Performances + Events
January 25–26
Due to anticipated weather conditions, NEC will close for all activities, classes, concerts, and events at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 25 and remain closed through Monday, January 26. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, January 27. For more information about specific events, please visit the Performances + Events calendar.
Events calendar
NEC Prep: String Chamber Orchestra, Preparatory String Orchestra 10:30
Jordan Hall
Join us for the String Chamber Orchestra and Preparatory String Orchestra Concert!
NEC Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Vanhal, Fairman + Haydn
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 w...
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...
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.
NEC Piano Department Concert No. 1: 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 first of these six performances. This concert series will span three years and cover all 500 Scarlatti...
Recital: Nick Charlton '26 MM, Contemporary Musical Arts
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. Nick Charlton '26 MM studies Contemporary Musical Arts with Lau...
CANCELLED: Carlos Simon Chamber Music Master Class
Brown Hall
This event is cancelled due to anticipated weather conditions. NEC will close at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 25 and remain closed through Monday, January 26. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, January 27. — BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon leads a master class of his own chamber works. In this class, students from the NEC Chamber Music program will have the unique op...
Recital: Evan Johanson '26 GD, Violin
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. Evan Johanson '26 GD studies Violin with Miriam Fried.
Recital: Yangyi Mao '26 BM, Jazz Guitar
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. Yangyi Mao '26 BM studies Jazz Guitar with Joe Morris and Norma...
Recital: Sam Saomek Srithongkum '26 MM, Contemporary Musical Arts
Brown 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. Sam Saomek Srithongkum '26 MM studies CMA with Hankus Netsky an...
