Performances + Events
Events calendar
NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra | Music of Anthony Braxton
Jordan Hall
Tonight, Anthony Braxton will present his music for a large ensemble in collaboration with the NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra, coached by Frank Carlberg. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Ac...
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...
Liederabend LXXVIII
Williams Hall
The Liederabend—literally, "evening of song"—dates back to the 1800s, when musicians and lovers of music would gather at someone's home, and one or more singers and a pianist would perform the songs of composers of the day. In the field of classical music, these songs are referred to as "art songs," and the German art songs are called "Lieder."...
Faculty Recital: Michael Meraw, Baritone
Jordan Hall
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 Stream” when prompted.
Sonata Night 57
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 si...
Faculty Recital: Borromeo String Quartet
Jordan Hall
This event's live stream 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 in the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: Sunny Lin Kai Zhang, piano
Williams Hall
This performance is free admission, suggested donation of $10 at the door. No ticket reservation required. Children under 6 not admitted. Please reach out to FCPA with any questions regarding programming details at Foundation@ChinesePerformingArts.net...
NEC Philharmonia + Symphonic Choir | An Evening in Paris
Jordan Hall
David Loebel leads the NEC Philharmonia and NEC Symphonic Choir in a concert featuring Lili Boulanger's Psaume 150 (Du fond de l'abîme), Debussy's Nocturnes, the Poulenc Gloria, and Mozart's "Paris" Symphony....
NEC New Music Ensemble
Burnes Hall
Inaugurated in Fall 2022, NEC's New Music Ensemble performs a program of diverse works. 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 Stream” when ...
NEC Jazz Orchestra | African Cookbook: Music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston
Jordan Hall
The NEC Jazz Orchestra, Ken Schaphorst director, presents a program of the music of Randy Weston and Melba Liston, Randy Weston’s arranger and collaborator for decades. Together they created legendary recordings such as Little Niles and Uhuru Afrika. The concert will includ...
