Events calendar
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: George Li, piano
Jordan Hall
Please reach out to the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts with any questions regarding programming or ticketing details at foundation@chineseperformingarts.net or 617-968-7094.
Master Class: Steven Osborne, Piano
Williams Hall
Steven Osborne presents a master class featuring students from the NEC Piano Studios. Steven Osborne OBE is one of Britain’s most treasured musicians with an immense depth of musicality and exceptional refinement of expression across diverse repertoire be it in Beethoven or Messiaen, Schubert or Rav...
[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,...
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 Honors Ensemble: Ardito Quartet
Jordan Hall
In tonight's concert, the Ardito Quartet, coached by Mai Motobuchi, performs a selection of works, including a student composition. Each year, an audition committee of professional musicians and faculty selects a few exceptional student ensembles to represent the NEC Honors E...
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 – students of Stefan Asbury and Hugh Wolff – conduct their ...
NEC Prep: Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Jordan Hall
Join us for the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Concert!
NEC Philharmonia + David Loebel
Jordan Hall
David Loebel and the NEC Philharmonia open their spring season with a program featuring Schumann's Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 1, and the first movement of Cindy McTee's Double Play – The Unquestioned Answe...
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...
Graduate Enrollment Deadline for Fall 2026
For graduate students admitted to NEC for Fall 2026, your enrollment deadline is April 15. For more information about how to accept your offer of admission, visit the Admitted Students page of our website. You can also contact
