Performances + Events
Events calendar
NEC Prep: Winter Chamber Music Festival
Brown Hall, Williams Hall, Burnes Hall
Join us for the NEC Prep Winter Chamber Music Festival, a day-long celebration featuring performances by over 50 student chamber groups across multiple halls on campus. Come explore a variety of ensembles and enjoy the opportunity to hear the outstanding work these young musicians have developed throughout the semester—stay for one recital or experience several throughout the day!
Jazz Small Ensembles: Afro-Latin, Brazilian and World Rhythms
Eben Jordan Ensemble Room
Tonight's Small Jazz Ensemble concert features world music and its impact on jazz. The Brazilian Ensemble, with direction by Caio Afiune, explores music from the early choros of the 19th century, to the music of Tom Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal andGuinga. Mark Walker’s Afro-Latin Ensemble delves into the use of South American and Caribbean rhythms and the works of high-level jazz com...
NEC Opera Scenes: An Evening of Handel and Shakespeare
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Join first year graduate students as they present two evenings of Handel arias and Shakespeare monologues. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream̶...
Midnight Strings: Fostering Relationships Through Guitar and Songwriting
Some of the most impactful work of teaching artists is helping communities bring their own stories to life through collective music making. In this workshop, Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer, and educator Philip Graulty shares insight into his career and teaching artist practice, particularly his work developing and directing Midnight Strings, a guitar and songwriting program at The Midnig...
NEC Prep: Suzuki Ensembles Spring Concert
Brown Hall
Join us for the Suzuki Ensembles Spring Concert
Celebrity Series of Boston Presents: Joyce Yang, piano
Jordan Hall
Blessed with “poetic and sensitive pianism” (Washington Post) and a “wondrous sense of color” (San Francisco Classical Voice), Grammy Award-nominated pianist Joyce Yang captivates audiences with her virtuosity, lyricism, and interpretive insight. Multiple price points available, visit the
Chamber Music Showcase | December 7 | 1 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...
Sonata Class Recital
Williams Hall
The NEC Chamber Music Department presents the fruit of the semester's work in a free recital. Led by NEC faculty member Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, student pairs perform individual movements of sonatas that demonstrate the equal partnering of string player and pianist.
NEC Prep: Preparatory String Orchestra 8:30 & 10:30
Brown Hall
Join us for the Preparatory String Orchestra Concert!
