Performances + Events
Events calendar
NEC Festival: "I, Too, Sing America: Ruth Crawford Seeger and Other Untold Stories of America"
Jordan Hall
Tonight’s festival concert by NEC’s Department of Contemporary Musical Arts (CMA), produced by department Cochair Eden MacAdam-Somer, celebrates often untold...
NEC Festival: NEC Chamber Orchestra plays Ives, Crawford Seeger, Haydn
Jordan Hall
NEC's Chamber Orchestra performs Charles Ives' Symphony No. 3 and Ruth Crawford Seeger's Andante for Strings in the first concert of a week-long NEC Festival highlighting these two composers. Also on the program is Haydn's Symphony No. 44. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To w...
Recital: Anna Ridenour '25, Flute
Pierce Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Anna Ridenour '25 studies Flute with Paula Robison
NEC Festival: CMA Barn Dance
Brown Hall
Join us for an afternoon of traditional American and Jewish dancing with great live music by the American Roots and Jewish Music ensembles. Dances will be taught by world-renowned teachers Alex Cumming and Adah Hetko – no partners or previous experience is needed, just pull on some comfy shoes, grab your family and friends, and come join the party! This event is part of the 202...
Recital: Philip Rawlinson '25, Viola | "Your Stories Build Mosaic Windows"
Burnes Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Philip Rawlinson '25 studies Viola with
November 10 – 17: NEC Festival Series: Charles Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and American Musical Innovation
Taking place from November 10–17 and honoring the legacy of visionary faculty member John Heiss, NEC celebrates the 150th birthday of Charles Ives and the work of visionary composer, educator, and folklorist Ruth Crawford Seeger, with a tribute to American musical innovation. The Festival events will will run throughout the week and will include dances with Alex Cummings and Adah He...
Recital: Benedict Koh '25 MM, Jazz Composition
Burnes Hall
NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow. Benedict Koh '25 MM studies Jazz Composition with
Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble Presents: Of This Earth
Jordan Hall
While scientists have been sounding the alarm on climate change through most of the twentieth century, global awareness increased in the 1960s, leading to Karel Husa’s profound Apotheosis of This Earth in 1970. In this program, Maestro Husa’s masterpiece is joined by equally profound “response” works on several themes by Joan Tower, Sally Lamb McCune, and Michael Colgras...
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Lee, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
Jordan Hall
NEC Philharmonia, conducted by Hugh Wolff, performs Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula by James Lee III, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 "Ukrainian," and Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 with soloist Song Hyeon Kim
First Monday at Jordan Hall: November
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 in NEC’s renowned Jordan Hall. These performa...
