Performances + Events
Events calendar
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 finest chamber musicians in the world, free and open to all. First Mondays are fresh and full of imaginative pairings of well-loved classics and new works, performed in one of the finest places on the planet to hear music of this caliber: NEC’...
Recital: Hongzhen Wang '26 DMA, Piano
Williams Hall
In the course of completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at New England Conservatory, performance majors present not just one, but three full-length recitals, for which they also write program notes. It's an opportunity to observe multiple facets of an emerging artist. Hongzhen Wang ‘26 DMA studies Piano with
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.
Morningside Music Bridge Presents: Emerging Artist Recital
Williams Hall
For the most up to date information about this performance, please visit https://mmb.international/concerts/.
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...
NEC Festival: Gunther Schuller
Jordan Hall
NEC celebrates Gunther Schuller – former NEC President, composer, conductor, author, and renowned horn player – with a series of concerts dedicated to his music and ideas. 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 Commun...
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: Sahun Sam Hong, 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...
Boston Festival Orchestra Presents: Tchaikovsky 5
Jordan Hall
The season concludes with Tchaikovsky’s triumphant and deeply expressive Symphony No. 5, a work that takes listeners on a journey from darkness to light. Paired with this beloved symphony are two special contemporary works: Shift, Change, Turn by Jessie Montgomery and Homage to Tchaikovsky by Emma Lou Diemer that explore Tchaikovsky’s themes through a modern lens, bridging the past ...
NEC Philharmonia and Symphonic Choir + David Loebel: Poulenc ,Boulanger, Debussy
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, and the Poulenc Gloria. Erica J. Washburn is NEC's Director of Choral Activities...
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...
