

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 ...

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

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

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. ...

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...

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 ...