Performances + Events
Events calendar
Recital: Andrew Ilhoon Byun '26 GD, Cello
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. Andrew Ilhoon Byun '26 GD studies Cello with
BSO Prelude: What I Hear
Williams Hall
Join us for the first of this season's What I Hear events. BSO Artistic Administrator Eric Valliere is the moderator of the post-performance discussion; Stephen Drury is music director of the series.
Faculty Recital: Paula Robison, Flute
Williams 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.
Walnut Hill School for the Arts Presents: Gloria Chien and the Parker Quartet ft. Student and Alumni Musicians
Jordan Hall
Join us for the kick-off event of our "Walnut Hill in Boston" series this season—a celebration of the music department of Walnut Hill School for the Arts, featuring student and alumni musicians. Internationally renowned pianist Gloria Chien (Class of '95) and the GRAMMY Award-winning Parker Quartet take the stage with current students and recent graduates.
Ingrid Jensen Workshop
Burnes Hall
Ingrid Jensen presents a workshop on "Listening, Playing, and Writing in the Zone" — a dive into holistic approaches for music making.
Recital: Grace Lee '25 GD, Piano
Williams 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. Grace Lee '25 GD studies Piano with
NEC Festival: NEC Jazz Orchestra – Jumpin' in the Future, The Legacy of Gunther Schuller
Jordan Hall
As a part of NEC’s week-long festival honoring Gunther Schuller and his legacy, the NEC Jazz Orchestra will perform music by Schuller, his favorite jazz composers as well as the faculty he hired. Guests will include Fred Hersch and Carl Atkins, hired by Schuller to chair of the Jazz Studies Department.—This performance is part of the NEC Festival, which will celebrate th...
NEC Opera: Jonathan Dove’s “Flight”
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Flight(Opera in 3 Acts. Version for 19 [up to 30] PlayersComposed by Jonathan DoveLibretto by April de AngelisPresented under license from Edition Peters., copyright owners. — 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...
Piano Seminar: Karen Walwyn
Keller Room
Pianist and Berklee faculty member Karen Walwyn will perform and discuss her explorations of the music of composer Florence Price (NEC 1906).
NEC Philharmonia + Hugh Wolff: Bacewicz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev
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.
