Performances + Events
Events calendar
Recital: Yixiang Wang '26 GD, Violin
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. Yixiang Wang '26 GD studies Violin with Donald Weilerstein and ...
NEC Teaching Artistry Alumni Panel
Location TBA or Virtual
This workshop will feature NEC alumni discussing their varied careers with teaching artistry after graduation. The conversation will be focused on balancing teaching and performing, the role teaching artistry plays in a holistic career, tips for seeking opportunities post-graduation, and the best ways to prepare for a teaching artistry career while still a student! Please register to att...
Vivo Performing Arts Presents: Conrad Tao, piano: Poetry & Fairy Tales
Jordan Hall
Celebrity Series of Boston is now Vivo Performing Arts. Poetry and Fairy Tales Pianist Conrad Tao showcases his range and sensitivity with Poetry and Fairy Tales, a program that interweaves evocative contemporary works with well-known pieces by Brahms and Ravel. Structure and freedom, mood and narrative, dynamism and introspection combine...
Institute for Concert Artists Recital: Clayton Stephenson, Piano
Jordan Hall
The Institute for Concert Artists at NEC is home to a group of extraordinary musicians poised to launch significant careers across a diverse spectrum of genres, including classical (instrumental and vocal), jazz, world and cross-cultural music, inte...
Chamber Music Showcase | April 27 | 5 p.m.
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...
Commencement 2026 Concert
Jordan Hall
Graduating NEC students and their friends give a final performance on Jordan Hall stage, ranging from solos to chamber ensembles to orchestra and chorus.
NEC Percussion Group
Jordan Hall
The NEC Percussion Group, directed by Will Hudgins, performs music that is largely centered around the unique and never-ending possibilities within the percussion world, as well as being augmented by extra-percussion musical offerings and instruments. This year's ...
Faculty Recital: Joel Ayau, Piano and Jeremy Crosmer, Cello | Cello + Piano, Classical + Jazz
Williams Hall
Detroit Symphony Orchestra cellist Jeremy Crosmer joins NEC faculty member Joel Ayau for an evening of chamber works that explore the intersection between classical and popular music. Each composer featured has some connection with contemporary idioms, whether Fr...
