Performances + Events
Corporate Sponsorship
Partner with NEC to amplify your organization’s visibility as a corporate sponsor.
The Annual Scholarship Gala significantly impacts NEC’s ability to award scholarships to deserving students, more than 90% of whom rely on scholarship support to pursue their academic and artistic careers.
Thank you to all who supported our 2025 Scholarship Gala! For more information about next year’s event, please contact events@necmusic.edu.
2025 Donors
Virtuosos
Tom and Lisa Blumenthal
Kennett F. Burnes ’22 hon. D.M. and Barbara Burnes
Anna and David Goldenheim
Eric and Sene Gray
Blair and Jackie Hendrix
Wendy Shattuck ’75 and Samuel Plimpton
Harold I. Pratt ’17 hon. DM and Frances G. Pratt †
David W. Scudder ’03 hon. DM
Musical Innovators
Deborah Bennett Elfers ’82
Barbara Winter Glauber
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Edwin D. Graves, Jr. ’87 MM and Lee T. Sprague
Community Collaborators
Anne and Samuel Bartlett
Hope Lincoln Baker
Enid L. Beal and Alan Wolfe
Andrea Kalyn
Melody L. McDonald ’70 MM
Meg and David Nichols
Timothy W. Fulham and Lise M. Olney
Murray Metcalfe and Louise Burnham Packard
Joseph L. Bower ’18 hon. DM and Elizabeth Potter
Robert and Barbara Rosiello
Michael and Susan T. Thonis
2025 Sponsors
Brown Advisory
Collegiate Press
EMCOR Services Northeast
Encore Tours
HUB International New England
Nixon Peabody LLP
PEAK Event Services
Shawmut Communications Group
Sweetwater Sound, Inc.
The Value of Partnership
Benefits
NEC’s corporate partnership opportunities offer a range of benefits throughout the year, including brand recognition and visibility to a variety of constituencies served by the conservatory:
- Engagement with 125 community partnerships that impact education, growth, and healing in the city of Boston
- Visibility to more than 20,000 local NEC concertgoers and more than 100,000 digital audience members in NEC’s concert programs
- Corporate logos featured on the NEC website with more than 500,000 unique users
- Access to a robust network of more than 115,000 followers across all social media platforms
Sponsorship Levels
Your sponsorship§ will help award essential scholarships and support NEC’s innovative and educational outreach
- Recognition as a proud supporter of NEC, featured in both the evening’s digital collateral and as a half-page† in the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Presenting sponsor of the evening’s cocktail reception or afterparty
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 10 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Annual Scholarship Gala and Corporate Partnership webpages
- Year-round acknowledgment in the donor listings of the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Recognition as a proud supporter of NEC, featured in both the evening’s digital collateral and as a one-third-page† in the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Presenting sponsor of the evening’s cocktail reception or afterparty
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 8 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Annual Scholarship Gala and Corporate Partnership webpages
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Recognition as a proud supporter of NEC, featured in both the evening’s digital collateral and as a quarter-page† in the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 6 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Annual Scholarship Gala and Corporate Partnership webpages
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 4 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Annual Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 2 guests‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Annual Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Dinner, cocktail reception, and afterparty for 1 guest‡
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization logo displayed on the Annual Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2025-2026 concert programs
- Organization name listed by giving level on the gala invitation and program*
- Organization name listed on the Annual Scholarship Gala webpage and evening’s digital collateral (in name only)
- Year-round acknowledgement in the donor listings of the 2025-2026 concert programs
*Subject to timing/scheduling constraints where noted; make your commitment soon for maximum benefit.
†Half-page size = 5.5×4.25in”; one-third page size = 5.5×2.83in”; quarter-page size = 5.5×2.125in”.
‡The estimated value of each dinner ticket is $350. If you utilize your allotted tickets, your taxable amount qualifies as a charitable contribution, less $350 per ticket.
§Sponsorship payments are due by April 26, 2025.
**New England Conservatory is a tax-exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 23-7225104.
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Please contact us to learn more about partnering with NEC and customize a selection of benefits most relevant to your company goals.
Stephanie Gozali
Director of Annual Programs & Engagement
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