Performances + Events
Events calendar
First & Second Year Undergraduate Voice Showcase
Williams Hall
Each semester, first- and second-year voice majors at New England Conservatory present public showcases featuring a diverse selection of vocal repertoire. These performances are the culmination of their ongoing work in vocal technique, musical interpretation, and stage presence. In addition to honing their artistry, students develop essential communication skills by introducing their pie...
Stephanie Economou Composition Master Class
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Stephanie Economou presides over a masterclass with composition students of work samples ranging from narrative film rescorings, commercial advertisements, corporate splash videos, and abstract video. This event is made possible by the John and Arlene Heiss Master Class Fund.
NEC Philharmonia + Earl Lee: Berlioz, Skye, and Ravel
Jordan Hall
Tonight's concert features the premiere of Derrick Skye's new double concerto — Tesseract — and staples of the orchestral literature: the Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture and Ravel's La valse and Daphis et Chloé Suite No. 2. NEC alumnae Tessa Lark, violin, and Deborah Pae, cello...
Perkin Opera Scenes | Night 1
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
The NEC Opera Department invites you to our bi-annual opera scenes program! Experience an evening of comedy and tragedy through highlights from opera's greatest masterpieces. Stage direction by Joshua Major and
Sonata Night 60: Mendelssohn and Brahms
Burnes Hall
Under the direction of NEC faculty pianist Pei-Shan Lee, Sonata Night is an evening of piano-instrumental masterworks featuring collaborative pianists in partnership with their instrumental colleagues. Sonata, a musical term of several meanings, is used here to signify a duo ...
Christian Wolff Composition Seminar
Keller Room
The Composition Department welcomes composer Christian Wolff as part of NEC's Morton Feldman and Earle Brown Centennial Symposium to discuss his music and what it was like working alongside Brown and Feldman. This even...
Town Hall Cadenzas: How Musicians Underscore Words, Ideas, and Hope
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room and Virtual
In this conversation, workshop, and feedback session, composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) will discuss his forthcoming commission for the American Composers Orchestra, America, To US, for electric violin, orchestra, and people. DBR’s town hall cadenzas allow audience members to participate in this work, and he will present his ideas on the responsibilities of community-based composition...
NEC Chamber Singers + Erica J. Washburn | Liminal Spaces
Jordan Hall
Tonight's concert is a collaboration among NEC Chamber Singers, CMA students Yilin Chen (percussion) and Avi Randall (piano), percussionist Abel Zhou, and students in two Liberal Arts classes taught by Patrick Keppel, The Art of the Monologue and Storytelling and Shakespeare: T...
Piano Seminar: Earle Brown and Morton Feldman Conference
Keller Room
Join us for a session on music by Morton Feldman and Earle Brown, hosted by the NEC Piano Department.
Perkin Opera Scenes | Night 2
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
The NEC Opera Department invites you to our bi-annual opera scenes program! Experience an evening of comedy and tragedy through highlights from opera's greatest masterpieces. Stage direction by Joshua Major and
