Events calendar

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. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the ̶...

Piano Seminar: Master Class with Anton Nel
Keller Room
A master class with acclaimed pianist and University of Texas at Austin faculty member Anton Nel.

Recital: June Chung '26 GD, Violin
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. June Chung '26 GD studies Violin with

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 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.

Recital: Shanshan Xie '25, Mezzo-soprano
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. Shanshan Xie '25 studies Voice with

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...

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...

LAB 38 LLC Presents: Tian Jiang, piano
Jordan Hall
TIAN JIANG Live piano concert with world-famous virtuoso pianist and composerF. Chopin, S. Rachmaninoff, Tian Jiang “Exquisite performance.” – The Los Angeles Times Tian's tireless energy and boundless drive to attract new audiences to classical music have brought him to a wide range of music audiences. Thinking "outside the...